Training & Development, May 1999
Whether you're training coaches, instituting a mentoring program, or evaluating a coach for your own use, the authors' model will come in handy.


HR Magazine, February 1999
This book proposes a new kind of coaching, which involves the active participation of both the coach and the client.


New Age Journal, November/December 1998
Techniques for achieving one's goals from pioneers in the booming field of career coaching.


Personnel Psychology, Spring 2000
The Co-Active Coaching model can (and does) provide interesting tools and tips to assist with coaching in a professional capacity.


Peer Resources Top Coaching Books, July 2004
A book coaches will find worth having on their bookshelf as a reference and place to go to find ideas.


Book Description
For professional coaches who want to increase their proficiency as well as those interested in integrating coaching skills into their consulting practice.


Book Info
Offers a new model of practice for coaches as well as for all those who want to integrate coaching into their consulting practice. Describes the principles & components for co-active coaching, a ground-breaking technique founded on interactive participation & collaboration. DLC: Self actualization (Psychology)


From the Publisher
A selection of the Doubleday Executive Program book club. Foreword by John Whitmore, author of Coaching for Performance. Discover the technqiues needed to transform your consulting skills into those required for professional and personal coaching--the hottest new profession in organizational consulting! "Capture the wisdom of co-active coaching with this fine book...a must-read if you want your practice to thrive into the next century."--Richard J. Leider, Founder of The Inventure Group; author of The Power of Purpose and Repacking Your Bags "Co-Active Coaching changes who people are at work. This book describes the pragmatic skills needed to create value alignment and high performance around workplace satisfaction and personalized customer service."--Don Semmler, Market General Manager, Marriott International, Inc. "Co-Active Coaching breaks new and important ground in the field of coaching. It penetrates to the heart of the coaching process, enabling readers to discover how they can tap into the true power of coaching."--David B. Peterson, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Individual Coaching Services, Personnel Decisions International; coauthor of Leader as Coach "I am a better manager, a more powerful leader, and a more understanding person as a result of co-active coaching. This book is a desperately needed prescription for those who want to play a bigger game."--David Balser, Ph.D., Director, Corporate Environment, British Columbia Hydro


From the Inside Flap
The coaching profession is on the rise. Recent surveys have shown that more and more executives and managers are seeking coaching for increased self-awareness, a more balanced life, better goal setting, and less stress. Do you have what it takes to be the coach these individuals are looking for? Written by three leading authorities in the field of professional coaching, Co-Active Coaching offers a new model of practice for coaches as well as for all those who want to integrate coaching into their consulting practice. Authors Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, and Phil Sandahl describe the principles and components of co-active coaching, a ground-breaking technique founded on interactive participation and collaboration, and thoroughly examine the skills needed for practice. With over two dozen instructive coaching dialogues and examples, eighteen skill-building exercises to develop co-active coaching techniques, and a comprehensive coach's toolkit, this hands-on reference gives you the critical foundation and practical guidance you need to succeed as a professional coach.


About the Author
Laura Whitworth has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and professionals as a personal and executive coach and in 1997 was named one of the ten most influential coaches by Professional Coach Journal. As cofounder of The Coaches Training Institute and a founding member of the Personal and Professional Coaches Association, she has contributed to the formalization of the principles and ethics of the coaching profession. Henry Kimsey-House has been a coach and workshop leader since 1981. Widely recognized as an innovator in experiential learning and creative course design, he is cofounder and curriculum director of The Coaches Training Institute and The Co-Active Leadership Program. Currently a coach and workshop leader, Phil Sandahl works primarily witht he self-employed, especially those in creative fields.

FROM THE PUBLISHER