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Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and Life (Hardcover)

by Laura Whitworth (Author), Henry Kinsey-House (Author), Phil Sandahl (Author), John Whitmore (Foreword)

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A book coaches will find worth having on their bookshelf as a reference and place to go to find ideas. -- Peer Resources Top Coaching Books, July 2004

Techniques for achieving one's goals from pioneers in the booming field of career coaching. -- New Age Journal, November/December 1998

The Co-Active Coaching model can (and does) provide interesting tools and tips to assist with coaching in a professional capacity. -- Personnel Psychology, Spring 2000

This book proposes a new kind of coaching, which involves the active participation of both the coach and the client. -- HR Magazine, February 1999

Whether you're training coaches, instituting a mentoring program, or evaluating a coach for your own use, the authors' model will come in handy. -- Training & Development, May 1999

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Coaching as a profession is experiencing dramatic growth. From senior executives at Fortune 100 companies to the self-employed, people at the point of change are looking more and more to coaches for guidance and support.

For professional coaches who want to increase their proficiency as well as for those interested in integrating coaching skills into their consulting practice, CO-ACTIVE COACHING presents a revolutionary new collaborative approach. Developed by three pioneers and leading authorities in the coaching field, this approach allows the client and coach to work together to identify both work-related and personal areas of development. Whitworth, Kimsey-House, and Sandahl, cofounders of the Coaches Training Institute, the largest nonprofit educational instiution devoted exclusively to the training of coaches, espouse a unique new model of coaching--co-active coaching. This model encompasses five specific skill sets and three key principles of coaching: fulfillment, balance, and process.

CO-ACTIVE COACHING offers a comprehensive view of the practice of coaching and features instructive coaching examples, skill-building exerciss for practitioners to use with clients, and coaching tips and traps.

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Davies-Black Publishing; 1st edition (December 25, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0891061231
ISBN-13: 978-0891061236
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #346,657 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Model for Coaching Success in Others, November 13, 2000

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"Co-Active Coaching" is written for the coach or prospective coach. The authors, Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, and Phil Sandahl, share their model and ideas for coaching others in three parts. They then provide a toolkit for coaches.

Part I is "Coaching Fundamentals." Here they outline the model which places the client squarely in the center. The model focuses on the coach using his or her skills to focus on the client's fulfillment, balance, and process. The intake session is discussed here sufficiently to create the context of the later coaching sessions.

Part II is "Co-Active Coaching Skills." The authors detail in this section five skills key to the coach's success: listening, use of intuition, exploration of curiosity, action and learning, and self-management. There are activities to practice each skill at the end of each chapter--anyone wanting to coach should not skip these exercises, which are carefully designed to get to the heart of the skill described.

Part III is "Co-Active Coaching Processes." This section explains "the three core principles of coaching:" fulfillment, balance, and process. Especially helpful here is Chapter 11, "Tips and Traps," a valuable addition that warns and prepares the coach for things that may not go quite right....

The last section is "The Coach's Toolkit," and this alone is worth the price of the book. It includes Action Plans, Client Activities and Worksheets, Intake Checklists--everything a coach needs to begin a successful coaching program. A wise coach will undertake the exercises and worksheets for himself or herself, and thus will better understand what the client is asked to do.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Whole-person coaching...a powerful approach., February 28, 1999

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Co-coaching is distinctive in that it involves both the coach and the client; it is also referred to as personal/professional coaching because it addresses the whole person (the whole of their life).

Many books we have reviewed on this subject, while of value within the workplace, do not strive to address the multidimensional nature of the individual. In contrast, the approach presented here is distinctly holistic.

The authors' offer a model plus a set of skills and techniques. The book is filled with specifics and excellent insights, and gives extensive guidance about how to be highly effective in coaching. About 75 pages are devoted to "The Coach's Toolkit," consisting of forms, checklists, exercises, resources and a glossary. This book offers a potentially powerful approach to coaching. It is, in our view, requisite reading for anyone involved in, or considering, coaching. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent resource!, March 25, 1999

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As a professor of Organizational Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, I've seen a lot of interest expressed by psychologists in the process of personal and executive coaching. Conventional training in psychology is not necessarily a very good preparation for this work. Rather, what is needed is the sort of empathetic and careful relationship building, informed by but not restricted to psychological approaches, that comes through in this book. I heartily recommend it to all who are interested in developing a greater sensitivity to the coaching process!

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