Bob Thomson

Non-directive Coaching (eBook, ePUB)

Attitudes, Approaches and Applications

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a key text for both practitioners and those on postgraduate coaching courses, including MAs, certificates and diplomas. It looks at the foundations of a non-directive approach to coaching and then shows how coaches working primarily non-directively can develop their practice by assimilating ideas from a range of approaches. Therapies such as cognitive behavioural coaching, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and Gestalt are examined and the author demonstrates how some of the key principles of these can be used or adapted. The book also looks at how non-directive coaching skills might be applied in a number of other fields, such as staff development, supervision and mediation. The text acknowledges that there is no single way to coach effectively and that it is impossible to be totally non-directive as a coach. However, it promotes the need for a coach to be very clear about how directive or non-directive they wish to be, both in their overall approach and as they decide in the moment what to say or do next in a coaching conversation. Reflective questions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to think about the key issues, explore the implications and examine their own experiences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Critical Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781909330603
• Artikelnr.: 39230873

Autorenporträt

Bob Thomson has worked in management development since 1988. He is a Learning and Development Adviser at the University of Warwick and was previously Leadership Development Manager at National Grid Transco. In his current role he runs the Warwick Leadership Programme, facilitates workshops and departmental away days, and leads the University's Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring and Diploma in Coaching. He acts as an internal coach, supervisor and mediator, and has a small private practice in these fields. Before moving into management development he worked as an economist for eleven years with British Steel and ICI. Bob has degrees in Maths, in Economics and in Management Learning. He also has Certificates in Counselling, Coaching, Supervision, and Mediation.