Monica Hanaway Knihy

The Existential Leader: An Authentic Leader For Our Uncertain Times, invites us to reconsider our preconceptions about leadership, introducing a new model more in line with our uncertain times: existential leadership.

Focusing on existential coaching, this book provides a comprehensive introduction for coaches seeking to integrate essential skills into their practice. It emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and authenticity in the coaching relationship, guiding practitioners on how to foster meaningful connections with clients. Through practical insights and techniques, the author aims to enhance the effectiveness of coaching by aligning it with existential principles, ultimately promoting personal growth and transformation.

Psychologically Informed Mediation explores the understanding of conflict and the use of a psychologically informed mediation approach to help resolve it. The book has two distinct parts; it starts with looking at our understanding of conflict, and challenges the more negative views, placing conflict as essential for dynamic development. It then describes the process of mediation and looks at several different models. The author draws on existential and phenomenological philosophy and psychology, and shows how they can enable a mediator to facilitate a meaningful resolution of conflict. The second part of the book offers eight dramatised case studies to illustrate the psychological and relational nature of conflict, giving detailed analysis of the mediation process using supportive theoretical material where relevant. This book offers a unique approach to mediation, and is accessible to a broad audience.

As the methodology for coaching supervision has grown and developed in recent years, so too has the need for comprehensive engagement with the needs of supervisees. This ground-breaking and much-needed new book from Monica Hanaway presents a unique existential approach to coaching supervision. This book includes an introduction to the model, with emphasis on the philosophical focus of the existential coaching approach and concepts such as uncertainty, freedom, emotions, values and beliefs, meaning and relatedness. Hanaway offers supervisors ways of working with their supervisees on each of the key existential themes, as well as a comparison with other coaching supervision models. This book describes how a supervisor can bring an existential approach into their work, both with existential coaches and with those working in different modalities who are interested in adding to their portfolio of service. It will be of immense value to academics and students of coaching psychology.

Exploring existential thought, Monica Hanaway examines its application to contemporary leadership challenges. The book offers insights into how embracing existential principles can empower leaders to navigate the complexities of the 21st century effectively. By bridging philosophical concepts with practical strategies, it aims to equip leaders with the tools necessary for meaningful decision-making and resilience in their roles.