Coaching and Mentoring for Business

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-85702-336-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 425 g

Coaching and Mentoring for Business seeks to go beyond the vast body of skills-based literature that dominates the study of coaching and mentoring and focus on the contribution that coaching can make to the implementation of human resource strategy and organizational strategy.

Grace McCarthy includes an introduction to coaching and mentoring theory, then goes on to look at coaching and mentoring skills, and how they may be applied in relation to individual change, coaching and mentoring for leaders and by leaders, coaching and mentoring for strategy, innovation and organisational change, as well as coaching and mentoring in cross-cultural and virtual contexts. Coaching and Mentoring for Business also explores ethical issues in coaching and mentoring before concluding with the evaluation of success in coaching and mentoring and a discussion of emerging issues.

Key Features:

- Vignettes to help readers consolidate their learning by illustrating real life situations

- Web links to useful academic and professional resources

- A companion website with PowerPoint slides, a lecturer's guide and self-assessment quizzes available

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mccarthy, Grace

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Coaching, Training, Supervision

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Coaching and mentoring theory and models
Chapter 3: Coaching and mentoring skills
Chapter 4: Coaching and mentoring for individual change
Chapter 5: Coaching and mentoring for leaders
Chapter 6: Coaching and mentoring by leaders
Chapter 7: Coaching and mentoring for strategy
Chapter 8: Coaching and mentoring for innovation
Chapter 9: Coaching and mentoring for organisational change
Chapter 10: Cross-cultural and virtual coaching and mentoring
Chapter 11: Ethical issues in coaching and mentoring
Chapter 12: Success in coaching and mentoring

Über Autor(innen)

Mccarthy, Grace
Dr Grace McCarthy is Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Following many years in industry, Grace now specialises in coaching, mentoring and education. Grace developed the Master of Business Coaching at the University of Wollongong, combining inputs from industry with academic research and the requirements of professional associations. Launched in 2008, the course attracts experienced internal and external coaches, human resource and other professionals from around Australia, each passionate about coaching and seeking to enhance their skills and understand the theoretical underpinnings of their practice. Grace is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Evidence-Based Coaching and Mentoring and reviews for this and other journals and conferences. In 2012, Grace was awarded an Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching citation for ‘Using a coaching approach to inspire a love of learning among students and colleagues’.