Lifting The Lid - Episode 45 - The one with the combine harvester
In this episode, Clare and Steve talk about harvesting the learning: understanding systemic themes in an organisation that cannot necessarily be addressed through one-to-one coaching, that instead need to be addressed through culture change across the organisation. Leadership teams often listen to what external coaches are hearing, much more than they listen to internal HR or OD practitioners. There is an ethics and confidentiality risk here, but it can be managed with some upfront planning. There is a safety question, and also a translation risk; whereby coaches might incorrectly interpret what we see and put meaning onto something which is not actually true or systemic. Equally, what if the organisation is working through a cultural change and the coaching shows opposing behaviours?This is a complex process that we may need to take to supervision to decide upon the route forwards. And if the organisation does not ask for themes, what is our duty of care to the system?