Editorial

Authors

  • Olen Gunnlaugson Associate Professor, Université Laval Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69470/wfybhf97

Abstract

This editorial introduces the second issue of the International Journal of Presencing Leadership & Coaching, focused on the theme of presencing embodiment. It outlines how the body serves as a generative ground for presencing practice, drawing attention to subtle somatic, relational, and developmental dimensions often overlooked. Key questions frame the issue’s inquiry into how embodiment informs leadership and coaching, and where new practices and blind spots are emerging. The notion of Emerging Presencing Approaches (EPAs) is revisited to affirm the journal’s role in supporting methodological innovation and trans-traditional inquiry. This issue affirms presencing embodiment as a foundational and evolving dimension of practice, while extending an open invitation for future contributions that continue to explore presencing as a living, integrative discipline.

Author Biography

  • Olen Gunnlaugson, Associate Professor, Université Laval

    Olen Gunnlaugson, Ph.D. As an Associate Professor of Leadership and Coaching at Université Laval’s Business School in Québec, Canada, Olen specializes in transformative and wisdom-based leadership and coaching practice.

    His current research in Dynamic Presencing explores how presence- and presencing-based mastery approaches support leaders and coaches in uncovering their signature way of being and cultivating resilient forms of thriving in today’s destabilized and rapidly shifting world. Dynamic Presencing introduces a presence-sourced, presencing-guided, and field-attuned approach to leadership, coaching, and life as a whole. His latest book offers an accessible introduction to this emerging presencing approach, with two forthcoming volumes offering deeper guidance into its core practices and developmental frameworks.

    To date, Olen has authored or co-authored over 55 peer-reviewed articles and chapters and 15 edited, authored, or forthcoming books, including the recent three-volume series Advances in Presencing, which showcases interdisciplinary research and applications from the global presencing community. A passionate educator, he has received five major faculty awards for excellence in teaching in both Canada and the United States. At Université Laval and other institutions internationally, he mentors MBA and PhD candidates in pioneering research across the evolving frontiers of presencing leadership and coaching.

    He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Presencing Leadership & Coaching, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that bridges emerging scholarship and practice in the fields of presencing-based leadership and coaching.

    In parallel, Olen is the founder of Dynamic Presencing Coaching (DPC), a transformative coaching approach and living lineage of practice. As his principal focus of applied research, DPC integrates his teaching, coaching, and presencing-related scholarship into a unified body of work that has continued to evolve over the past five years through his engagement within global MBA classrooms and international communities of practice.

    Olen’s research, publications, and latest contributions can be found here:

    Google Scholar, ResearchGate, LinkedIn, Amazon Author page, Faculty Page

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Published

2025-06-25

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025): Presencing Embodiment

Section

Editorial

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Copyright (c) 2025 Olen Gunnlaugson (Author)

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Editorial. (2025). International Journal of Presencing Leadership & Coaching, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.69470/wfybhf97