The purpose of this paper is to share the author's viewpoint on coaching and its benefits. It also aims to cover using coaching as a development tool and how reciprocal coaching…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to share the author's viewpoint on coaching and its benefits. It also aims to cover using coaching as a development tool and how reciprocal coaching can be of benefit to organisations.
Design/methodology/approach
The author's approach to this paper is to consider how she became involved in coaching and the developments that evolved.
Findings
The paper provides insights into coaching as a development tool and how to “grow” coaches within organisations.
Practical implications
The paper includes development of a coach as manager strategy, as well as the development of a coaching and mentoring network.
Originality/value
The paper describes the value of coaching within organisations.
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Christopher Edmonds and Ilan Noy
The Pacific islands face the highest disaster risk globally in per capita terms. Countries in the region have been affected by several recent catastrophic events, as well as by…
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Purpose
The Pacific islands face the highest disaster risk globally in per capita terms. Countries in the region have been affected by several recent catastrophic events, as well as by frequent natural hazards of smaller magnitude. The purpose of this paper is to quantify total disaster risk faced by Pacific island countries (PICs).
Design/methodology/approach
The paper evaluates the three main sources of data for quantifying risk in the region—the International Emergency Database (EMDAT), DesInventar and the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative, evaluating the information available on indirect disaster impacts and their likely impacts on poverty and well-being.
Findings
The analysis suggests that the three available data sets contain inconsistencies and underestimate disaster risk, especially for atoll nations. It also identifies four trends with respect to changes in natural hazards that result from climate change and are likely to have the greatest long-term impact on Pacific islands. Focusing on Tuvalu, the paper also quantifies the likely consequence of some of the possible interventions that aim to reduce those impacts.
Practical implications
The paper’s main conclusion is that improving the systematic collection of quantitative data on disaster events should be a basic first step in improving future policy decisions concerning resource allocation and efforts to insure losses from future disasters and climate change.
Originality/value
While a lot of research explored disaster risk in PICs, comparative analysis of quantitative information on disasters across the diverse countries of the region is limited.
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Julie Morin, Benjamin De Coster, Raphaël Paris, François Flohic, Damien Le Floch and Franck Lavigne
Following the 26 December 2004 tsunami, Planet Risk NGO took part in the international research program TSUNARISK and ATIP‐CNRS Jeune Chercheur. The aim of this paper is to…
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Purpose
Following the 26 December 2004 tsunami, Planet Risk NGO took part in the international research program TSUNARISK and ATIP‐CNRS Jeune Chercheur. The aim of this paper is to encourage the development of tsunami‐resilient communities essentially through educative actions.
Design/methodology/approach
The tsunami risk in Indonesia was assessed by researchers. Planet Risk then used scientific findings and advice for building adapted prevention actions among Javanese populations.
Findings
Many people could have survived if they had received a basic knowledge of tsunamis. The Indonesian public as well as local authorities must be educated to face tsunami risk. To be efficient, this education must be adapted to local cultural and geographical characteristics. Collaboration between researchers and practitioners is a good means of reaching such an objective.
Originality/value
The paper is the result of a two‐year successful collaboration between interdisciplinary scientific teams and an NGO team. It demonstrates that an efficient prevention scheme can be implemented through this kind of collaboration. To the authors' knowledge it is the first time that such tsunami education programmes have been led in Indonesia.