How Coaching Works

by Joseph O'Connor, Andrea Lages

Coaching is very big business . Over the last decade it has become one of the most popular approaches to personal and business development. Coaching books tend to focus on just one method, and just one of five main Executive coaching (for senior business people); Business coaching (for companies to improve results); Life coaching (for people who want a better sense of fulfilment and wellbeing); Sports coaching (for individual athletes); Team coaching (for teams in sport or business). Pragmatic and informative , How Coaching Works is the first to explain the key concepts that underpin all of these different areas. It also explores how different ideas have blended to give rise to what we know as 'coaching' today, and singles out what works. The authors are two of the world's leading experts in this field. In How Coaching Works they have created a must-have book for practising coaches, students and anyone interested in the subject .

Genres: Personal Development, Nonfiction

284 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

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Joseph O’Connor is one of the world’s best known and most respected trainers of coaching and NLP. He is the best-selling author of seventeen books, which have been translated into twenty nine languages and have sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

Reviews

[Stevedutch · Rating 4 out of 5]

As is always the case with Joseph O'Connor's books this is written in a no-nonsense, straightforward style that incorporates humour and humanity but still manages to inform, educate and to provide a thorough overview on the state of coaching today. It is split into four sections that provide, sequentially, a history of the development of the idea and practice of coaching, brief resumes of different styles of coaching written by acknowledged experts in their fields, the influence of ideas from other but related disciplines, primarily psychology and finally postulates the future.

Anyone serious about coaching will find this stimulating, inspiring and informative. O'Connor's other book: Coaching with NLP is also excellent.

[Ryan Barretto · Rating 4 out of 5]

An extremely detailed book on what coaching is and how it works in it's various forms.

This is going to my "want to own" shelf.

[Maria]

How Coaching Works gives you a look at what coaching is, how it works and the different methodologies of coaching. It is informational, witty and easy to understand. I enjoyed reading before becoming a certified ICC coach. We used it in our coach trainings and recommend to people interested in learning about coaching.