An Introduction to Professional and Executive Coaching

"This textbook is for the developing coach practitioner as well as the experienced coach practitioner that would like to develop further.

Coaching is an exciting and powerful skillset that allows individuals to empower others and helps individuals to generate awareness that opens the door for great levels of success.

The approach of this book is to look at the theoretical framework of coaching as it applies to the actual practice of coaching others and groups.

It will also take the approach of covering the comprehensive coaching curriculum that is ingrained in the 11 core competencies of coaching and will also provide an overview of building a coaching culture in an organization as well as how to build an independent coaching business.

The International Coach Federation (ICF) 11 core competencies are the most widely accepted coaching framework in the industry and profession of coaching"--.