Resources

This article uses a case study to present and illustrate the via™ coaching model developed by Sara Boas. It was first published in Self & Society, the Journal for Contemporary Psychology, in an issue devoted to coaching in August 2004. It provides an illustration of the integration of verbal and non-verbal dialogue in management training and coaching. It also shows a typical learning journey of a senior manager and demonstrates how holistic learning methods can be made relevant and accessible to people in different walks of life.

This commissioned book chapter presents a framework for understanding the knowledge, skills and attitudes that support effective and ethical working practice across cultural boundaries. It is written for the professional therapist and provides a detailed insight to the research basis of the boas transcultural competence™ model, together with its application in daily work. The chapter is used as a key reference by professionals working in international and multicultural settings.

This article from the Journal of General Management was first published in 1997 and was a key contribution to the field of organisational development. Having formed the basis for strategic transformation in several large organisations around the world, the prime™ model continues to inform the thinking of senior management, by showing how management decisions should be contingent on the precise outcomes to be achieved. The model provides clear, generic guidelines for optimising organisational learning according to the task at hand and provides a tool for the management of diversity as an organisational asset.article shows how organisational creativity can be optimised using the prime™ model developed by Sara Boas.