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New GIBS White-paper title: Navigating coaching theory and practice: A guide to using leadership coaching in organisations. By Riette Ackermann & Alison Reid

Coaching is a recently developed discipline originating largelyfrom practice. However, the profession has grown immenselyover the last three decades and research in this field and itsrelated fields has become rich and widespread. Research showsthat coaching has grown from multiple bodies of knowledgeand theoretical practice and that there are a multitude ofmethodologies, frameworks, techniques, and tools […]
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Stay ahead with cutting-edge research from our Faculty! at GIBS Business School: Understanding the individual in personal initiative action-based entrepreneurial interventions By André G. van der Walt and Kerrin Myres

Abstract Background: Entrepreneurship is an important driving force for economic development in emerging economies, traditionally driven by ineffective top-down approaches. A recent bottom-up approach incorporating personal initiative (PI) into action-based interventions offered a more sustainable way to stimulate African entrepreneurial growth. Aim: The study is interested in how these interventions work during training, for whom and in […]
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NEW GIBS article: Stepping stones across a fast-flowing river: supporting emerging scholars from merging markets by Prof Helena Bernard

Abstract International business as a field values perspectives from various contexts, but scholars from emerging markets face a number of often-unseen challenges preventing them from fully contributing to the field. This study aims to explain those challenges and what the author has done to manage them. Design/methodology/approach This is a Reflexive piece in which the […]
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NEW GIBS Case study: Evolving shared value, sustainability, and the leadership challenge: Grootbos Private Nature Reserve By Lyal White, Pamela Fuhrmann, and Ruth Crichton 

Abstract Learning outcomes The learning outcomes of this study are to assess the shared value model and elaborate on new multi-stakeholder approaches to business, where the stakeholders include the founders, investors, partners, employees, clients and the surrounding community; to consider the synergies between community development, environmental stewardship, sustainable business practices and the long-term health of […]
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