Adaptive Coaching: The Art and Practice of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement
- 6h 35m
- Laurie Voss, Terry R. Bacon
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- 2012
Rich in detail from the authors' work with clients in Fortune 500 companies, Adaptive Coaching offers a unique client-centered focus on how people prefer to be coached. In this completely revised second edition, authors Bacon and Voss deliver the tools and techniques coaches need to identify clients' real needs, understand and adapt to different coaching style preferences, manage the dialogue, and help clients change. In addition, the authors identify the eight distinct coaching styles.
About the Authors
Terry R. Bacon, PhD is a prolific author, popular speaker, master coach and teacher. He is the founder and chairman of Lore International Institute (with a strategic alliance to Heidrick & Struggles, the world's premier executive search firm).
Laurie, Voss, PhD is managing principal of Executive Coaching Leadership and Talent Consulting at Korn Ferry. She is one of the world's leading authorities on executive coaching, particularly in global enterprises and complex organizations.
In this Book
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Adaptive Coaching—The Art and Practice of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement, Second Edition
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Introduction
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The Contexts of Coaching
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Negotiating Expectations
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The Needs Compass
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The Real Issues—Listen to all the facts before jumping in with suggestions.
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Adapting to Clients’ Preferences
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Initiating Coaching Sessions
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Managing the Dialogue
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Listening and Questioning
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Sharing Your Observations with Clients
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Pushing and Pulling
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Closing Coaching
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Helping Clients Change
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Transformational Coaching (from the Inside Out)
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Performance Coaching (from the Outside In)
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The Informed Practitioner
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Completing Your Own Journey
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