Coaching skills: a handbook

'Coaching skills' is a popular text for coach training schools all over the world, brought to life with dozens of case studies and practical guidance, while also emphasizing the importance of underpinning psychological awareness and understanding.

This book will support the reader whether they are an experienced coach working with senior executives, or a beginner taking their first steps on the journey to becoming a master-practitioner.

The book answers questions such as:

• Which tools and techniques pay dividends every time and to avoid?
• What are the magic ingredients that determine whether the coach-client relationship works?
• Why are goal-setting and questioning such important skills for any coach and how can the reader acquire them?
• How as a coach can the reader work with clients to make truly transformational changes in their lives?

Now includes new material on:

• Coaching and the human brain 
• Working with clients on their self-limiting beliefs
• New models of understanding what coaching is
• Being a coach during the psychological stresses of a severe economic recession.

Jenny Rogers is an executive coach with more than 20 years' experience. Her clients are typically senior leaders from a wide range of sectors. She has also trained many hundreds of coaches and managers in coaching skills. As a writer Jenny has published more than 70 books on topics which include adult learning, influencing, facilitation skills and career management.