This book covers the fundamentals for those looking for an introduction to the subject, and also offers practice and extension for people with some existing coaching experience, whether they work inside a company or in a freelance capacity, in life coaching or executive coaching, or are managers wishing to coach their in-house teams more effectively.

Table of Contents

• Only got a minute?
• Only got five minutes?
• 1 Coaching today
• 2 Natural coaching
• 3 Understanding coaching
• 4 Getting started as a life coach
• 5 Becoming an executive coach
• 6 Coaching in companies
• 7 Practical matters
• 8 In the beginning
• 9 Connecting with your client
• 10 Coaching frameworks and models
• 11 Good coaching practice
• 12 Questioning and listening
• 13 Powerful tools and techniques
• 14 Common themes and issues
• 15 Making things happen and raising the bar
• 16 Coaching pitfalls
• 17 Drawing things to a close
• 18 Developing as a coach
• 19 Business aspects
• 20 Training courses
• Taking it further
• Glossary
• Appendix