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Publications
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Coaching
The Wounded Self and Celebrated Self: Coaching bridges the gap
Free download introduction to Coaching and Mentoring a critical text (Western S 2012, Sage)
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upm-data/48929_Introduction,_Western.pdf
Soul Guide Coaching
The soul guide discourse sets out one of four discourses that underpin coaching practice today. Free download Chapter 6 of Coaching and Mentoring a critical text (Western S 2012, Sage)
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upm-data/61128_Western_Coaching_and_Mentoring_chapter_6.pdf
A Meta-Theory of Coaching
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Leadership
Eco-Leadership: the new paradigm of leadership for the 21st century
This free chapter is from Leadership a critical text 2nd Edition (Western S 2013, Sage)
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upm-data/57085_Western,_Chapter_12_The_Eco_Leadership_Discourse.pdf
Download this slide presentation on Eco-Leadership (click image below)
Autonomist leadership in leaderless movements: anarchists leading the way
Autonomist Leadership is the name given to the non-hierarchical, informal and distributed forms of leadership found in emancipatory social movements.
This is an academic article published in Ephemera Journal
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