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Co-Active Coaching, 2nd Edition: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and, Life (Paperback)
by Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House
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Author: Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House
Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing
Pub. in: February, 2007
ISBN: 0891061983
Pages: 312
Measurements: 8.8 x 7 x 0.9 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00948
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0891061984
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One of the best written books on coaching effectiveness. |
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A newly revised edition of the book that helped define the coaching profession, Co-Active Coaching captures the essence of what it takes to design and maintain successful, collaborative, and empowering coaching relationships. The authors describe in detail their flexible and adaptive model-placing the client's agenda at the heart of the coaching partnership, define the skills required for success, provide dozens of sample coaching conversations, and a power-packed Coach's Toolkit of over 35 exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and forms to make these proven principles and techniques eminently practical and immediately actionable.
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The theory of co-active coaching that provides the title for this book makes sense: By making the interaction between coach and coachee a relationship of equals, both parties will feel less constrained by pre-assigned roles, and thereby freed to learn from another. Unfortunately, the rest of the book fails to live up to the promise of the initial intriguing, yet common-sense idea. Specifically, the coaching methods and tools described by the authors never progress beyond generalities that basically amount to this: The client already has the answers, the coach just has to bring them out by being curious and creating a safe place where the client can be honest and take risks. However, we [...] do recommend this book on the basis of a few features, like the excellent sample dialogues and illustrative hypothetical examples, which provide simple but valuable lessons to managers, consultants, teachers and all manner of would-be coaches.
(From quoting Rolf Dobelli and Publisher)
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Professional coaches, managers, trainers, internal comporate trainers, learning and development professionals, consultants and other people interested in coaching skills.
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Laura Whitworth, named one of the 10 most influential coaches by "Professional Coach Journal," is internationally recognized for her pioneering work in professionalizing the practice of coaching. She is cofounder of The Coaches Training Institute (CTI), one of the largest coach training organizations in the world providing a highly regarded certification program. She also cofounded The Executive Coaching Summit, The Personal and Professional Coaches Association, the Association of Coach Training Organizations, the Time to Change Prison Project, and The Bigger Game Company.
Karen Kimsey-House is cofounder and international president of CTI. She also founded the Learning Annex San Francisco. She works extensively with start-up companies and entrepreneurs.
Henry Kimsey-House is a successful coach and workshop leader, and an acclaimed innovator in experiential learning and creative course design. He is cofounder of CTI and The Co-Active Leadership Program.
Phillip Sandahl is cofounder of Team Coaching International, a global team assessment and team coaching company and developer of the Team Diagnostic Assessment (TM). He is an internationally recognized coach and a senior faculty member of CTI.
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Discover what's new in this classic work that helped define the field of coaching.
With the first edition of CO-ACTIVE COACHING, Laura Whitworth and her pioneering coauthors set the stage for what has become a cultural and business phenomenon - and helped launch the professional practice of coaching. Durable and flexible, their Co-Active Coaching model has stood the test of time as a transformative communication process that co-workers and teammates, direct reports and managers, teachers and students can use to build strong, collaborative relationships. Now, in this new edition, the authors bring current their original work to reflect today's reality: how coaching has moved beyond its initial focus on life skills to become an integral part of an organization's toolkit for developing leaders, working with teams, and building individual competencies essential for success.
Already used as the definitive resource in dozens of corporate and professional development programs, CO-ACTIVE COACHING has been updated to include the latest terminology and a wide-ranging set of fresh coaching examples drawn from the authors' firthand experience with thousands of international coaching trainees and clients. The power-packed Coach's Toolkit has been expanded to include more than 35 exercises, questionnaires, checklists, and reproducible forms. And a CD containing sample audio coaching sessions and printable forms from the Toolkit has been added to make these proven principles and techniques both practical and immediately actionable.
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Triangle Business Journal (MSL quote), USA
<2007-08-12 00:00>
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. |
Personnel Psychology (MSL quote), USA
<2007-08-12 00:00>
The Co-Active Coaching model can (and does) provide interesting tools and tips to assist with coaching in a professional capacity. |
Peer Resources Top Coaching Books (MSL quote), USA
<2007-08-12 00:00>
A book coaches will find worth having on their bookshelf as a reference and place to go to find ideas. |
Patrick Goonan (MSL quote), USA
<2007-08-12 00:00>
I am a professional coach who has been using these principles in my practice for a number of years. Initially, I thought some of them were somewhat questionable, but over time, I have found this to be the most powerful and simple methodology available. It is to learn and apply.
One principle of good coaching is to ask powerful questions. This is what evokes deep inquiry and access to important needs underlying emotions. This is primary focus of any coaching method, but this book emphasizes doing this within the context of a negotiated relationship which serves as a container for the client's process. This creates the safety for magic to happen.
This book emphasizes that it is the coach's responsibility to hold the client's agenda and take their leads from the client's process. This is much different than an arm's length approach centered on the coach's opinions and expertise. This is very validating to the person who is receiving the coaching and helps deepen the relationship. This creates a positive feedback loop over time and allows the person being coached to be more vulnerable.
Another aspect of this particular model is that it taps into people's peak experiences to mine for important values and experiences that point the way to fulfillment. If these are developed properly, they can help the client to propel themselves beyond their biggest fears. This dimension of the model relates to fulfillment which is the ultimate goal of this methodology along with balance and self-management.
The explanation of the overall model is excellent. Focusing on the client's fulfillment, balance and process forms the foundation of the coaching relationship. The authors clearly explain that the coaching relationship is continuously negotiated and refined so that a safe space is maintained that provides just the right balance of challenge and support for personal growth. This is a good foundation for any kind of interpersonal growth work and gives the coach frequently reality checks which are important in working with different personality types. Some other coaching models are prone to a lot of mind reading, but the negotiated relationship aspect of this methodology helps to counterbalance this tendency.
In Part II the authors talk about five foundational skills: listening, the use of intuition, curiosity, action and learning and self-management. It may seem obvious on the surface, but empathetic listening guided by curiosity and intuition helps people to really open up. This method places these skills squarely in the middle of the coaching process and emphasizes staying with the client's process in the moment and trusting the leads that come as pointers to solutions. The value of intuition in coaching can't be overestimated and in this way the model goes beyond simple talk therapy based on cognitive principles. As we all know, much of communication is non-verbal e.g. facial expressions, body language and tone of voice. Paying attention to these and other non-verbal cues often results in deep insights that might normally be dismissed.
I also like the explanation of the relationship between action and deep learning. These two areas can be looked at metaphorically as two legs walking. In other words, to move forward the person being coached needs to alternate between deep learning and taking action to move forward in their process. I have found this to be true. Deep learning by itself is not enough to bring about lasting change. One must alternate learning with taking what is learned and applying it in the world.
Overall, this method respects the client's unique process and provides a way to work with anyone where the coaches own projections are not likely to intrude. It is optimistic and trusts that at the core, the person is good and used methods that help the client to get to this "felt sense." This is complimented by an emphasis on embodying change which they refer to as the "in the bones" principle. I have used this method over many hours of coaching and it does get results. It is also easy for new coaches to learn and has built in mechanisms that prevent new coaches from getting themselves into trouble.
While in some ways the book could have been better written or organized, it is still well-presented and packed with lots of useful information beyond the basics. It also has specific tools and forms that a new coach will find useful in their practice.
I have read many coaching books and this is the best one I have found overall. I think any coach, manager, parent or counselor would benefit from reading this book. What this book doesn't address is how to get a practice up and running. However, that is not its purpose. |
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