ABSTRACT

This rich collection offers new perspectives on the future of coaching and coaching psychology, with insight from a broad range of contributors reflecting a wide variety of viewpoints. It captures the ongoing evolution of coaching practice, inviting contribution to conversations as they unfold.

Mary Watts and Ian Florance skillfully bring together authors from backgrounds in law, finance, education, psychology and HR to examine the nature of change and assess current and future developments. Emerging Conversations in Coaching and Coaching Psychology considers influences from within coaching itself, discussing topics including ethics, diversity, supervision and reflective learning, and from other disciplines, assessing the offerings of psychometric assessment, trauma studies and neuroscience. It also considers the impact of social changes as seen in business, education and leadership, and concludes with a look at the future of coaching.

This book will be of great interest to coaches and trainee coaches interested in changes and developments in the field, who aren’t afraid to ask questions and who are open to reflecting on their own assumptions and approaches to practice.

chapter Chapter 1|7 pages

Introduction

Why are conversations emerging in coaching?

chapter Chapter 2|19 pages

Reflective learning

Increasing personal agency through challenge

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Developing coaching through research

chapter Chapter 5|18 pages

The contribution of coaching to mental health care

An emerging specialism for complex times

chapter Chapter 7|19 pages

Diversity and coaching

chapter Chapter 8|11 pages

(Neuro)coaching

chapter Chapter 10|17 pages

Supervisee-led coaching supervision

chapter Chapter 12|17 pages

Coaching in education

Supporting the mental health and well-being of pupils and staff

chapter Chapter 13|17 pages

Coaching is growing up

How a pluralistic perspective might help

chapter Chapter 14|15 pages

Welcome to our new economy cabin 1

What new technology and a changing market for coaching will mean for the ethics of the profession

chapter Chapter 15|8 pages

Conclusion

chapter |6 pages

Afterword

Coaching in a time of crisis