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Coaching in context
The essence of coaching is to use the wisdom of the coach to bring to consciousness the wisdom that those being coached hold within themselves.
David Clutterbuck (2007)
In this chapter we will explore what coaching is, why coaching is important, and look at how effective coaching is in practice. We will give a number of reasons why we think coaching is an important and essential part of the manager’s toolkit, discuss the context of coaching and the barriers to implementing coaching in organisations.
What is coaching for managers?
Coaching for managers is different to the type of coaching practised by executive coaches. For example, their role in the organisation is to coach and nothing more. Typically an executive coach ...
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