The Coaching Handbook
Coaching has become the most popular technique in the world of training and a key tool in staff development. This Coaching Handbook provides all the tools for harnessing this technique, offering a step-by-step approach, case studies and 20 detailed practical exercises.
Coaching is proving itself to be the most popular and most effective technique in the field of learning and development. Managers are constantly being reminded that coaching is an important part of their role in getting the best from staff, while trainers are increasingly being called upon to coach individuals in a variety of aspects of both work and life. This one-stop-shop of a book offers everything readers need to be able to harness this powerful and successful technique.
Part 1 of this book provides a detailed and clearly structured step-by-step approach, which will help anyone to develop their ability to coach others. Importantly however, as well as helping to develop the skills of coaching, the authors provide
valuable guidance on:
- where to start when coaching a colleague;
- how long the coaching will take;
- which methods should be employed, and when.
Part 2 provides a range of real life case studies from a variety of commercial and non-commercial settings that will help you to decide how coaching can best be tailored to your own organization. The final part of the book contains detailed
practical exercises that can be used in a variety of settings. Each of these individual elements combine to provide the definitive coaching handbook.
REVIEWS :“This is an excellent guidebook directed towards a company’s
personnel and training departments, as it offers such a plethora of
skills. It is definitive and well structured, detailing the wide range
of skills and actions that need to take place throughout a generic
‘coaching programme’.”
IET Engineering Management
Paperback, 237 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 142 MM Language English.
Part 1: The coaching process
1. What is coaching?
2. Learning theories
3. Introducing the coaching model
4. Job description, skills and qualities of a coach
5. Preparing to coach
6. Stage 1: Clarifying coaching needs and goals
7. Stage 2: Agreeing specific development needs
8. Stage 3: Formulating a detailed plan for coaching
9. Stage 4: Doing a task or activityed
10 . Stage 5: Reviewing activities and planning improved performance
11. Stage 6: Ending the coaching relationship
12. Third-party initiated coaching
13. Skills
Part 2: Case studies
Part 3: Activities and exercises
Sara Thorpe is Head of Training and Development for a financial services organization.
Jackie Clifford is Training Manager for an independent training/HR consultancy.