Kempster, Stephen and Iszatt-White, Marian (2013) Towards co-constructed coaching : exploring the integration of coaching and co-constructed autoethnography in leadership development. Management Learning, 44 (4). pp. 319-336. ISSN 1350-5076
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This paper introduces a new method for leadership development: co-constructed autoethnography. The terrain of executive coaching is outlined and contrasted with co-constructed autoethnography. In particular the relative merits of directive versus non-directive leadership development interventions are examined, along with the issue of multiple agendas in coaching/research relationships in this context, and the implications, both positive and negative, of having a highly informed active partner in the leadership learning process. The paper makes a contribution to management learning by presenting co-constructed autoethnography as a credible and potentially beneficial alternative to executive coaching by enabling a critically reflexive dialogue.