"Much more than an outstanding toolkit, this hand book is an essential and rich resource for professional coaches (new and experienced) and for leaders, managers and parents facilitating informal coaching conversations. Angus McLeod and Will Thomas have artfully distilled key frameworks and tools for facilitating sustainable performance, wellbeing and humanity in both coach and coachee. Jargon free and filled with immediately useable and highly impactful models, check-lists and downloadable resources, this guide will quickly become a well used and trusted companion." Michelle Duval – Managing Director Equilibrio International 
 "For anyone new to the subject everything is well and simply explained, as such I’d recommend it as a must buy. Those more knowledgeable will find it refreshing in its content, presentation and practical approach…Overall, this is a great book and definitely recommended." Caroline Nowell, Book Review Panel, Rapport Magazine
 It offers a wealth of wise suggestions from two highly experienced coaches and readers may choose to read it right through or dip into it using the List of Tools, Glossary and Index. The keys to effective coaching, in the view of McLeod and Thomas, are questioning, listening and silence; they offer a very nice and easy exercise enabling coaches to balance all three. Among the many other offerings I like are the tools for checking and working with coachees' emotions and the 17 'starter questions' for coaching conversations." Dr Susie Linder-Pelz, author of 'NLP Coaching’' (Kogan Page)
 The Performance Coaching Toolkit is a practical handbook for anyone wishing to improve their coaching skills. It is enriched by methods taken from the authors' understanding and development of practical learning techniques as well as from their work in education, personal development and within various commercial organizations.
 The approach of the book is concise and informative: all the tools sit within a practical framework for developing and enhancing your own coaching style. This framework is based on the STEPPPA Model which is built around:
<ul>
<li> Subject focus </li>
<li> Target focus </li>
<li> Emotional focus </li>
<li> Perception focus </li>
<li> Plan focus </li>
<li> Pace and Act focus</li>
</ul> The toolkit also provides a coherent and practical tool for keeping in touch with the coaching process as a structured journey. The layout has been designed to enable fast access to key information and the book has links to other related models and tools, so that the complexity of coaching processes, with time, becomes even more comprehensible.
 This toolkit is key reading for coaches and prospective coaches in all sectors, particularly those who want a rapid and accessible route to understanding coaching practice and who want a reliable source book for coaching methods.

Performance Coaching Toolkit

Business & Money

Angus McLeod

Will Thomas

Management & Leadership

Open University Press

To Kingdom Come

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Robert_Hale

The Limehouse Text

Robert Hale, Ltd.

Some Danger Involved

Touchstone

Lethal Pursuit: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

Minotaur Books

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Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd

The Head of Department's Pocketbook

Brin Best

Teachers' Pocketbooks

The extensively illustrated pocketbook is aimed at primary and secondary teachers in the UK but will be relevant to those working overseas. It starts with a section on work-life imbalance and explores attitudes and behaviours which can help to correct the balance.

The Managing Workload Pocketbook

The position of head of department or subject leader is a key middle management role in schools. Described by the National College for School Leadership as 'the engine room of change' that can transform teaching and learning, department heads play a key part in raising standards and maximizing student achievement. This revised new edition of the Head of Department's Pocketbook is about cultivating and maintaining a climate for effective teaching and learning, improving management and leadership skills and incorporating time to reflect, all of which contribute towards becoming a more effective head of department. For authors Brin Best and Will Thomas building and sharing a vision are essential components of success. Using a range of cartoons, diagrams, mnemonics and other visual devices, this pocket-size book is a practical guide to excellent practice for new and existing heads of departments. It is packed with tips on areas such as goal-setting; creative thinking; building team spirit and performance management. There is also advice on preparing for inspection; effective documentation; planning a budget; working with students, colleagues and parents; managing data; and health and safety issues. At the end of the book a helpful self-evaluation tool enables a closer look at departmental practice which in turn aids the formulation of action plans for improvement. Both authors are highly successful in the world of education. They have run their own departments and are now consultants and educational trainers who write extensively on educational issues.

Head of Department's Pocketbook

Management Pocketbooks

The position of Head of Department or Subject Leader is a key middle leadership role. Once described by the National College for Teaching and Leadership as 'the engine room of change' that can transform teaching and learning, department heads play a key part in raising standards and maximising student achievement. This Pocketbook will assist middle leaders in primary and secondary schools to carry out their jobs confidently and effectively. This third edition of the Head of Department's Pocketbook is about cultivating and maintaining a climate for effective teaching and learning, improving management and leadership skills, and incorporating time to reflect. Authors Brin Best and Will Thomas see creativity, alongside building and sharing a vision, as essential components of success. Using a range of cartoons, diagrams, mnemonics and other visual devices, this A6 book is a practical guide to excellent practice for new and existing heads of departments. It covers areas such as goal-setting; creative thinking; upskilling, influencing and motivating colleagues, and performance management. There is also advice on preparing for inspection; effective documentation; planning a budget; working with students, colleagues and parents; managing data; and health and safety issues. At the end of the book a helpful self-evaluation tool enables a closer look at departmental practice which in turn aids the formulation of action plans for improvement.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

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