This book is a straightforward guide for would-be coaches, for those already working in the professional development arena, and for any one using coaching skills in their life. It highlights the essential coaching skills and qualities, how they are employed in given situations and what makes the coaching process successful, valuable and worthwhile. Written in simple, straightforward fashion and illustrated with case histories, the book will build coaching relationships that help realise the full potential of individuals and organisations. - What is coaching? - Preparing yourself to be a coach - The coaching process - Individual, team and group coaching - Dos and Don'ts in the coaching process - Measuring coaching effectiveness - Forms and toolkit for coaching
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Learn to Coach has been devised as a straightforward guide that cuts through buzzwords and jargon, to explains coaching terms and provides a ‘ready to use’ coaching template and toolkit.
Learn to Coach is a fast-track manual for those interested in becoming a Coach and invaluable for anyone considering being coached themselves, as it demystifies the process to maximise development and growth.
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Nicola Stevens trained as a coach and mediator and has 25 years experience in the commercial and financial sectors. Initially taking on projects within companies during planned or unforeseen periods of change, Nicola now has her own company, coaching professionals as individuals or within organisations. Her objectivity and professional skills give a unique insight that provides the understanding and balance needed for personal development. A regular contributor to business journals, Nicola has co-authored Making Management Simple (How To Books) and lectures on all aspects of coaching.
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Not being an individual who leans to self help books, this has changed my outlook and has proven to be an extrmemely insightful and instructive read. Now I have some instruments to enable me to get the best out of any coaching process in the future. I also do creative project work which requires me to bring teams together to produce innovative and productive work from day one. The thoughts and processes described in the book enabled me to bring out the best in my team.
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By M. Somers
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The title of this book is Learn to coach. If this is a suggestion to the training profession, then it is a sentiment I agree with and an instruction which can be fulfilled by reading the book. If the title were to be given a question mark, the material would still work as there is much here to suggest that time spent learning to coach would be worthwhile. I can also infer from the title that one needs to be adept at learning in order to coach and once again the book offers ideas in this context. Nicola Stevens has produced a solid, succinct treatment of coaching and presents it here in an accessible way.
The book is divided into five parts and begins with `What is Coaching?' This section provides the usual definitions and touches on the differences between coaching and mentoring, counselling and so on. This provides a good background to what follows.
In part 2, `Preparing yourself to be an Effective Coach' Stevens outlines some of the up to date thinking around the uses and usefulness of coaching competencies. This section also introduces us to Coaching homework; a series of self-complete exercises and reflective questions that help the reader translate ideas into practical steps.
The third part is entitled Creating the Foundation of the Coaching Relationship. At this point I feel the book becomes more relevant to the external coach than the internal. The main matters covered here concern establishing an effective coaching relationship from the outset and setting objectives both for issues that need resolving and for the coaching relationship itself.
A few well known coaching models are outlined in the fourth part, The Coaching Process. I like the way readers are encouraged to use the models as a starting point but not to follow them slavishly.... Read more ›
The book is divided into five parts and begins with `What is Coaching?' This section provides the usual definitions and touches on the differences between coaching and mentoring, counselling and so on. This provides a good background to what follows.
In part 2, `Preparing yourself to be an Effective Coach' Stevens outlines some of the up to date thinking around the uses and usefulness of coaching competencies. This section also introduces us to Coaching homework; a series of self-complete exercises and reflective questions that help the reader translate ideas into practical steps.
The third part is entitled Creating the Foundation of the Coaching Relationship. At this point I feel the book becomes more relevant to the external coach than the internal. The main matters covered here concern establishing an effective coaching relationship from the outset and setting objectives both for issues that need resolving and for the coaching relationship itself.
A few well known coaching models are outlined in the fourth part, The Coaching Process. I like the way readers are encouraged to use the models as a starting point but not to follow them slavishly.... Read more ›
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Nice reading. Very good introduction to coaching.
25 Sep 2012
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Very nice introduction. It contains basic principles and guidelines about coaching. I would not recommend it for experienced coaches, because they should know what is in this book. The forms and toolkit for coaching, included in the last chapter, add good value to this book.
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