Non-directive Coaching
Attitudes, Approaches and Applications
1st Edition
Published on 31. March 2025
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-1-041-05630-0 (ISBN)
Description
The KEY book for both practitioners and students. Ideal for coaches working primarily non-directively who want to develop their practice by assimilating ideas from a range of approaches. Therapies such as cognitive behavioural coaching, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and Gestalt are examined and the author demonstrates how some of the key principles of these can be used or adapted.
The book also looks at how non-directive coaching skills might be applied in a number of other fields, such as staff development, supervision and mediation. Reflective questions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to think about the key issues, explore the implications and examine their own experiences.
Suitable for the range of postgraduate courses including MA, certificate and diploma courses in coaching, as well as for practitioners.
The book also looks at how non-directive coaching skills might be applied in a number of other fields, such as staff development, supervision and mediation. Reflective questions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to think about the key issues, explore the implications and examine their own experiences.
Suitable for the range of postgraduate courses including MA, certificate and diploma courses in coaching, as well as for practitioners.
Reviews / Votes
Non-directive Coaching provides a clear outline of what non-directive coaching is and how it can be used to develop and support others. The emphasis of the text is clearly focused on how coaching helps to enable others. Guidance is provided on how to use questioning and listening more effectively to guide learners to explore their own practice in depth with the aim to discover ways forward and refine their practice. What is fantastic about this book is that it also explores the value of silence and thinking time to enable the learner to reflect on practice and explore their own solutions. Strategies are explored and a direct link is made to how coaching can be used to develop others. It is a theory rich, compact read, exploring a wide range of important issues, with a clear focus on the application and how to help others. The text is extremely helpful for both the new and experienced subject/phase tutor and mentor who is keen to continue to develop and support their trainees to the best of their ability.Lizana Oberholzer, NASBTT
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
449 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-041-05630-0 (9781041056300)
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Person
Bob Thomson has worked in management development since 1988. He is a Learning and Development Adviser at the University of Warwick and was previously Leadership Development Manager at National Grid Transco. In his current role he runs the Warwick Leadership Programme, facilitates workshops and departmental away days, and leads the University's Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring and Diploma in Coaching. He acts as an internal coach, supervisor and mediator, and has a small private practice in these fields. Before moving into management development he worked as an economist for eleven years with British Steel and ICI. Bob has degrees in Maths, in Economics and in Management Learning. He also has Certificates in Counselling, Coaching, Supervision, and Mediation.
Content
PART ONE - ATTITUDES Chapter 1: An overview of non-directive coaching Chapter 2: The foundations of a non-directive approach to coaching PART TWO - APPROACHES Chapter 3: Metaphor and clean language Chapter 4: Solution-focused coaching Chapter 5: Cognitive behavioural coaching Chapter 6: Motivational interviewing Chapter 7: Transactional analysis Chapter 8: Neuro-linguistic programming Chapter 9: Gestalt PART THREE - APPLICATIONS Chapter 10: The use of a coaching approach in staff development Chapter 11: Non-directive supervision of coaching Chapter 12: The use of a coaching approach in mediation