Virtual: Does organisational coaching support women at mid-career?

Strathclyde Business School (SBS) was founded in 1948 and is a pioneering, internationally renowned academic organisation with a reputation for research excellence. One of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde, SBS is a triple accredited business school (AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB) and was the first business school in Scotland to achieve this accolade in 2004. The Business School is home to seven subject departments and a number of specialist centres, all of which collaborate to provide a dynamic, fully-rounded and varied programme of specialist and cross-disciplinary courses.

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Does organisational coaching support women at mid-career?

The World Economic Forum, in their Global Gender Gap report (2016), conclude ‘female talent remains one of the most underutilised business resources’ (p.28). Female employees are most likely to experience underutilisation of their skills and experience at mid-career (O’Neil et. al., 2015). This underutilisation is often due to interpersonal biases, also known as subconscious stereotyping, held by many decision makers at senior levels of an organisation (Hoobler et al, 2009; Metz &amp; Kulik, 2014). Such biased beliefs can confine women to unfulfilling roles and limit their opportunities for advancement, motivating talented women to opt out of their workplaces to pursue careers that better align with their goals for fulfilling jobs and work-life balance (Parke, 2012; Ely, Stone &amp; Ammerman, 2014). Scholars define mid-career as a transition period (Levinson, 1978), a time of reflection such as exploring values and interests (Bussell, 2008; Hall, 1986) and endurance, doing what it takes to get it all done (O’Neil &amp; Bilimoria, 2005). My research responds to a call for future research to examine the impact of organisational coaching to ‘assist women in managing their work contexts, work–life integration, and life/career-stage issues’ (O’Neil, Hopkins, Bilimoria, 2015, p.272). Drawing upon the Kaleidoscope Career Model (Mainiero &amp; Sullivan, 2005), my research explores the extent to which organisational coaching supports women in the workplace who are juggling both a career and life responsibilities. Speaker BioKylie is an experienced senior leader with over 16 years’ experience in digital transformation, project, operations and change management. Known for exceptional leadership, emotional intelligence, stakeholder engagement and collaboration, Kylie brings teams together to facilitate outcomes. Kylie is passionate about the future of work and is a life-long learner. She has an MBA and is pursuing her passion for diversity and inclusion through completion of a Professional Doctorate focussed on gender diversity.

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