Succeeding as a Coach: Insights from the Experts

Succeeding as a Coach is aimed at coaches who have completed their training and are looking to take the next steps on their professional journey. It provides insights from expert practitioners in a uniquely concise format, with frequently asked questions discussed in bitesize chapters that allows any coach or trainee to quickly find the specific guidance they need to add new ideas to their coaching repertoire. The content is divided into five sections: Section 1 deals with training, setting up in practice, attracting business, and planning sessions; Section 2 looks at starting a session and establishing the coaching relationship; Section 3 covers core skills such as reflection, listening, questioning, and the coaching mindset; Section 4 explores how to manage time and close sessions; and finally Session 5 considers wider coaching issues such as supervision, personal development, and developing self-awareness.

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.