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| Coach | |
| - Steve Bavister/Amanda Vickers | |
| £4.99 | |
| ISBN No: 340856289 | |
| Publisher: Hodder | |
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About the Author: Amanda Vickers has many years of experience in coaching and training, and gets a real buzz out of working with people to extend the range of choices they have available to them. A qualified coach who underpins her work with knowledge of NLP and psychology, she is also a skilled facilitator who has designed and delivered courses on topics such as coaching, mentoring, leadership, teamwork, communication and culture change. Amanda has worked with people from organisations of many kinds – from FTSE100 companies to small and medium sized enterprises – bringing about lasting change that adds to the quality of their lives.
Steve Bavister is an experienced coach, trainer, author and therapist who believes passionately that coaching is one of the powerful tools available for personal transformation. As well as being a qualified coach and registered hypnotherapist, he has studied many different areas of personal development, including NLP, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis. which he combines on both on a 1-2-1 basis and in open courses to help people unlock their potential and lead fuller, more satisfying lives.
Amanda and Steve specialise in offering Life and Executive Coaching, Coaching Training and personal development opportunities. They believe coaching is an ongoing partnership and feel privileged to be able to help their clients live their dreams.
About the Book: Coaching is one of the most satisfying and rewarding things you can do – and, increasingly, over recent years, has also come to be recognised as one of the most powerful and effective ways available for businesses and individuals to achieve their goals.
Articles in the financial press regularly report the many ways in which companies are benefitting from creating a coaching culture – most commonly in terms of retaining, supporting, motivating and developing their people. And while coaching was once seen as solely the preserve of senior managers and 'high fliers' on a fast track to success – or regarded by some, mistakenly, as remedial, the fate of those whose performance was falling short – it now pervades all levels of the business.
These days, the difference is less about whether people get coached and more about who does the coaching. Executives in global organisations are likely to have an external, independent coach, while staff at other levels are often coached by their manager. Where coaching is not provided by the company, an increasing number of individuals now hire a Life Coach at their own expense to assist them in their personal and professional development.
The majority of coaching, though, is still done 'in-house', and while many managers welcome the opportunity to broaden their range, coaching can sometimes seem like yet another responsibility when they may already feel weighed-down and over-worked. But as many have discovered, coaching can be a key which unlocks the door to a more productive and efficient working life – not only for their staff but also for them. Besides, the old ways are changing rapidly, and managers who aspire to move up the career ladder now find their ability to maximise the potential of their people is one of the factors that singles them out from the crowd. In fact, those who bury their head in the sand when it comes to coaching are likely to find themselves left behind.
One of the things we've sought to do in Be your Best Coach and Beyond is to provide a route map for managers wishing to improve their coaching – though the book has been organised in a way that makes it equally useful for independent Life and Executive Coaches, whether they are just starting out or have lots of experience already. We begin from the belief that we all have a natural talent for coaching – but that in some people it is more fully developed. We know from the courses we run that coaching is a skill that can be learnt by virtually anyone who really wants to do it.
Unfortunately, misconceptions about coaching abound – with many people confusing it with mentoring or counselling, or even seeing it as little more than a means of training using questions. Our aim is to dispel some of the myths that have grown up around coaching – to look at what it is and isn't, when it's appropriate, why it works, and how to use it.We also tackle some of the thornier issues that face organisations wanting to create a coaching culture, consider the benefits of formal and informal approaches, and take a realistic look at the limits to which managers can be effective in coaching their own team.
As well as providing lots of practical information on skills as diverse as establishing and maintaining rapport, using intuition, fostering trust, working with metaphor and dealing with difficult clients, we have carefully structured Be your Best Coach and Beyond to help you become clear of your goals in respect of coaching, unlock your commitment and motivation to making it happen, and suggest a range of steps and strategies that will enable you to move forward.
The book is interactive by design, and the way to get the most from it is to complete the many exercises, quizzes and visualisations included. Missing them out and skipping to the next section will greatly diminish the benefit you get.
But what's most important is that you put your coaching skills into practice at every opportunity – whether in a formal setting at work or just chatting to a friend or member of your family. The more you coach the better you'll get – it's a simple as that!
Website: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0340856289/qlearningcom-21
Available: Yes
Contact: michaela.com
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