Non-directive Coaching

The KEY book for both practitioners and students. Ideal for coaches working primarily non-directively who want to develop their practice by assimilating ideas from a range of approaches.  Therapies such as cognitive behavioural coaching, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and Gestalt are examined and the author demonstrates how some of the key principles of these can be used or adapted.  

The book also looks at how non-directive coaching skills might be applied in a number of other fields, such as staff development, supervision and mediation. Reflective questions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to think about the key issues, explore the implications and examine their own experiences.

Suitable for the range of postgraduate courses including MA, certificate and diploma courses in coaching, as well as for practitioners.

PART ONE - ATTITUDES
Chapter 1: An overview of non-directive coaching 
Chapter 2: The foundations of a non-directive approach to coaching 
PART TWO - APPROACHES
Chapter 3: Metaphor and clean language 
Chapter 4: Solution-focused coaching 
Chapter 5: Cognitive behavioural coaching 
Chapter 6: Motivational interviewing 
Chapter 7: Transactional analysis 
Chapter 8: Neuro-linguistic programming 
Chapter 9: Gestalt 
PART THREE - APPLICATIONS
Chapter 10: The use of a coaching approach in staff development 
Chapter 11: Non-directive supervision of coaching 
Chapter 12: The use of a coaching approach in mediation

Bob Thomson has worked in management development since 1988. He is a Learning and Development Adviser at the University of Warwick and was previously Leadership Development Manager at National Grid Transco. In his current role he runs the Warwick Leadership Programme, facilitates workshops and departmental away days, and leads the University’s Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring and Diploma in Coaching. He acts as an internal coach, supervisor and mediator, and has a small private practice in these fields. Before moving into management development he worked as an economist for eleven years with British Steel and ICI. Bob has degrees in Maths, in Economics and in Management Learning. He also has Certificates in Counselling, Coaching, Supervision, and Mediation.