JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Systemic Coaching: An OD Strategy Applied to Mergers and Acquisitions
Author(s): Serena Hsia, Daniel Molvik, Sarah Lambie
Citation: Serena Hsia, Daniel Molvik, Sarah Lambie, (2012) "Systemic Coaching: An OD Strategy Applied to Mergers and Acquisitions," Journal of Organizational Psychology, Vol. 12, Iss. 3/4, pp. 47 - 55
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
The traditional concept of executive coaching is expanded to make the case for systemic coaching (SC)—
organizationally focused coaching of key influential leaders throughout an organization. Executive
coaching has been purported to provide organizational impact by accelerating the development of
leaders. We suggest that coaching pivotal leaders throughout an organization can facilitate
organizational development, specifically during times of change. We apply SC to the context of mergers
and acquisitions (M&As) and discuss difficulties of M&As that can be addressed by systemic coaching.