Michael is an internationally recognized academic, consultant, practitioner in the field of leadership and coaching psychology. Michael’s work focuses on preparing leaders, teams and coaches to work effectively and sustainably in complex settings. In his academic work he is the Deputy Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Sydney (Australia) and Visiting Professor at Middlesex University (UK). He has coached leaders and managers at all levels from a diverse range of public and private, national and multinational organizations, both in Australia and internationally. Along with numerous publications in the peer reviewed press, Michael is the principal author of the Standards Australia Handbook of Organisational Coaching. He is also the Australian editor of the International Coaching Psychology Review. Michael’s passion is educating coaches and assisting leaders, organisations and individuals to understand and address complex challenges in ways that increase the sustainability of the organisation, its people and the planet.
The world’s first Coaching Psychology Unit was established by Anthony Grant and Micha...
A collection of papers that make significant and original contributions to the field of coaching psychology....
How the quality of the complex web of daily interactions effect the wellbeing of individuals and the broader wellbeing of an organisation is lar...
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Joan Ryan interviews Michael Cavanagh at the 2011 Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference on Leadership in High Stress Workplaces
Solution-focused coaching and solution-focused therapy are strengths-based approaches which emphasize people’s resources and resilience and how these can ...
Coaching has attracted much attention from health professionals interested in collaborative person-centred approaches to motivating behaviour change....
The coaching industry has reached a key important point in its maturation. This maturation is being driven by at least three interrelated forces: (1...
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