In our October Digital Fireside Rob Harrison-Plastow, CEO of Source Nine Insights, will interview Dr Simon Western, to explore eco-leadership.

Together we’ll explore questions such as what is eco-leadership? How does it help us lead in our networked and inter-dependent world? And what actions can we take away to become better eco-leaders?

Simon is a leading academic on coaching, leadership and organisational change; CEO and founder of Analytic-Network Coaching; the author of Leadership: a Critical Text and host of the Edgy Ideas podcast.

In his early career Simon went on an inspiring journey from factory worker to nurse to psychotherapist.

In his thirties he studied for his Masters in Counselling (without A-levels or a Bachelors Degree) and later for his Masters degree in Psychoanalytic Approaches to Organisational Consultancy.

Simon is a practicing Quaker, which has also informed his understanding of leadership. And the Quaker history was an important part of his PhD research at Lancaster University Management School.

His leadership style has been further informed by engaging with social movements, trade unions, feminist, anarchist and green activist movements.

Simon leads advanced coaching and leadership training courses to develop new eco-leadership approaches to help leaders adapt to today’s disruptive, network society. And he works with corporate and organisational leadership teams as a coach and organisational change consultant. His clients have included Astra Zeneca, International Red Crescent/Cross, London Business School, HSBC and Save the Children.

He is the author of three books Global Leadership Perspectives: Insights and Analysis (with Eric-Jean Gautier), Leadership: A Critical Text (3rd edn: Sage, 2019) and Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text (Sage 2012). 

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