Coaching Practiced by
Explore the foundations of evidence-based approaches to coaching A collection of the best papers over the last 15 years from the journal The Coaching Psychologist. From wellbeing to the workplace, coaches of all stripes will find a fulsome discussion of effective methods, strategies, and frameworks for coaching clients.
The Extraordinary Coach: How the Best Leaders Help Others Grow by
Imagine your workplace filled with curious, creative, committed employees. People who take initiative, who are fearless decision makers, who "own" their work. With the right coaching system in place, this dream will soon become reality. With The Extraordinary Coach, leadership guru Jack Zenger and coaching expert Kathleen Stinnett deliver an entire toolbox for coaching your organization to success.
From Bud to Boss by
Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership position The number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at the top, but their first promotion to leadership. They must deal with the change and uncertainty that comes with a new job, requiring new skills, and they've been promoted from peer to leader. While the book addresses the needs of any manager, supervisor, or leader, it pulls from the best leadership and management thinking, and puts the focus on the difficulties that new leaders experience.
The Complete Handbook of Coaching by
Its three parts cover: The theoretical traditions underpinning coaching such as cognitive-behavioural, Gestalt and existential Contexts and genres such as life, executive, peer, team and career coaching Professional issues such as ethics, supervision, continuing professional development, standards and mental-health issues. Written by leading international authors, each chapter makes links between theory and practice and includes discussion questions to facilitate reflection on the topic, further reading suggestions, and case studies. This new edition includes completely revised and updated chapters throughout, an additional emphasis on cross-cultural coaching and new chapters on Health and Wellness Coaching and Researching Coaching. The handbook is a unique resource that has helped thousands of practitioners and trainees from a variety of professions and multi-disciplinary backgrounds, including health, education, business and management and psychology, throughout their coaching career.
Excellence in Coaching by
Excellence in Coaching presents cutting-edge thinking in the field of workplace coaching. This comprehensive industry guide enables coaches to achieve personal excellence in a rapidly evolving profession through a collection of best-practice material from some of the biggest names in the profession
An Introduction to Coaching Skills by
An Introduction to Coaching Skills is an invaluable resource for novice and trainee coaches. Its accessible, step-by-step style acquaints you with the key skills needed to become a successful coach and, with its focus on the applied side of coaching, the book is an essential text for anyone starting out on their coaching voyage. From the “how to” through to practicalities and challenges and honing existing skills, this book covers: - Definitions of coaching; How to become a coach; Key coaching skills; Current coaching models; Practical tools and techniques; Reflective practice and how best to help others. With evidence-based research, activities and suggestions for further reading, this is a clear and practical, all-you-need guide to becoming a coach.
Top Business Psychology Models by
This is a quick, accessible overview to the fundamental theories and frameworks that will help you understand human behaviour, emotions and cognition at work. Each model is presented in a short and crisply written summary, which could be easily converted into materials for use in training or in coaching conversations. Clear, succinct and well-referenced chapters also offer routes into accessing further information. Free of academic jargon, this book explains all the main theories and models used by psychologists, giving you all the essential information to immediately implement business psychology techniques in your organization.
Active Listening: Improve Your Ability to Listen and Lead
Active listening is a person's willingness and ability to hear and understand. At its core, active listening is a state of mind that involves paying full and careful attention to the other person, avoiding premature judgment, reflecting understanding, clarifying information, summarizing, and sharing. By learning and committing to the skills and behaviors of active listening, leaders can become more effective listeners and, over time, improve their ability to lead.
Coaching Training by
By emphasizing deep listening and empowering learners to pull coaching conversations forward, you'll help coaches build experiences that count. Coaching Training, the third book in the ATD Workshop Series, takes a service-oriented approach to workplace coaching. It teaches the essential skills trainers must master to give learners what they need when they need it. Each half-day, full-day, and two-day program in this volume comes with its own agenda to drive the workshop and includes online presentation slides, handouts, assessments, and tools. About the Series The ATD Workshop Series is written for trainers by trainers, because no one knows workshops as well as the practitioners who have done it all.
Conversations that get results and inspire collaboration : engage your team, your peers, and your manager to take action