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, the 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.

Unique in its scope, this key text will be essential reading for coaches, academics and students of coaching. It 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.

Section 1: COACHING CONTEXT 1. Coaching defined and explored 2. The business case for coaching 3. Developing a coaching culture in your organisation SECTION 2: UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AND YOUR CLIENTS 4. Understanding yourself as a coach 5. Understanding your clients 6. Non-violent communication 7. Understanding the coaching relationship SECTION 3: CORE COACHING SKILLS 8. Goal-setting in coaching 9. Questions in coaching 10. Listening in coaching 11. Affirmations, reflections and summaries in coaching 12. Using Tools and techniques in coaching 13. Silence in coaching 14. Using emotions in coaching 15. Balancing challenge and support in coaching SECTION 4: COACHING APPROACHES 16. The universal eclectic model of executive coaching 17. Behavioural coaching: The GROW model 18. Person-centred coaching 19. Solution-focused coaching 20 .Cognitive-behavioural coaching 21. Gestalt coaching 22. Systems-Psychodynamic coaching 23. Neuroscience coaching 24. Narrative coaching 25. Systemic team Coaching 26. Careers coaching 27. Outdoor eco-coaching 28. Acceptance and commitment coaching 29. Positive psychology approaches to coaching 30. Developinh an integrated approach to coaching SECTION 5: COACHING ISSUES 31. Ethics in coaching 32. Contracting in coaching 33. Feedback and evaluation in coaching 34. AI and digital technology in coaching SECTION 6: CONTINUING COACH DEVELOPMENT 35. Supervision in coaching 36. Manager as coach 37. Reflective practice in coaching 38. Establishing your coaching business SECTION 7: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR COACHES 39. Fifteen tools and techniques for coaches

Jonathan Passmore is Director of the Henley Centre for Coaching. He has also held a number of executive and non-executive board roles and worked for global consulting firms, including PwC and IBM. He has also edited and written 30 books and over 100 scientific articles.