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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">IJLTEMAS</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management &amp; Applied Science (IJLTEMAS)</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">IJLTEMAS</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2278-2540</issn>
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        <publisher-name>IJLTEMAS</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">31</article-id>
            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.51583/IJLTEMAS.2026.150700026</article-id>
      
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          <subject>Corporate</subject>
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        <article-title>Beyond Change Management: Corporate Coaching as a Strategic Driver of Adaptive Leadership in the Digital Era</article-title>
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            <surname>Kutova</surname>
            <given-names>Iryna</given-names>
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            Executive Coaching and Corporate Leadership, Hallandale Beach, Florida, United States of America (USA)                        <country>USA</country>
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            <volume>15</volume>
                  <issue>7</issue>
                        <fpage>310</fpage>
            <lpage>317</lpage>
            
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                <date date-type="received">
          <day>13</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2026</year>
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                        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>18</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2026</year>
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            <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>06</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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            <self-uri xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.51583/IJLTEMAS.2026.150700026"/>
      
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                <kwd>: adaptive leadership</kwd>
                <kwd>corporate coaching</kwd>
                <kwd>organizational transformation</kwd>
                <kwd>executive coaching</kwd>
                <kwd>digital transformation</kwd>
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      <p>Organizations across the world are investing unprecedented resources in digital transformation, automation, and artificial intelligence. Despite these technological advances, many organizational change initiatives continue to produce disappointing results. While companies often attribute unsuccessful transformations to technical barriers or insufficient digital capabilities, practical leadership experience suggests that the primary obstacle is frequently human rather than technological. Sustainable organizational transformation depends not only on implementing new systems but on developing leaders capable of adapting their thinking, communication, and decision-making to rapidly changing environments.
This conceptual paper explores corporate coaching as a strategic mechanism for developing adaptive leadership during periods of organizational transformation. Drawing upon executive coaching practice, organizational psychology, and contemporary leadership research, the article argues that successful organizational change begins with the psychological development of leaders rather than the implementation of new technologies. It introduces a human-centered perspective in which self-awareness, emotional maturity, psychological flexibility, and reflective leadership become essential competencies for navigating continuous organizational change.

The paper further proposes that corporate coaching should be regarded not merely as an executive development intervention but as a strategic organizational resource that strengthens adaptive leadership, organizational trust, and long-term business resilience in the digital era.</p>
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