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Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others is an insightful, thought-provoking guide that dissects the art and science of coaching.

Beginning with theories, concepts and models, the book moves on to consider rigorous methods of practice and self-observation in a relationship of mutual trust, respect and freedom of expression. It will probe you to rethink how you relate to your clients and your staff, how you produce long-term excellent performance in yourself and how you can become more effective in helping others to achieve their goals

This third edition includes a new chapter on communication and a new central case study that runs throughout the book to illustrate the impact of the themes and concepts discussed in the book.

Coaching, 3rd edition is a rich learning resource guide for new and experienced coaches who want to challenge their methods of partnering with clients. It is also an inspiring guide for training managers and leaders, human resource development managers and general managers who want to develop their teams.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 3rd edition (March 1, 2010)
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  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 223 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781856178167
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James Flaherty, MCC, is the founder of New Ventures West, co-founder of Integral Leadership LLC, and the author of Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others. James developed New Ventures West's approach to coaching by integrating recent discoveries in linguistics, developmental psychology, twentieth-century philosophy, biology, and other disciplines into the practical and customized methodology known as Integral Coaching®.

James has led coaching and leadership courses involving thousands of people throughout North America, South Africa, Asia and Europe. He has coached top executives at many Fortune 500 companies, and is a highly sought-after speaker at meetings and conferences.

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Bea Boccalandro
5.0 out of 5 stars Profound, concrete and immensely helpful
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2018
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Are you interested in trying to help others be happy and successful? Your employees, children, friends? If so, you will benefit from this book. Sure, it’s a book about coaching. But the principles apply to parenting, management and any other way we support others. "Coaching" is a thoughtful, often profound and always helpful guide to evoking excellence in others. I apply the steps to my job of advising Fortune 500 executives on corporate social purpose / social responsibility. If it works on crusty CEOs, you know it works on anybody!

Instead of taking shortcuts or treating topics lightly as so many of today’s management books do, James Flaherty honors the complexity of humans helping humans. Somehow, he still manages to provide concrete steps. Reading "Coaching" feels like cheating. It distills the hard-earned wisdom of one of the coaching world's long-time luminaries and puts it in our hands. It imbues us regular folk with a smidgen of Flaherty’s genius.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A textbook for the practioner
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2001
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This is heavy reading, but well worth it. Remeber your college philosophy classes and associated textbooks? Well, Flaherty takes the beauty and probing questions of philosphy and creates practical use of them by applying them to the art of coaching. Flaherty relies heavily on a few of his favorite modern philosophers, and takes their discoveries and theories and converts them into assessment models, enrollment techniques, etc. What you end up with is a very lucid, free flowing book that allows the coach to see the client as a human being with varying motivations, competencies, agendas, etc., and frees us from the trap of attempting to coach our clients into becoming ourselves (someone with our values, motivations, etc.); instead allowing them to grow into their own self-correcting, self-generating person.
One caveat, this book looks just as much at the growth of the coach as it does at the growth of the client. In fact, the author asserts that failed coaching often stems from a coaches inability to completely appreciate the client for who s/he is (their motivations, world interpretation, etc.); this falls under the topic of Relationship in the book, and essentially discusses the meaning and importance of mutual appreciation, respect and freedom of expression. He advocates self discovery and continued growth of the coach; allowing yourself to learn from your client while they learn from you.
In summary, the book moves us away from simply using techniques and models as our "catch all" coaching tools and moves us towards understanding the unique human being, their unique situation, their unique drive, their unique interpretation of the world, etc. The author also encourages coaches to understand their own humanity, including their own mortality, so that our connections with our clients are more solid and hopefully more fruitful.
Although the author does provide some assessment model examples, don't expect a step by step coaching program from this work. The author throws out ideas to stimulate our own thinking about ourselves and our clients' needs. It is left up to us to put the theories, suggestions and ideas into a workable form that can be used in our coaching practices.
A note on the heavy, textbook quality of this work: It is just that. It is an amazing, thought provoking work, but it's college textbook like quality (the author does begin to throw in humor around page 90 or so) can be a little rough to get through (hence the 4 out of 5 stars).
If you don't mind free-flowing structure that allows you to draw your own conclusions, or are looking for a humanistic view on this sector of consulting, then this work is for you.
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Alan Griffin
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable guide to coaching
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021
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A wonderful guide to describe the possibilities of coaching, full of professional knowledge, insights and suggestions for the success of the coaching relationship. The power of language speech-acts and communication, self-observation and assessment with helpful suggestions and recommendations to more effectively coach abound. An indispensable coaching guide and resource. A must reading.
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Jose Antonio Fernandez
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2021
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A very profound way of looking at coaching within the freedom of a structure. The power of language and observation as key factors of understanding, growth and development
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agoshtas
5.0 out of 5 stars Seller was excellent!
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Book is truly insightful and thought provoking thus far. I would rank my knowledge in coaching as a 7 out of 10. For me it has been a great read and I am learning a lot. What I love most about this author is his humbleness, he shares with you other great books to read. Goes to show that he is not someone who thinks he knows it all. Very revealing of his character. The book gives you practical ideas and also a framework for you to come up with your own ideas, I love this approach.
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Jane
3.0 out of 5 stars Very Choppy, Complicated Insights on a Simple Concept
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2021
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I had to order this book for a class. He has simple headers like "What is coaching?" but then elaborates on them with choppy narratives and overly complicated insights. This book was very hard to follow and relate to, and I'm a scholar who likes to give books with challenging composition or perspectives a chance. I like to ask myself, "Is it me? Do I need to read it again for understanding and clarity?" I did. It's not me. It's the book.

I've read tech manuals that are more insightful and easy to follow. I will try to give this book another chance once my class is over but right now, it's a hard no for someone who's just looking for a great read about coaching.
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Preston True
4.0 out of 5 stars If you coach, this book is for you
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2007
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James Flaherty takes an ambiguous profession and creates clarity and focus that is unmatched. If you are a professional coach, a manager, a business owner, an executive or a coaching client, this book is a tremendous resource. You will better understand coaching concepts, have more capacity for implementing coaching practices, and support you in creating relationships with others that empower you AND create tremendous results.

Get this book.

-Preston True, Accomplishment Coaching
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speaker4hire
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally something New and fresh
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2017
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Finally something NEW and fresh. While an older book, it is clearly not the same material that is found in other "coaching" books.
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Mr. J. C. Lockwood
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Coaching Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2014
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This is a truly outstanding book on coaching. I have read a lot of coaching books but this is by far the best one so far. The book is very insightful. James clearly has a lot of practical experience, which he shares effectively throughout the book. I have taken many tips, practical exercises and nuggets of wisdom from his writing, and have implemented it pretty quickly into my coaching practice. James writes in a way that is very engaging, thought provoking and creates genuine insight for the reader. His articulate but practical way of writing helped me to develop my knowledge and understanding of coaching. I have also put into practice many of the practical exercises both in terms of my own development as a coach and when asking coachees to carry out activities. For those of us who like to continually read, James provides some excellent reading lists with brief descriptions of each book. Perhaps the most powerful aspect of the book is the way he advocates approaching the coaching relationship, and the mindset that it is helpful for coaches to adopt. His case study of Bob throughout helps illustrate how to put into practice the theory. i found that this book really built my confidence and competence as a coach and highly recommend it to anyone who carries out 1-2-1 work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book for person centred coaching
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2020
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really great little book. A useful addition to the coach's library. Highly recommend.
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4.0 out of 5 stars excellent challenging view on coaching
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2010
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This book stands out as different from most of those aimed at coaches. It is much more reflective and intellectually challenging than most, and is a welcome contribution to the field. Focusing on what the true role of a coach is, and what a coach's approach to their work should be, Flaherty offers challenging and valuable insights that will be useful for all coaches who want to reflect on what they do.
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