TY - BOOK AU - Thomson,Bob TI - First steps in coaching SN - 9781446272428 (hbk.) AV - HD30.4 .T47 2014 U1 - 658.407124 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Executive coaching KW - fast KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-175) and index; Learning to coach -- What is coaching? -- Directive and non-directive coaching -- Listening to understand -- Questioning -- Playing back -- Contracting -- Practical issues -- Ethical issues in coaching -- Tools you might use in coaching -- Feedback and psychometric instruments -- Coaching as a line manager -- Coaching a team -- Cognitive and cognitive behavioural approaches to coaching -- Other approaches to coaching -- Supporting confidence and motivation -- Coaching as a relationship -- The inner game of coaching -- The use of self in coaching -- Establishing yourself as a professional coach ER -