The Coaches' Handbook: The Complete Practitioner Guide for Professional Coaches (The Coaches' Handbook Series)

This comprehensive practitioner guide provides an accessible evidenced based approach aimed at those new to coaching and who may be undertaking coach training for a certificate in coaching or professional credentials or accreditation with the AC, ICF, EMCC, CMI or ILM. The book will also be useful for those who want to enhance their coaching skills. The Coaches Handbook is edited by Jonathan Passmore, an internationally respected expert and executive coach, with chapters from leading coaching practitioners from across the world. The book is divided into seven sections. Section one examines the nature of coaching, its boundaries, the business case for coaching and how organisations can build a coaching culture. Section two focuses on deepening our self-understanding and understanding our clients, non-violent communications mindset and the coaching relationship. Section three focuses on the key skills needed for coaching including goal setting, powerful questions, active listening, using direct communications and the role of silence, emotions and challenge in coaching. Section four offers a range of coaching approaches including behavioural, person-centred, solution-focused, psychodynamic, neuroscience, narrative, positive psychology, out-door eco-coaching, team coaching, careers coaching and Integrated coaching. Section five focuses on fundamental issues in coaching such as ethics and contracting and evaluation. Section six explores continuous professional development, reflection and the role of supervision, as well as how to establish your coaching business. The final section contains a host of coaching tools which practitioners can use to broaden their practice.&#12288; Unique in its scope, this key text will be essential reading for coaches, and academics and students of coaching. It&nbsp;is an important text for anyone seeking to understand the best practice approaches that can be applied to their coaching practice, including human resources, learning and development and management professionals, and executives in a coaching role. &#12288;

Business & Money

Passmore, Jonathan

Business Culture

Routledge

This handbook covers the essentials, models and issues of coaching. Aimed at coaching practitioners and students, this coaching handbook contains current thinking on best practice for workplace coaching with a wide breadth of perspective. It covers coaching ethics, supervision and organizational issues while providing practical information for running a coaching practice. It includes contributions from leading coaching professionals, including Graham Alexander, whose leadership methodologies played a large part in bringing executive coaching onto corporate agendas; Ian McDermott, a best-selling author; and Sir John Whitmore, chairman of the Institute for Human Development.

Excellence in Coaching: The Industry Guide

Management & Leadership

Kogan Page.

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is one of the most exciting and increasingly recognized concepts being used to facilitate organizational change. This book studies AI in depth, illustrating the method of asking particular questions and envisioning the future, encouraging staff to consider both the positive and negative systems in place and to recognize the need to implement change. It demonstrates how AI can be practically applied by combining the skills, perspectives and approaches presented here into a practical conversational approach to organizational challenges. It also takes a look at other techniques used to create change through conversation. Case studies from organizations that have already integrated conversational methods into their change management practice show why the processes are valuable, why they are effective, and how to generate such conversations yourself. Written in jargon-free language, this is an excellent resource for discovering the benefits that conversational techniques can have on an organization and its performance.

Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management: Using AI to Facilitate Organizational Development

Cantore, Stefan

Lewis, Sarah

Diversity in Coaching: Working with Gender, Culture, Race and Age

Understanding how diversity impacts coaching is a crucial element to coaching effectively in today’s diverse society and can give coaches the edge when responding to the needs of their coachees. This book looks at how coaches can respond to issues of gender, cultural, national, racial, and generational difference. 
Each chapter is written by a coach who specializes in coaching in specific countries or to specific groups. They provide guidance on understanding diversity and how coaches can adapt coaching styles and techniques to meet individual needs, local demands and cultural preferences.

Psychometric questionnaires can provide a useful entry into a coaching conversation. These conversations are enhanced when coaches have a full understanding of the different psychometric tools available. Coaches need to understand the psychological theory and research underpinning the tests as well as how to select and apply tests effectively. This books aims to provide just that.
Written by an international team of global coaching practitioners, this book provides an overview of using psychometrics and providing feedback, and offers clear explanations of the key models and tools used in coaching today. The tools covered include MBTI, OPQ, Wave, ELQ, MTQ 48, VIA, CTT and many more.
Targeting both experienced practitioners and those new to psychometric testing, this book provides a deeper understanding of testing models, the theory and research behind them, their reliability and validity, and their use as part of a wider coaching and development program.

Psychometrics in Coaching: Using Psychological and Psychometric Tools for Development

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is one of the most exciting and increasingly recognized concepts in facilitating organizational change. This book studies AI in depth, illustrating the method of asking particular questions and envisioning the future, encouraging staff to consider both the positive and negative systems in place and to recognize the need to implement change. It demonstrates how AI can be practically applied through positive psychology, understanding various perspectives and trialling tested approaches to create change through conversation. Case studies from organizations that have already integrated conversational methods into their change management practice show the value and effectiveness of the processes and how to promote, create and generate such conversations yourself. Written in jargon-free language, this is an excellent resource for you to discover the benefits that conversational techniques can bring to your organization and its performance. Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management explains the theory and practice of AI, World Cafe, Open Space and other conversational approaches for facilitating organizational development (OD).

Within Industrial and Organizational Psychology, there are several models that coaches can use to help individuals to understand human behavior, emotions and cognition at work. Top Business Psychology Models is a quick, accessible overview to the fundamental theories and frameworks that can help explain ideas such as how to develop self-awareness, how to cope with change, how to deal with difficult people at work and what behaviors improve team performance. Each model is presented in a short and crisply written summary, which could be easily converted into materials for use in training or coaching. Clear, succinct and well referenced chapters also offer routes into accessing further information. Free of academic jargon, Top Business Psychology Models explains all the main theories and models used by psychologists, giving coaches, trainers and project leaders all the essential information to immediately implement business and positive psychology techniques in an organization. More details about the ideas in the book and some additional material on the authors' website: www.mondayspsychologists.co.uk

Top Business Psychology Models: 50 Transforming Ideas for Leaders, Consultants and Coaches

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is now a widely recognized process for engaging people in organizational development and change management. Based around conversational practice, it is a particular way of asking questions, fostering relationships, and increasing an organization’s capacity for collaboration and change. It focuses on building organizations around what works (rather than trying to fix what doesn’t) and acknowledges the contribution of individuals. Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management studies AI in depth, identifying what makes it work and how to implement it in order to improve performance within the business. The book explains the skills, perspectives, and approaches needed for successful AI, and demonstrates how a practical conversational approach can be applied to organizational challenges in times of change. Case studies from organizations that have already integrated AI into their change management practice, including Nokia and BP, reveal why these processes are valuable and demonstrate how to promote, create, and generate such conversations in other organizations. Written in jargon-free language, this updated second edition of Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management now includes chapters on how positive psychology can enhance appreciative practice and appreciative coaching, making it an essential resource for anyone looking to implement AI in their organization.

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Training, Development, and Performance Improvement (Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks in Organizational Psychology)

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Training, Development, and Performance Improvement provides up-to-date, contemporary information for researchers and professionals by reviewing the latest literature and research in the interconnected fields of training, development, and performance appraisal. It brings a psychological perspective to bear on a multi-disciplinary field that links to management, human resources, and education. Unique to reference works in this area, it maintains a truly global focus on the field with top international contributors looking at research and practice from around the world, including South America, Europe, Canada, and Australia, as well as the United States and the United Kingdom. The chapters cover a diverse range of important contemporary topics, such as needs analysis, job design, active learning, self-regulation, simulation approaches, 360-degree feedback, and virtual learning environments. Together, they offer researchers and professionals essential information for building a talented organization, a critical and challenging task for organizational success in the 21st century.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kraiger, Kurt

Rebelo dos Santos, Nuno

Malvezzi, Sigmar

Psychology & Counseling

Wiley/Blackwell

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention (Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks in Organizational Psychology)

"This is an excellent collection of chapters, providing in-depth coverage of important topics in the recruitment, selection and retention of employees. The handbook provides a deep exploration of the theoretical and empirical foundations of personnel psychology, and offers many useful insights into the opportunities created by new technologies, as well as strategies for dealing with the challenges of a global and diverse workforce." 
Scott Morris Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Illinois Institute of Psychology 
"The Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention will be of great value to psychologists and scholars as well as human resource practitioners, as evidence-based practice grows in organizations. This comprehensive resource covers the essential"knowledge in the field from talent attraction, assessment and selection, to diversity, work-life balance and retention strategies." 
Marcia J. Avedon Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Communications and Corporate Affairs, Ingersoll Rand 
This authoritative Wiley Blackwell Handbook in Organizational Psychology focuses on recruitment, selection and employee retention. The editors have drawn on their collective experience in collating thematically structured material from leading thinkers and practitioners based in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. 
Coinciding with growing international interest in the applications of psychology to organizations, the work offers a unique depth of analysis from an explicitly psychological perspective. Each chapter includes a detailed literature review that offers academics, researchers, scientist-practitioners and students an invaluable frame of reference. Coverage is built around competencies set forth by regulatory bodies including the APA and BPS, and includes job analysis, biodata, simulation exercises, online selection, talent management and assessment for leader development.

Pulakos, Elaine D.

Goldstein, Harold W.

Semedo, Carla

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Books by Passmore, Jonathan

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The Coaches' Handbook: The Complete Practitioner Guide for Professional Coaches (The Coaches' Handbook Series)

Excellence in Coaching: The Industry Guide

Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management: Using AI to Facilitate Organizational Development

Diversity in Coaching: Working with Gender, Culture, Race and Age

Psychometrics in Coaching: Using Psychological and Psychometric Tools for Development

Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management: Using AI to Facilitate Organizational Development

Top Business Psychology Models: 50 Transforming Ideas for Leaders, Consultants and Coaches

Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management: Using AI to Facilitate Organizational Development

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Training, Development, and Performance Improvement (Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks in Organizational Psychology)

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Recruitment, Selection and Employee Retention (Wiley-Blackwell Handbooks in Organizational Psychology)