Editorial

Authors

  • Olen Gunnlaugson Université Laval Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69470/7bnktb28

Keywords:

presencing mastery, third stage presencing, presencing as a way of being

Abstract

In this inaugural editorial, I share the background context and impetus for the journal, outlining the background contexts that are contributing to presencing as an emerging field. I touch briefly on contributions for this issue as it delves into the theme of presencing mastery with a particular interest in the shift from presencing as a way of knowing to a generative way of being. I then introduce a framework outlining the three stages of presencing theory and practice, discussing a path for third stage presencing research as an emerging overarching focus and meta narrative for this current and upcoming issues of the journal.

Author Biography

  • Olen Gunnlaugson, Université Laval

    OLEN GUNNLAUGSON, Ph.D. serves as an Associate Professor in Leadership & Coaching within the Department of Management in the EQUIS, AACSB & PRME accredited Business School at Université Laval, in Québec, Canada. With an interdisciplinary research background in presencing leadership and coaching development, he received his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia and did his Post-Doctorate at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.

    To date, his current and forthcoming research has been published internationally in 15 edited books as well as over 50 articles and chapters in leading academic journals and books. He has presented and keynoted at numerous international conferences and received five prestigious faculty level awards for excellence in teaching from universities in Canada and the USA. Over the past twenty years in his Master-level classes, he has taught and coached several thousand students (mainly emerging leaders, managers and executives) at universities in Canada, USA, Austria, Sweden, South Africa and South Korea.

    Globally, his current research focuses on supporting those leaders, managers and coaches who aspire to develop personal mastery in leading their lives and work from an inner place of deeply resourced presence, presencing and embodied practical wisdom. Connected with this work, over the past decade he has served as lead editor of the academic-practitioner book, "Perspectives on Theory U: Insights from the Field" as well as the three volume book series, "Advances in Presencing." Recently he stepped into the thought leadership role as editor in chief of the new International Journal of Presencing Leadership & Coaching to continue building this exciting new field of applied practice.

    Contact: Olen.Gunnlaugson@fsa.ulaval.ca

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Published

2024-06-21

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Developing Presencing Mastery

Section

Editorial

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How to Cite

Editorial. (2024). International Journal of Presencing Leadership & Coaching, 1(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.69470/7bnktb28