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Coaching is a tricky job; you could do with a coach yourself. In fact, you could do with four.Between them, the authors set out the skills and tools a successful coach needs. They start by showing the most important person in the relationship isn¿t them ¿ it¿s the person being coached. It is their performance that matters. However, to get the best out of the people they are coaching, coaches need to be on top of their own game. This requires coaches to understand their own strengths and weaknesses and to develop certain skills and habits. Coaches also have to understand the differing ways and places where coaching can be offered.Hardingham and the team then set out the tools available to the coach, with solid practical, experience-based advice on how to use them. Whether you are an experienced coach or just starting out, a specialist consultant or a coaching manager, this book will help you become a better coach. Which will help the people you are coaching get better too.
List of contents
* Section - ONE: The Coachee; ** Chapter - 01: Starting Points; ** Chapter - 02: Hopes and Fears; ** Chapter - 03: 'Life Positions'; * Section - TWO: The Coach; ** Chapter - 04: Beliefs and Values; ** Chapter - 05: Motives; ** Chapter - 06: Skills; ** Chapter - 07: Habits; ** Chapter - 08: Actions; * Section - THREE: The Coaching Relationship; ** Chapter - 09: The Key Dynamics; ** Chapter - 10: The Roles; ** Chapter - 11: Danger Points; * Section - FOUR: Tools and Techniques; ** Chapter - 12: Building Rapport; ** Chapter - 13: Setting Goals; ** Chapter - 14: Developing Self-Awareness; ** Chapter - 15: Reflecting; ** Chapter - 16: Mapping Systems; ** Chapter - 17: Exploring and Understanding Other People's Positions; ** Chapter - 18: Creative Problem-Solving; ** Chapter - 19: Monitoring Progress; ** Chapter - 20: Building Commitment to, and Capability for, Change; * Section - FIVE: Coaching Contexts; ** Chapter - 21: The Player Coach; ** Chapter - 22: Coaching Teams; ** Chapter - 23: 'Corridor Coaching'; ** Chapter - 24: Building a 'Coaching Culture'
About the author
Alison Hardingham is a business psychologist with over twenty years' experience of coaching individuals and teams and a successful author, trainer and conference speaker.
Summary
Professional coaches and trainers, specialist consultants and coaching managers, and HR professionals.
