With the first edition of this text, Peltier drew on his extensive experience in both the clinical and business worlds to create a comprehensive resource that brought psychological and coaching concepts together. It quickly became a practical and invaluable guide for both mental health practitioners looking to expand their practice into coaching and business professionals interested in improving their own coaching skills. In this updated edition, topics reflect the latest developments in the field of executive coaching.
Key Features
- Psychological Theories: Describes several important psychological theories and their translation into coaching strategies.
- Business Lessons: Covers essential lessons in leadership, marketing, and the corporate viewpoint along with vocabulary for the therapist.
- Challenges for Women: Addresses the challenges women face as managers and executives and effective coaching methods for working with them.
- Athletic Coaching Insights: Integrates lessons from successful athletic coaches into consulting skills.
- New Chapters: Includes four new chapters, one on psychopathology likely encountered by coaches, one on emotional intelligence, one summarising adult developmental theory, and one on leadership and leader development literature.
Additional Information
Peltier describes the challenges women face as managers and executives and effective coaching methods for working with them. This edition includes four new chapters, one describing psychopathology likely to be encountered by coaches. Another describes and evaluates emotional intelligence, a third summarises adult developmental theory for coaches, and a fourth sorts out the popular and scientific literature on leadership and leader development.
