Coaching essentials : practical, proven techniques for world-class executive coaching / Patricia Bossons, Jeremy Kourdi and Denis Sartain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bossons, Patricia.

Contributor:

Kourdi, Jeremy.

Sartain, Denis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive coaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 276 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive guide to executive coaching, this book offers a wealth of practical, proven coaching tools and techniques. It will be useful for professional coaches as well as managers and leaders at all levels. Now a billion dollar industry, executive coaching is one of the fastest-growing sections of the coaching market and is widely used by senior managers and chief executives in large organisations.In this accessible guide, fully updated for this second edition, Patricia Bossons, Jeremy Kourdi and Denis Sartain offer clear explanations of key coaching theories before putting that theory into context with a comprehensive selection of practical tools and techniques. Benefits and uses of each technique are explained and then followed with advice on how to apply the technique and make it work for you - allowing readers to match situations or issues with specific coaching techniques for optimum results.The unique, practical approach of this book will make it essential reading for managers and leaders at all levels as well as professional coaches and students.

Contents:

pt. 1. Succeeding as a coach

pt. 2. Typical challenges for coaches

pt. 3. Difficult challenges for coaches

pt. 4. Coaching issues and priorities

pt. 5. Coaching tools, techniques and useful models

pt. 6. Bibliography and further reading.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4081-9484-8

1-4081-9483-X

OCLC:

852759371