Achieving Excellence in Your Coaching Practice: How to Run a Highly Successful Coaching Business (Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge) [Paperback]

Gladeana Mcmahon (Author), Stephen Palmer (Author), Christine Wilding (Author)

Book Description

Series: Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge | Publication Date: January 26, 2006

What are the essential skills needed to set up and run a successful coaching practice?

Coaching is the new growth industry in the UK and coaching as a profession is increasingly becoming an attractive option for motivated professionals.

Achieving Excellence in Your Coaching Practice provides a practical and accessible guide to the business skills needed to succeed as a self-employed coach. It focuses on every aspect of setting up and developing a professional and successful coaching practice, including discussion of how to market your business, manage your resources, assess risk, and promote a professional image.

Assuming no prior knowledge or experience of running a business, this book provides an invaluable guide to the major financial, legal and practical issues involved in setting up a coaching practice. It will be welcomed by all coaches, whatever their level of experience.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Achieving Excellence in Your Coaching Practice is a first-rate addition to the series in Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge by Routledge and delivers suitably against the stated objectives of being 'practical and highly accessible'. The range and depth of subject area included reflects the diverse knowledge and experience of the three authors and I would certainly recommend this book to any aspiring coach seeking to establish and succeed with their own coaching practice." - International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, April 2006 

"...an enjoyable, easy read and highly recommended for anyone thinking of going it alone." - The Psychologist

About the Author

Gladeana McMahon is a leading personal development and executive coach. She is a Vice President and Fellow of the Association for Coaching and a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Stephen Palmer is Founder Director of the Centre for Coaching, London and Honorary President and Fellow of the Association for Coaching.

Christine Wilding is an independent coach and motivational trainer working in both private and corporate sectors. She is a Director of Coaching Consultancy Services.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583918965
• ISBN-13: 978-1583918968
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,189,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so much about coaching..., March 7, 2010

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Ypatios Varelas (Greece) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Achieving Excellence in Your Coaching Practice: How to Run a Highly Successful Coaching Business (Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge) (Hardcover)

I've got this book hoping that I can get some coaching specific advice for running my coaching practice. I was disappointed to see that actually only three chapters are clearly specific to coaching and that the rest of the information presented (how to manage your work space, your promotion activities, your accounting challenges, etc.) can be found in many other (and better) books about self employment an and running your own business.

The book seems like it has many parts writen by people outside the coaching profession and noone cared enough to make them much more specific to coaches...

Also note that some information is UK specific, like Chapter 9 ("Other financial matters").