Center for Sustainability Transformation

30/11/2022

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17/01/2022

Coaching Spectrum

Approaching hybrid challenges

In any major change or transformation, people face a specific challenge. On the one side, they need to act sufficiently in the old realm, and on the other side, they need to develop new approaches and mindsets, which pave the way for adapting to and also co-creating an unknown future.

In such a situation, it is important to be aware, that the approaches of the past most of the time don’t fit the challenges of the future and vice versa. For example, it does not make sense to approach a repetitive workstream in an agile manner, nor does it make sense to use detailed long-term project management tools in a fast-changing environment.

The Coaching Spectrum describes different and targeted approaches for dealing in such a hybrid reality, differentiating complicated and known reality from the complex and unknown.

In the complicated reality we often use:
Skills Coaching
Development Coaching
Performance Coaching

In the complex reality we rather apply:
Personal Coaching
Transformation Coaching
Emergent Coaching

This first video will present the general context of hybrid organizations and the coaching spectrum concept. The following videos will take a deeper look into each of these coaching formats.

Differentiating these challenges can support executives, managers, and employees working in self-organized teams to reflect strategies and approaches for acting appropriately in a hybrid reality.

The coaching spectrum can help coaches to be more specific and focused in their contribution to larger change and transformation processes.

Coaching Spectrum Approaching hybrid challenges In any major change or transformation, people face a specific challenge. On the one side, they need...

10/03/2021

My recorded session “Avoiding Parachuting Cats into Borneo starts with you as the Change Agent“ is now available on the website of the Wednesday Web Jam. In addition to that, you also can find some further background information on the website:
https://lnkd.in/eVgMJjn

Here is some feedback of the session:
• just when you think it can't get any better...
• super hilarious. i 💕💕💕💕it.
• What a great webinar Axel. Some great models.
• Loved the cafe set up. Appreciated the COACH frame.
• Thank you !!! It was a great state of being coached.
• Not often I hear someone who sees the light (as a process in their brain!) the same way as I do. It's so obvious when it's explained, but I don't think many people think this way.
• I am very grateful for sharing with us the COACH STATE method which I am looking forward to using in various situations, including when starting my individual work.

The WWJ is such a great initiative with so many interesting, professional, open-minded, ... people. Thank you again:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/axel-klimek-30705017_leadership-coaching-vucaworld-activity-6773516263940505601-PhZ5

My recorded session “Avoiding Parachuting Cats into Borneo starts with you as the Change Agent“ is now available on the website of the Wednesday Web Jam...

02/03/2021

I am invited to give a talk “Avoiding Parachuting Cats into Borneo starts with you as a change agent” at the next Wednesday Web Jam session on Wednesday, March 3rd at 5 pm CET.
In this session I will integrate some of the thoughts Alan Atkisson and I had put together into our book "Parachuting Cats int Borneo" with some latest ideas and concepts I came across..
The session is free of charge. Here are some further information.
https://www.linkedin.com/.../axel-klimek-30705017_at...
Maybe I'll see you tomorrow.

27/07/2020

“Mindset – Creating your Reality” is the title of the second video from our series “…and other stories from the Change Café”. The series is building on the content of the book “Parachuting Cats into Borneo” which and I have written a couple of years ago. In this video I reflect on the importance to have a triple focus to successfully run a strategic change process- or a transformation: 1. A clear way forward to achieve the goal, 2. Breaking down the strategy to the level of necessary skills and competencies and 3. Creating the appropriate mindset.
If you have any questions, comments or remarks related to “…and other stories from the Change Café” please put them into the comment field or sent me an email. Maybe your reflection will trigger some content of a future video.

27/07/2020

I would like to call your attention to the first video of the series “… and other stories from the change cafè” related to the content of the book “Parachuting Cats into Borneo”. I had written the book together with my friend Alan AtKisson in 2016.
I feel that the content of the book is still very relevant in these turbulent times as research shows, that only one-third of all organizational change processes are successful. Hopefully, the video supports change agents in avoiding “Parachuting Cats into ….”

05/06/2020

Executive Summary: Coaching Culture - Success Factor for the VUCA world?
Hallo
Together with h_da, the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt we have conducted a study on, to what degree organizations have installed a Coaching Culture and how that helps them with the challenges of the VUCA world. VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and describes the phenomenon, that the world seems to be in a rather unstable state. We believe that this phenomenon is just the outer indicator for more general change, which the WBGU calls the Great Transformation towards a more sustainable world.
We have created a few little videos explain some of the results of our study. We have uploaded the last one, an executive summary, here on Facebook.
If you are interested in the other ones, you can find the three videos on my Linkedin profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/axel-klimek-30705017/
• Results of Study 19/20 & defining Coaching Culture
• VUCA, how is it related to the “Great Transformation”?
• Business Partner Coaching - Partnering at eye level
• Coaching Kultur – Erfolgsfaktor für die VUKA Welt

or on my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHVE68WwBu9xxdwRvtXMOyQ
Best
Axel

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05/06/2020

Together with h_da, the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt we have conducted a study on, to what degree organizations have installed a Coaching Culture and how that helps them with the challenges of the VUCA world. VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and describes the phenomenon, that the world seems to be in a rather unstable state. We believe that this phenomenon is just the outer indicator for more general change, which the WBGU calls the Great Transformation towards a more sustainable world.

10/01/2018

Join Alan AtKisson and Axel Klimek for a webinar, Feb 7, on change-making in complex times, based on "Parachuting Cats into Borneo", addressing the tough challenges faced by change agents today. Info & registration:

There is so much information available now about how to make change—in business, in sustainability, and on a personal level. But even with all the books, tools and frameworks available, two out of three change efforts fail to achieve their desired result. How can your own effort avoid this fate?

10/01/2018

Check out our free webinar in February, hosted by our partners at the International Society for Sustainability Professionals , based on the ideas in Parachuting Cats into Borneo, addressing current challenges for change agents! https://www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org/civicrm/event/info?id=5950

04/09/2017