The Complete Handbook of Coaching
- Elaine Cox - Oxford Brookes University, UK
- Tatiana Bachkirova - Oxford Brookes University, UK
- David Clutterbuck - Clutterbuck Associates
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This book provides a wide-ranging guide to the complex, multidisciplinary area of coaching, helping trainees to find comprehensive answers to their coaching questions. It allows them to identify and develop their own personal style of coaching.
A specially selected group of international authors contribute various expertise and insights across three key areas:
- Theoretical perspectives
- Contexts and genres of coaching
- Professional practice Issues
Learning is also supported by new online resources. Videos, case studies, journal articles and useful websites have been carefully collated by our contributors to help trainees make the crucial link between theory and practice.
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This book, with its comprehensive approach, rich insights, and diverse perspectives, is an ideal jumping off point for coaches who want to thrive
The practice of coaching has developed considerably over the last several decades. This book provides a well strucured, easily accessible view of the myriad of ways in which coaching can be carried out and applied. Given the frequency with which the term coaching is used in a variety of situations it is important to have a book that illustrates its complexity.
the book sets out the coaching model for practice educators and how to use it with students to support their learning
This is an accessible text which provides informed summaries of various approaches to coaching and a wealth of online resources - helpful to both practitioners and academic readers.
Our library already has the 2nd edition in stock which is included in the course/module reading list. This 3rd edition has some valuable additions such as chapter 31 (Evidence, Measurement and Evaluation in Coaching), which I found interesting. The Handbook covers a wide range of coaching topics and comes with practical examples and case studies to develop your coaching style. Highly recommended!
The complete handbook of Coaching is really complete and suitable as background information and toolbox for the individual coach. It is also advisable for coaches in training. They can fully immerse themselves in the different methodologies and the underlying psychological currents. With this book they can adapt their coaching to the client's request and their own preferred style of working.
Timely update on previous edition that continues to be a required introduction to the multi-faceted field of modern coaching.
