Organizational Coaching for a Complex World: Transforming Companies through Inner Growth

True organizational transformation is never linear. It unfolds in cycles of tension and insight, experimentation and reflection. This book introduces a holistic approach to organizational coaching that embraces complexity, emergence, and co-creation as central principles of change.Unlike conventional models that treat change as a sequence of tools or phases, Organizational Coaching guides practitioners through an open, iterative journey. The process begins with collective orientation around a shared purpose (the "North Star") and evolves through an ongoing dialogue between structure and culture. Step by step, leadership teams, employees, and coaches and engage in multi-modal interventions - from individual coaching to large-scale workshops and social impact projects - that interact and reinforce each other.Written by experienced practitioners, this work integrates systems thinking, vertical development, and organizational resilience into a powerful approach for those seeking to navigate transformation from within. It is a book for leaders, coaches, and change agents who want to move beyond symptom treatment toward real systemic shift.

About the Author

Karsten Drath is a leadership coach, resilience researcher, and co-founder of the Cosmikk Foundation. He is Managing Partner at Leadership Choices and host of the Leaders Talk podcast. His work bridges deep psychological insight with systemic transformation practice and he has authored ten books on resilience, self-leadership, and coaching.

Uwe Achterholt is a transformation architect and Managing Partner at Leadership Choices. With a dual background in engineering and sociology, Uwe brings decades of leadership experience from Siemens, KPMG, and Accenture. He co-founded the Cosmikk Foundation and is the pragmatic force behind Leadership Choices' evolution toward multi-modal organizational coaching.