Co-Active Coaching, 2nd Edition: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and, Life
Review
New edition of this 1998 book, which ushered in the age of professional career coaching, can give you some ideas on how to help that budding executive blossom. — Triangle Business Journal, April 13, 2007The book provides a recipe for the necessary ingredients to serve as a business coach. — T&D, March 2007
A newly revised edition of the book that helped define the coaching profession, Co-Active Coaching captures the essence of what it takes to des…
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November 11th, 2009 at 2:23 am
“Co-Active Coaching” is written for the coach or prospective coach. The authors, Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, and Phil Sandahl, share their model and ideas for coaching others in three parts. They then provide a toolkit for coaches.
Part I is “Coaching Fundamentals.” Here they outline the model which places the client squarely in the center. The model focuses on the coach using his or her skills to focus on the client’s fulfillment, balance, and process. The intake session is discussed here sufficiently to create the context of the later coaching sessions.
Part II is “Co-Active Coaching Skills.” The authors detail in this section five skills key to the coach’s success: listening, use of intuition, exploration of curiosity, action and learning, and self-management. There are activities to practice each skill at the end of each chapter–anyone wanting to coach should not skip these exercises, which are carefully designed to get to the heart of the skill described.
Part III is “Co-Active Coaching Processes.” This section explains “the three core principles of coaching:” fulfillment, balance, and process. Especially helpful here is Chapter 11, “Tips and Traps,” a valuable addition that warns and prepares the coach for things that may not go quite right….
The last section is “The Coach’s Toolkit,” and this alone is worth the price of the book. It includes Action Plans, Client Activities and Worksheets, Intake Checklists–everything a coach needs to begin a successful coaching program. A wise coach will undertake the exercises and worksheets for himself or herself, and thus will better understand what the client is asked to do.