Becoming a Coach : The Essential ICF Guide

Written by recognised coaching leaders and incorporating the very latest standards and competencies in the field, Becoming a Coach sets out a wide range of coaching models and shows how they can be integrated and combined in order to provide the best possible service to clients. Underpinned by the revised competencies set out by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) in 2020, this is the perfect textbook for coaching training and an ideal resource for any coach.

The authors provide a thorough exploration of a diverse array of contemporary tools, models, research, skills, considerations and approaches. Starting with the basics and working through to the techniques of the master practitioner, they structure the sometimes opaque field of coaching into a clear, practical and evidence-based format. Harnessing decades of expertise and experience in one powerful resource, Becoming a Coach equips anyone, no matter where they currently are on their professional journey, to develop as a practitioner and increase their coaching impact.

JONATHAN PASSMORE is Professor of Coaching and Behaviour Change at Henley Business School. He directs Henley's Centre for Coaching, which delivers training to more than 300 graduate students per year, and previously designed the UK's first Coaching Psychology degree programme at UEL. He has written or edited over thirty practitioner and academic books, and in 2019 was named the world's #1 coach for leadership psychology at the Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Awards.

TRACY SINCLAIR is an Executive and Board Level Coach, leadership development designer/facilitator and public speaker. She is Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is a trained Coaching Supervisor, Mentor Coach and ICF Assessor. She was President of the UK ICF from 2013-2014 and has been an ICF Global Board Director since 2016.