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A quote from the introduction ‘with all of our technology and all of our maps we still aren’t sure how to think or talk or feel or live our way through the incredibly difficult terrain of our present or the winding maze of conflicting possibilities on challenges of our futures’

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In recent times it has become more and more obvious that the traditional leadership development methods arent working

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This parallels a number of other developmental theories and is heavily influenced by the ideas of robert kagen so that doesnt strike me as particularly revolutionary

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However she presents this framework in the context of life coaching which i hadnt seen before

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Berger herself also is quite cautious in her approach presenting the theory not as a “theory of everything” but as a useful map to understand an otherwise messy and more uncertain territory

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Coaches are then left with the unspoken assumption that they are helping their clients to develop without a useful guide of the territory and without a developmental awareness of i where the client is and what she needs ii where the coach is and iii whether the fit can actually work

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As otto laske outlined in much greater detail but without the gift of an enjoyabletoread writing style there is real danger in coaching someone without being aware of the developmental demands that the client is making on the coach