Coaching in Life and/or the Workplace
Written by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting,
LLC. Copyright 1997-2008.
The field of personal and professional coaching has grow substantially over the past 10 years or so. This type of coaching usually involves working in a partnership between coach and clients to provide structure, guidance and support for clients to:
- Take a complete look at their current state, including their assumptions and perceptions about their work, themselves and others;
- Set relevant and realistic goals for themselves, based on their own nature and needs;
- Take relevant and realistic actions toward reaching their goals; and
- Learn by continuing to reflect on their actions and sharing feedback with others along the way.
Coaching can be especially useful to help individuals address complex problems and/or attain signifcant goals and do so in a highly individualized fashion.
Today, there seems to be much ongoing discussion and debate about the definitions and differences regarding coaching and mentoring. See peer coaching groups and Mentoring.
Sections of This Topic Include:
What is Coaching?
Getting Coached
Coaching Others -- Peer Coaching Groups
Coaching Training Organizations
General Resources
What is Coaching?
Sample
overview of the coaching relationship and process (from Kim Marshall's
web page)
Getting Coached
101
Things to Work on With Your Coach
The
Top 10 Most Important Things That A Coach Can Help a Client To
Do
6 Benefits of Working with a Coach
Coaching Others
Coaching Best Practices
When to Facilitate, Train or Coach
Issues
Related to Changing Someone Else's Behavior
Tips for Effective Coaching
Getting a Coach
Executive Coaching - Is It For You?
Coaching
Tips
Peer Coaching Groups
In peer coaching groups, each member is coached by other members.
In these groups, members coach each other and learn coaching at
the same time. The groups are very useful for spreading low-cost
core coaching skills, enriching training and development programs,
and organizational change.
Authenticity Circles (peer coaching groups where
members coach each other)
Some Coaching Training Organizations and Associations
Authenticity
Consulting (peer coaching coaching)
Coach University
Coaches Training
Institute
Hudson
Institute
International
Coach Federation
New
Ventures West
Newfield
Network
Professional
Coaches and Mentors Association
General Resources
International
Association of Career Management Professionals
For the Category of Leadership:
Related Library Topics
Recommended Books
For Leading Yourself, See
Personal Development -- Related
Books
For Leading Other Individuals, See
Supervision -- Related
Books
For Leading Teams, See
Facilitation and Teams -- Related
Books
For Leading Organizations, See
Organizational Development
-- Recommended Books
For Management, See
Management -- Recommended Books
Basics and General Information
Field
Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business
- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit, utilize and evaluate the best employees for your business. Includes guidelines to effectively lead yourself (as Board member or employee), other individuals, groups and organizations. Includes guidelines to avoid burnout -- a very common problem among employees of small businesses. Many materials in this Library's topic about staffing are adapted from this book.
Field
Guide to Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff
- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Provides step-by-step, highly practical guidelines to recruit, utilize and evaluate the best staff members for your nonprofit. Includes guidelines to effectively lead yourself (as Board member or staff member), other individuals, groups and organizations. Includes guidelines to avoid burnout -- a very common problem among nonprofit staff. Many materials in this Library's topic about staffing are adapted from this book.
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