Robinson, JenniferRenshaw, Phil St. John2024-09-302024-09-302023-05Robinson J, Renshaw P. (2023) Aligning the ontologies of leadership and coaching using Leadership-as-Practice. Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal, Volume 8, Issue 1, May 2023, pp. 4-202371-5251https://philosophyofcoaching.org/v8i1/02.pdfhttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/22979Leadership studies have replaced old, reified definitions of ‘hero-leaders’ to incorporate post-modernist ideas. By contrast, managerial coaching studies consistently leave out any discussion of their underlying ontologies and often appear to rely on philosophies that “reduce[s] complexity to simplistic variables in a highly structured cause and effect relationship” (Hurlow, 2019, p. 124). Given that the role of leadership is widely acknowledged in the managerial coaching literature, we apply a Leadership-as-Practice lens to demonstrate how a process ontology has the potential to change everything. To rejuvenate the field, ensure philosophical and epistemological alignment, promote future research, and improve training opportunities, we offer the new term: ‘leaders-who-coach’.4-20enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Leadership-as-PracticeLeaders-who-CoachProcess OntologyManagerial coachingArticle55373988