Dewey Decimal158/.3
SynopsisCoaching is an integral part of people management in many organisations and this book, packed with techniques and examples, exercises, questionnaires and checklists plus a CD with sample audio coaching sessions, will help you put the co-active coaching model into practice., A newly revised edition of the book that helped define the coaching profession, Co-Active Coaching captures the essence of what it takes to design and maintain successful, collaborative, and empowering coaching relationships. The authors describe in detail their flexible and adaptive model-placing the client's agenda at the heart of the coaching partnership, define the skills required for success, provide dozens of sample coaching conversations, and a power-packed Coach's Toolkit of over 35 exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and forms to make these proven principles and techniques eminently practical and immediately actionable., With the first edition of Co-Active Coaching, Laura Whitworth and her pioneering coauthors set the stage for what has become a cultural and business phenomenon and helped launch the professional practice of coaching. Now, in this new edition, the authors have brought their groundbreaking work up to date to reflect today's reality: how coaching has moved beyond its initial focus on life skills to become an integral part of an organization's toolkit for developing leaders, working with teams, and building individual competencies essential for success. ..Already used as the definitive resource in dozens of corporate and professional development programs, Co-Active Coaching has been updated to include the latest terminology and a wide-ranging set of fresh coaching examples drawn from the authors' firsthand experience with thousands of international coaching trainees and clients. The power-packed Coach's Toolkit has been expanded to include more than 35 exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and reproducible forms. A CD containing sample audio coaching sessions and printable forms from the Toolkit has been added to make these proven principles and techniques both practical and immediately actionable..., The first edition of Co-Active Coaching helped define the professional field of coaching and set the stage for what has become a cultural and business phenomenon. Once considered a niche specialty - or applying only to sports teams - coaching is now one of the fastest-growing professions in the world and a growing communications style adopted by leaders and professionals in nearly every walk of life. In this much-anticipated new edition, this pioneering co-author team expands the scope of their original coaching model with dozens of enhancements that reflect today's realities: over 35 interactive checklists, questionnaires, tools, updated terminology, and a wide-ranging set of new coaching examples drawn from nearly a decade's worth of first-hand experience with thousands of coaching trainees and clients worldwide. New in the 2nd edition is a CD containing real-life coaching dialogues and forms from the tool kit., Capturing the essence of what it takes to design and maintain successful, collaborative, and empowering coaching relationships, this newly revised edition includes a toolkit of over 35 exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and forms to make these proven principles and techniques eminently practical and immediately actionable.