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The Coach's Coach: Personal development for personal developers

The Coach's Coach: Personal development for personal developers

Author: Alison Hardingham
Publisher: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
ISBN: 9781843980759
Published In: September 2004
Format: Paperback , 216 pages
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Being a coach is a complex job - maybe you feel you could do with a coach yourself.

Alison Hardingham is a successful business coach. In her book, The Coach's Coach: Personal Development for Personal Developers, she combines her experience with that of three successful sports people: Mike Brearley, Adrian Moorhouse, and Brendan Venter.

Between them they set out the tools and techniques available to coaches, with solid, practical, experience-based advice on how and when to use them. They look at team coaching, executive mentoring, the role of the manager as coach and many other situations where coaching occurs. They also advise on what is required from both the coach and coachee to make the process work.

Whether you are an experienced coach or just starting out, a specialist consultant or a coaching manager, this book will help you to become better and to enjoy it more. And ultimately, it will help you to help the people you are coaching to improve their performance, which, after all, is why you became a coach in the first place.

PART 1: THE COACHEE
Starting Points
Hopes and Fears
'Life Positions'

PART 2: THE COACH
Beliefs and Values
Motives
Skills
Habits
Actions

PART 3: THE COACHING RELATIONSHIP
The Key Dynamics
The Roles
Danger Points

PART 4: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Building Rapport
Setting Goals
Developing Self-awareness
Reflecting
Mapping Systems
Exploring and Understanding other People's Positions
Creative Problem-solving
Monitoring Progress
Building Commitment to, and Capability for, Change

PART 5: COACHING CONTEXTS
The Player Coach
Coaching Teams
'Corridor Coaching'
Building a 'Coaching Culture'

Alison Hardingham
Alison Hardingham is a business psychologist with over twenty years' experience of coaching individuals and teams and a successful author, trainer and conference speaker. She has been coaching executives since before having a coach became trendy.

'Even the most experienced coach will find something of benefit from this readable book - those starting out will find lots of practical wisdom for developing their own style.'
Jon Stokes
Executive Coach and Visiting Professor
Graduate School of Business, Strathclyde University