Question: What are the barriers to making more progress? What might need to change for this to happen?

Please make sure to identify an organisation that you know well in terms of its key personnel and activities. Using the dimensions framework described in this chapter, seek to position it within this in terms of its progress (or lack of) towards a coaching/mentoring culture.

In terms of provide satisfactory answer to this learning engagement please pay attention to

• How far do/does the organisation(s) you work with want to push the development of a coaching/mentoring culture.
• What is the business case for developing this culture.
• To what extent is it useful to think of organisations as having only one distinct culture.
• To what extent should a coaching style be seen as the default style of leading and managing in the organisation.