ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses some positions that reflect a critical view of coaching. It focuses on the coaching concept and explains the necessary reorientation towards coaching as an open, fruitful and transformative dialogue. The agenda of third-generation coaching is to offer a space for reflection where the coach and the focus person together can search for the meaning of life or find meaning in certain events or situations that the focus person is involved in. The chapter also addresses justified points of criticism by presenting third-generation coaching as a dialogue format that offers an innovative option for people who need to find themselves as a crucial condition for being able to survive the pressures individuals face in today’s society. It outlines the key characteristics of third-generation coaching, describes its purpose, and points out the foundation for an understanding of coaching as a special form of co-creative dialogue.
