This is a highly practical and condensed introduction to solution-focused coaching. The book offers 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 to understand the general idea of coaching and the practicalities of the solution-focused approach. Several illustrated 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.
Geraldine McCaughrean has written a book from the perspective of Joseph, the father of the new born Jesus. On the night after the birth of Jesus, Joseph is awake in the Bethlehem stable and as he sits by the manger and looks over the baby boy Joseph he asks himself how he, a mere man can father the one who created all of the world, the one who set the sun in the sky, filled the oceans with fish and who set the world rotating, he wonders how... More info
How does affection shape a baby’s brain? Gerhardt sets out to demonstrate how in the very early years, especially the first twelve months, a baby’s brain can be affected emotionally for life. The amount of touch and the type of touch, she argues, can explain depression, anger and other behaviours that arise later in life. Scientifically and psychologically rigorous models are used to explain this as fact. Extremely interesting and an important work of our time for any parent with a baby or about to have one. More info
Personal Best gives you a first-hand experience of a powerful coaching system that has changed the lives of thousands of people around the world. Every professional sportsperson today has a coach, whose job is to guide, encourage, inspire and challenge the performer to achieve their personal best performance every time they go out on the field. Imagine what it would be like if you had a coach like that for your own life. Someone running along the sidelines with you, helping you set and reach your own goals, someone... More info
