Now a billion dollar industry, executive coaching is one of the fastest-growing sections of the coaching market and is widely used by senior managers and chief executives in large organisations. In this accessible guide, fully updated for this second edition, Patricia Bossons, Jeremy Kourdi and Denis Sartain offer clear explanations of key coaching theories before putting that theory into context with a comprehensive selection of practical tools and techniques. Benefits and uses of each technique are explained and then followed with advice on how to apply the technique and make it work for you - allowing readers to match situations or issues with specific coaching techniques for optimum results. The unique, practical approach of this book will make it essential reading for managers and leaders at all levels as well as professional coaches and students.

Executive coaching is one of the fastest-growing sections of the self-help market with senior manager and chief executives of Fortune 500 companies looking for the competitive edge in a tough economic environment. This accessible guide explains key business coaching theories with real-world context and offers a comprehensive selection of practical tools and techniques to match situations or issues with specific coaching techniques for optimum results. Dr. Patricia Bossons is Director of Coaching Services at Henley Business School. She is a Chartered Psychologist and an accredited NLP coach.
Denis Sartain coaches at board level and teaches coaching skills at Henley Business School. Jeremy Kourdi is a writer and business consultant. He has worked with many leading brands, professional institutions and business schools, including The Economist Group, London Business School and the Chartered Management Institute. He has written 18 books, including" Surviving a Downturn." Executive coaching is one of the fastest-growing sections of the self-help market with senior manager and chief executives of Fortune 500 companies looking for the competitive edge in a tough economic environment. This accessible guide explains key business coaching theories with real-world context and offers a comprehensive selection of practical tools and techniques to match situations or issues with specific coaching practices for optimum results.

Gender diversity and cross-cultural, cross-generational working in organisations has led to new challenges for leadership, which many companies are solving through executive coaching. This unique leadership coaching book is written by practitioners for practitioners and managers wanting to get the best from individuals in leadership roles. It brings together the authors' experience as psychologists, neuroscientists and senior level executive coaches to analyse the neuroscience behind behavioural change. The authors present the latest views on leadership, executive coaching and an introduction to the basic concepts of how the brain works to enable managers and coaches to work more confidently, and with greater focus. A series of coaching case histories are accompanied by neuroscience commentaries that offer full explanations of how to select a coaching intervention that will engage different parts of the brain. The cases are categorised by the technique used and the area of the brain the tool accesses, making it easier to understand what type of coaching tool would be useful for a specific situation, and also what type of technique might be used to engage a different part of the brain if the first approach is ineffective.