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Dr Simon Western
Simon Alexander Western, born 23rd June 1959, is a UK leadership and coaching scholar, educator, coach, keynote speaker and author. (REF) His most popular book is Leadership a critical text (REF). He is best known for developing the theory and practice of a new ethical and networked approach to leadership in the 21st century, which he calls Eco-Leadership. (LINK) Simon is also founder/ CEO of Analytic-Network Coaching Ltd (REF), an international coach training company, and founder-presenter of Edgy Ideas Podcast. (possible Ref)

Career History
Simon’s unusually diverse range of work experiences informs his leadership and coaching theories and practice. A brief summary of his work history is below, with full account available here (REF) which is taken from his introduction to Leadership a critical text book, making the connections between how his experiences of work shaped his thinking, practice and subjectivity.

'' 'Simon grew up in Bristol UK, left school at 16, worked in a factory, then trained as a general nurse and ran an elderly ward working with the acutely ill and dying. He then trained and worked as a psychiatric nurse in one of York’s Victorian mental asylum’s, and went onto train as a family therapist, working for 13 years in Chester and Liverpool, taking a clinical leadership role in multi-disciplinary teams supporting young people and their families with serious mental health challenges. He spent 3.5 years at as a single parent, prior to working in Liverpool.''

''Whilst working he studied for two Masters degrees, one in Psychotherapy and Counselling at Keele University, and one in Consulting to Organisations Psychoanalytic Approaches at the Tavistock Clinic, London. In another career change Simon then moved to Lancaster University Management school to become an academic. He completed his Phd on leadership, whilst working fulltime in the Strategic Leaders Unit working closely with Professor Jonathan Gosling delivering innovative executive education, which specialised in coaching and delivering experiential learning approaches to leaders across the globe. At Lancaster University Simon became the Director of Coaching where he designed and delivered their first post-graduate coaching certificate, before leaving to become Director of the Tavistock Clinic’s Masters in Organisational Consultancy. Since 2008 Simon has published three books on leadership and coaching, (REF) and in 2013 he created a start-up company, Analytic-Network Coaching Ltd.''

Family Life
Simon is married to Agata Western with two children Lily and Albert. He first son Fynn died in 2010. The family now lives in Galway, Ireland.

Faith
Simon is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and is confirmed into the Church of Ireland. Simon has led faith-based retreats, taught at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre and with multi-faith leaders in Windsor with Faith in Leadership

Analytic-Network Coaching Ltd
Purpose ‘Coaching leaders to act in good faith to create the good society’. Also referred to as A-N Coaching.

Dr Simon Western founded and is CEO of this international coach training company, in 2014. The coaching draws on psychoanalysis, critical theory, social movement theory, environmentalism and network theory to train coaches to develop ethically driven leaders. The focus of the work is on  'depth analysis and network analysis: bringing the deeply human together with the demand for new networked approaches to change in our digital age, and connecting the deep inner self, with wider social and environmental forces.'   A-N Coaching has over 350 trained coaches worldwide, and a thriving community of practice to support ongoing learning. A-N Coaching Ltd also delivers coaching and consulting to senior leaders in international banks, retail, manufacturing and global technology companies and to CEOs in the health and education sector.

Edgy Ideas Podcast www.analyticnetwork.com
Simon launched in 2020 and presents himself topics that draws on psychosocial ideas and invites guests to discuss what it means ‘to live the good life and create the good society’. Some recent guests have included Manfred Kets de Vries, Dr Leslie Brissett and Professor Tatiana Bachkirova and subjects covered range from developing leaders, to contemporary issues such as race and identity, black lives matters and the dilemmas of coaching in the new modern world.

International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations (ISPSO)
Simon has been president, board member of ISPSO. He remains an active member in this international society which focuses on using psychoanalytic theory and practice to inform how we understand organisational dynamics in order to create more humane, ethical and successful organisations.

Hidden Leadership Questionnaire
Simon designed this leadership questionnaire that delivers a profile of your leadership perceptions and thinking based on his theory of the four dominant discourses of leadership. See Eco-Leadership page. The questionnaire can be accessed through the following site www.hiddenleadership.com