Presenting cutting-edge thinking in the field of workplace coaching, this updated third edition of Excellence in Coaching enables coaches to achieve excellence in a rapidly evolving profession.  All of the chapters have been brought up to date with current content.
 
Part one introduces the business of coaching, with topics covering how to set up a coaching practice, coaching within organizations, and coaching requirements.  Chapters five through twelve in part two, review coaching models and approaches, including NLP, behavioral, solution-focused, transpersonal, appreciative, and integrative.  There is also a brand new chapter on team coaching.  The final section considers issues surrounding coaching: ethics, supervision, evaluating coaching programs, accreditation, intercultural coaching, and stress.
Jonathan Passmore is an occupational psychologist and a coaching supervisor. He has wide business consulting experience, having worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM Business Consulting, and as a chief executive and company chairman in the sports leisure sector. He is based at the School of Psychology, University of East London, and is Director for the Coaching and Coaching Psychology programs. He is co-author of
Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management and
Top Business Psychology Models, and he is editor of
Excellence in Coaching,
Diversity in Coaching and
Psychometrics in Coaching (Kogan Page).
Geoffrey Abbott, Director of Executive and Organisational Coaching, Graduate School of Business, QAT
Graham Alexander, Senior Vice President, Europe, Hudson Highland Center for High Performance
Dr. Jacqueline Binkert, Principal, Appreciative Coaching Collaborative, LLC
Diane Brennan, Executive coach, consultant, and author
Frank Bresser, Coach, Frank Besser Consulting
Dr. Alison Carter, Principal Associate, Institute for Employement Studies (IES)
Dr. Ann L. Clancy, Principal, Appreciative Coaching Collaborative, LLC
Professor Sir Cary L. Cooper, 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Hetty Engzig, Leadership coach
Anthony M. Grant PhD, Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit, Sydney University
Professor Peter Hawkins, Professor of Leadership, Henly Business School
Margot Hennessy, Coach
Allard de Jong, Director of Change and Challenge, Penn and LHH
Kate Lanz, Coach, Kate Lanz Executive Coaching
Ian McDermott, Founder and Director of Training, International Teaching Seminars (ITS)
Michael Neenan, Co-director of the Coaching Training Program, Centre for Coaching, Blackheath
Dr. M. Alicia Peña Bizama, Occupational psychologist
David B. Peterson, Director of Executive Coaching and Leadership, Google
Philippe Rosinki, Principal, Rosinski & Company
Alex Szabo, Founder, Tailored Coaching
Katherine Tulpa, Executive director, Wisdom8
Sir John Whitmore, Founder, Performance Consultants
Dr. Alison Whybrow, Psychologist and coach
Carol Wilson, CEO, Culture at Work