Accompanying change mindfully

The spiritual dimension in the context of professional coaching

Abstract

In the last few decades coaching was established as a way of professional support for jobrelated problemsolving and conflict-management as well as personal and professional development in many workplaces and most organizations around the globe. Coaching is fostering competences like selfregulation, the perception of oneself and of others, empathy and mindfulness,where one can assume a conceptual relationship to the practical role of most spiritual traditions in society. This article deals with the question professional coaching can benefit by opening up to a spiritual dimension. It will exemplify different ways of application and relate to research in the field of psychology and social science.