The approach is concise and immediately helpful in knowing how and when to use specific tools in coaching. We believe that this workbook is suited to coaches and prospective coaches in all sectors, particularly those who want a rapid and accessible route to understanding coaching practice and who want a reliable source book for coaching methods. We present an easily understandable structure for coaching so that all the tools sit simply within a practical framework for developing and enhancing your own coaching style. This framework, the STEPPPA Model, also provides a coherent and practical tool for keeping in touch with the coaching process as a structured journey.

You will quickly recognize a layout that becomes familiar and enables fast access to key information. Links between other related models and tools are provided throughout, so the complexity of coaching processes, with time, becomes even more comprehensible. We have very deliberately included linguistic-triggers in the text to help coaches use the right set of tools in their actual coaching sessions without having to pause in their work.

We include a number of self-evaluation frameworks so you can make progress in ways that are personal to your own style of coaching delivery. The world of the coachee’s experience will become more familiar to you and this will help to advise your use of the tools.

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• Increase self understanding
• Develop your work-based skills
• Be able to gain highly individualised approaches to challenges
• Improve your effectiveness in a range of areas including
• People skills
• Personal productivity
• Work-life balance and time management
• Confidence
• Career progression/business development
• Dealing with challenging people or situations
• Deal with negative emotions that constrain you

How is coaching structured?
Coaching is structured according to your needs. Your coach will identify with you what you main goals are and develop a programme which will include specific activities to gain insight, techniques and approaches to overcoming challenges and challenging questions to support you. Your coach is there to assist you through helping you to understand what’s working and what is not working and how to enhance your performance. He/she will ask you questions to enable you to work through any limiting thinking you have and provide you with an even wider range of options than you may have considered.

Who will coach me?
We have a number of highly experienced coaches all of whom are qualified. We’ll help you to work with a coach that suits your needs and aspirations.

What if I get a coach?
If you get a coach, you are beginning a fascinating and inspiring journey towards greater effectiveness. Sometimes we can fall into the rut of believing that all we can currently see is all that there is. Coaching helps you move way beyond your current perception of what you could achieve and supports you to find the path to achieve your aspirations. Your coach is your partner for change.