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Book Synopsis

Written by an experienced coach, mentor and mediator, this book is perfect for developing your coaching skills by drawing on ideas, tools and models to help you engage in effective coaching conversations.

It takes ideas from a variety of approaches to coaching and explores issues such as ethics, coaching as a line manager, boundaries and qualifications/accreditation. It summarises key ideas from the literature on management, leadership, psychology and personal effectiveness, as well as coaching.

Written in 52 short accessible chapters from A to Z and back again, it is a clear and engaging guide that can be read from beginning to end, or dipped in to as appropriate. Critical questions throughout help the reader to reflect on their own knowledge and apply it to their work or studies. This book is ideal for students on coaching programmes, people working as a coach, consultants, learning and development practitioners, and managers at all levels from supervisor to director.



Table of Contents

A

Awareness + Responsibility = Performance

ABCDE model. CBC and Acceptance and commitment coaching

B

Boundaries

Being a coach

C

Culture

Contracting and confidentiality

D

Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

Debate and dialogue

E

Emotional intelligence

Ethics

F

Feedback

Facilitation

G

GROW model

Growing People

H

How to Coach How not to coach

I

The inner game of coaching

Impostor syndrome

Judgement Journey

Kolb learning cycle Kantor’s languages. Meetings

L

Listening

Letting go

M

Mentoring

Managing people – coaching as a line manager

N

Note taking and keeping Neuroscience and the Chimp Paradox

O

I’m OK, You’re OK

Objectives, obstacles, options and outcomes

P

Playing back

Psychometrics

Q

Questioning

Qualifications and accreditation

R

Coaching as a relationship

Rich pictures (and other tools?)

S

Supervision

Solution-focused coaching

T

Teams

Time management

U

Understanding Yourself and Others

Use of self

V

Voicing

Values in Action. Positive Psychology

W

Writing

Why?

X

Xtraverts and Introverts

Xploring metaphors

Y

Theory Y and Theory X

Your own practice

Z

Zoom

Zone of proximal development

Coaching from A to Z and back again: 52 Ideas,

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      Publisher: Critical Publishing Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9781915080295, 978-1915080295
      ISBN10: 1915080290

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Written by an experienced coach, mentor and mediator, this book is perfect for developing your coaching skills by drawing on ideas, tools and models to help you engage in effective coaching conversations.

      It takes ideas from a variety of approaches to coaching and explores issues such as ethics, coaching as a line manager, boundaries and qualifications/accreditation. It summarises key ideas from the literature on management, leadership, psychology and personal effectiveness, as well as coaching.

      Written in 52 short accessible chapters from A to Z and back again, it is a clear and engaging guide that can be read from beginning to end, or dipped in to as appropriate. Critical questions throughout help the reader to reflect on their own knowledge and apply it to their work or studies. This book is ideal for students on coaching programmes, people working as a coach, consultants, learning and development practitioners, and managers at all levels from supervisor to director.



      Table of Contents

      A

      Awareness + Responsibility = Performance

      ABCDE model. CBC and Acceptance and commitment coaching

      B

      Boundaries

      Being a coach

      C

      Culture

      Contracting and confidentiality

      D

      Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

      Debate and dialogue

      E

      Emotional intelligence

      Ethics

      F

      Feedback

      Facilitation

      G

      GROW model

      Growing People

      H

      How to Coach How not to coach

      I

      The inner game of coaching

      Impostor syndrome

      Judgement Journey

      Kolb learning cycle Kantor’s languages. Meetings

      L

      Listening

      Letting go

      M

      Mentoring

      Managing people – coaching as a line manager

      N

      Note taking and keeping Neuroscience and the Chimp Paradox

      O

      I’m OK, You’re OK

      Objectives, obstacles, options and outcomes

      P

      Playing back

      Psychometrics

      Q

      Questioning

      Qualifications and accreditation

      R

      Coaching as a relationship

      Rich pictures (and other tools?)

      S

      Supervision

      Solution-focused coaching

      T

      Teams

      Time management

      U

      Understanding Yourself and Others

      Use of self

      V

      Voicing

      Values in Action. Positive Psychology

      W

      Writing

      Why?

      X

      Xtraverts and Introverts

      Xploring metaphors

      Y

      Theory Y and Theory X

      Your own practice

      Z

      Zoom

      Zone of proximal development

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