Co-Active Coaching
by Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl and Laura Whitworth
The textbook of a major coaching school: the coaching relationship as alliance, the three levels of listening, powerful questions, fulfillment, balance and process coaching. For coaches and managers who coach.
Read it if…
you want a complete coaching model.
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Skip it if…
you want a quick framework; see The Coaching Habit.
Try instead: Helping People Change →
Three things you will actually use
- The client is naturally creative, resourceful and whole.
- Listen at level two and three.
- Ask; do not tell.
Do this first
Practise level two listening in one conversation.
Our verdict
The coaching textbook.
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