While the idea of coaching is relatively new in organisations, its been around for a long time. Think of the best athletes in golf or tennis or track they all have coaches to help them improve and strive to be the best. Football teams, basketball teams, and hockey teams have coaches. There are coaches for voice or drama, and coaches who help people with job or life change. It doesnt matter in what field the coach operates, their key role is to help someone to improve what they are doing. This booklet aims to help people to become more effective coaches and help all would-be coaches to progressively improve their performance via a range of practical techniques.

Publisher: Worldwide Center for Organizational Development

Author: Jon Warner and Anne Sandberg

Publication Date 2007 All rights reserved.

Rapid Skill Builder Series Team Briefing Booklets are short, sharp and succinct resources provide best practice thinking on a range of key topics and are currently available in 50 titles. They are designed to provide a practical method for improving skills and focus on explaining the main steps in the process. On the back page of each booklet, a template illustrates how the process fits together for practical and immediate application.

These resources can be used in many settings, including: staff meetings or other group gatherings where time is limited and you want to discuss a specific skill or topic; pre-course work (to provide a brief and practical introduction to a topic); one-on-one or group coaching; self development; any other situation where a practical best practice process is required and time is limited.

This product is a downloadable PDF. By purchasing this product, you are entitled to print one copy for your use. Photocopying and distributing the booklet to others is a violation of the copyright.