An easy-to-read, pocket-sized primer on brief coaching basics. This is a highly practical and condensed introduction to solution-focused coaching, offering a simple and clear structure for coaching sessions that is easy to learn. Content is illuminated through exemplary dialogues from real coaching sessions and bullet-point toolboxes for greater variety of choice. Narrative explanations create a helpful framework for understanding the general idea of coaching and the practicalities of the solution focused approach. Several illustrating graphs and symbols give the book an easy to read, light touch. The book targets beginners in coaching who are looking for simple guidance and step-by-step ideas in their learning process. Topics include: What is coaching? • Coaching—simple, concise and effective • Overview: Major elements of the coaching conversation • Contracting—before you start • Coaching agreement for the first session • Preferred Future • Resources and forerunners of solutions • Small steps and clues of upcoming progress • Session conclusion • Follow-up sessions • Brief coaching of executives—three examples • Beyond technique—continuous learning as a coach
This book is the result of a collaboration between a number of authors working as a European Brief Therapy Association (EBTA) task-group. This is the 2020 state of the art version of understanding and learning Solution-Focused Practice. It is applicable to various fields of practice, such as therapy, coaching, supervision, social change, educational work, leadership, and other contexts where a detailed understanding of how to manage and promote change in social systems and communities is of intended. The book presents a coherent theory of solution-focused practice for those who want to understand the rationale, together with a comprehensive description of solution-focused practice that can be used in daily practice or training and for developmental purposes. Theory here is defined as a process theory describing how the solution-focused practice is done, together with explanations of how and why the change process is initiated. This book is also a statement of what solution-focused practice is and what are the sound reasons to use it.
Solution Focused Team Coaching offers readers a simple, practical and effective way to coach teams. Its evidence-based approach, which has been applied successfully to many fields, is presented in an engaging, pragmatic and approachable way, making this book a must read for anyone who wants to broaden their horizon within the team coaching space. This book presents the background and philosophy of Solution Focused team coaching and then moves on to explore its practical application in various formats of team coaching, with different audience dimensions. The reader will find a useful structure for team coaching processes as well as detailed descriptions for facilitating team coaching “moves” (conventionally called “techniques” or “tools”) for both online and live settings. With this book, it is easy to plan a Solution Focused team coaching process from contract negotiation through workshop design to follow-up and evaluation. It covers difficult team situations such as conflicts, and different forms of teams from shop-floor to executive teams, Agile teams and special formats of team coaching, as well as how to facilitate larger teams. Additionally, readers who want to achieve certification and/or accreditation will find it extremely useful to read about ICF, EMCC and AC team coaching competencies and how Solution Focused team coaching is an easy way of embedding those competencies. Solution Focused Team Coaching is a must for any coach, from those who would like to learn a pragmatic, impactful and easy way to move into team coaching to experienced team coaches who would like to learn a new approach and expand their skills, and anybody interested in exploring the fascinating world of team coaching.
An easy-to-read, pocket-sized primer on brief coaching basics. This is a highly practical and condensed introduction to solution-focused coaching, offering a simple and clear structure for coaching sessions that is easy to learn. Content is illuminated through exemplary dialogues from real coaching sessions and bullet-point toolboxes for greater variety of choice. Narrative explanations create a helpful framework for understanding the general idea of coaching and the practicalities of the solution focused approach. Several illustrating graphs and symbols give the book an easy to read, light touch. The book targets beginners in coaching who are looking for simple guidance and step-by-step ideas in their learning process. Topics include: What is coaching? • Coaching—simple, concise and effective • Overview: Major elements of the coaching conversation • Contracting—before you start • Coaching agreement for the first session • Preferred Future • Resources and forerunners of solutions • Small steps and clues of upcoming progress • Session conclusion • Follow-up sessions • Brief coaching of executives—three examples • Beyond technique—continuous learning as a coach
Solution Focused Team Coaching offers readers a simple, practical and effective way to coach teams. Its evidence-based approach, which has been applied successfully to many fields, is presented in an engaging, pragmatic and approachable way, making this book a must read for anyone who wants to broaden their horizon within the team coaching space. This book presents the background and philosophy of Solution Focused team coaching and then moves on to explore its practical application in various formats of team coaching, with different audience dimensions. The reader will find a useful structure for team coaching processes as well as detailed descriptions for facilitating team coaching “moves” (conventionally called “techniques” or “tools”) for both online and live settings. With this book, it is easy to plan a Solution Focused team coaching process from contract negotiation through workshop design to follow-up and evaluation. It covers difficult team situations such as conflicts, and different forms of teams from shop-floor to executive teams, Agile teams and special formats of team coaching, as well as how to facilitate larger teams. Additionally, readers who want to achieve certification and/or accreditation will find it extremely useful to read about ICF, EMCC and AC team coaching competencies and how Solution Focused team coaching is an easy way of embedding those competencies. Solution Focused Team Coaching is a must for any coach, from those who would like to learn a pragmatic, impactful and easy way to move into team coaching to experienced team coaches who would like to learn a new approach and expand their skills, and anybody interested in exploring the fascinating world of team coaching.
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