Foreword; How to use this book; Section One: Orientation: putting coaching in context; 1. The benefits and uses of coaching; Section Two: What is Coaching?; 2. Defining coaching; 3. Improving communication; 4. The essential coaching skills; 5. Beliefs and coaching; Section Three: How do you coach?; 6. A model of coaching; 7. The power of questions; 8. Coaching the reluctant; Section Four: Where now with coaching?; 9. Advanced techniques in coaching; 10. The coach's own development and self-management; 11. Organizational perspectives.
Will Thomas is a training consultant and performance coach. He is the director of the training company Vision for Learning Ltd. Alistair Smith is the UK's most effective motivational trainer working with schools and teachers. He has written a number of best selling books on learning and is the author of PAL, the web-based parent learning programme.
"Thomas, a performance coach and trainer who directs educational coaching organizations in the UK, and Smith, a trainer in modern learning methods who also works in motivation, explain how coaching methods can be used in education. They detail what coaching is, how to coach, basic and advanced techniques, and benefits to schools, colleges, and universities, as well as aspects like communication improvement, the role of beliefs, using questions, differences from counseling and mentoring, coaching the reluctant, and self-development and management. This edition updates chapters and incorporates new evidence and case studies." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.
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