Lessons for Coaches from Positive Psychology
Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-24116-3
Verlag: Open University Press
Alex Linley, Founding Director, Capp, www.cappeu.com
Author, The Strengths Book: Be Confident, Be Successful and Enjoy Better Relationships by Realising the Best of You
"Driver has a writing style that is easy to read and adsorb. He provides a breadth of information together with practical examples and resources such as questions a positive coach might typically ask and is therefore a valuable resource; no mean achievement in only 141 pages."
Kevin Chamberlain, Member of the Association for Coaching, UK
"Coaching Positively is a cauldron of evidence-based research and personal experiences of how contemporary coaches can implement the latest practices. The author uses his experiences, and those from his panel, to link positive psychology and related disciplines to coaching. He covers a wide range of topics from individual needs through to leadership and all the way to organisational coaching from both practitioners and clients perspective. He also injects humour to let the coaches know they are human."
Yvonne Thackray, The Good Coach
Coaching is a positive practice which focuses on building people's resourcefulness and positive beliefs about themselves. Recent research into positive psychology supports and builds upon current coaching practice and also refines it. This straightforward, practical book brings together:
- Substantial psychological research
- The author's experience of coaching and the practice of many other coaches
- Examples from coaching clients that shows what has worked best for them
- The importance of relationships, autonomy and achievement in the coaching process
Like many other coaches, managers and consultants, Matt Driver has found this relatively new field to be inspiring and to offer practical insights into his work. It is proving to be of enormous value to people who are interested in what works rather than what does not and who aim to fulfil themselves by developing their natural strengths.
Whether you are a coach or a line manager, learning the skills or commissioning coaching for others, you will find this book adds to your knowledge of current practice and gives you a range of practical tools and techniques that will have an immediate impact.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Preface
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Positive Psychology and Coaching
1 Strengths-based Positive Coaching
2 Mindset: Positive Motivation in Coaching
3 Resilience
4 Coaching Leaders and Managers
5 Leaders as Coaches
6 Goal Power: Giving Your Coaching a Good Kick-off
7 The Wider Implications of Positive Psychology in Coaching
8 Being a Positive Coach
9 Positive Emotion and Techniques
10 Positive Themes and Coaching
11 Positive Tips and Techniques
Bibliography
Index