Coaching as a combination of cognitive and behavioral techniques can be founded

upon different knowledge bases, or frameworks. Like positive psychology or

consulting psychology, coaching utilizes theories from developmental

psychologies and other knowledge bases concerning human transformation. We

argue that systemic coaching is best facilitated by the integral framework that

acknowledges the diversity and multi-faceted nature of human existence.

Following Ken Wilber and Robert Kegan, we reconstruct and discuss integral

coaching (as developed by Joanne Hunt and Laura Divine) as a systemic coaching

approach that is based on integral framework. We conclude that the integral

framework is needed not only for truly systemic coaching, but also for the

construction of wisdom cultures that acknowledge the big picture, or systemic

relationships beyond one’s immediate surroundings