Working deeply : transforming lives through transformational coaching / by Robert Barner, Ken Ideus.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coaching serves as a catalyst for supporting clients in their self-exploration and personal growth. In many instances, that growth has the potential to be transformational. Working Deeply is a guide for executive coaches and leadership development professionals to help them foster their clients' efforts in deep transformational learning. To facilitate this process, the authors introduce theories, concepts, and applied techniques for undertaking transformational coaching, and provide coaching cases and examples illustrating the use of these tools. They also introduce readers to a variety of research studies on such topics as mindfulness, mindsets, future selves, and narrative analysis, and discuss the application of this research to the area of transformational coaching. Finally, they explore how coaches can shape their perspectives and approaches to enable positive transformation. What readers will take from Working Deeply something of value that will help them develop their ability to support their coaching clients, and strengthen their practice as coaching professionals.

Front Cover; Working Deeply; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Beginning the Deep Dive; Exploring the Ocean of Meaning; Level 1: Giving Advice; Level 2: Encouraging Insight and Self-Reflection; Level 3: Facilitating Transformational Learning; Transformational Learning: The Client's Perspective; Transformational Learning: The Coach's Perspective; Case in Point: Indecisive Ian; The Importance of Transformational Learning; What Keeps Us from Diving Deeply?; Summary; 2 The Use of Self in Coaching; Understanding the Use of Self in Coaching; Element 1: Being Mindfully Attentive.

Being Mindful in Coaching InteractionsThe Practice of Mindful Meditation; Instructions for Practicing Mindfulness Meditation; Element 2: Reducing Reactivity; What Happens When We Become Reactive in Coaching?; How to Avoid Becoming Reactive; Element 3: Understand Your Value Lens; Element 4: Being Authentic; Summary; 3 Opening the Door to Transformational Learning; What Keeps Us from Growing?; Before You Can Enter a Room, You Must First Open the Door; Being Mindful of Transformational Moments in Coaching; Case in Point: Being Aware of Transformative Moments in Coaching.

Creating a Safe Space for Opening UpAttending to Blind Spots; Live-Action Coaching; How to Nudge Open the Door; Action 1: Develop Focused Attention; Action 2: Practice Full-Engagement Listening; Make Use of Reflective Questions and "Meta-questions"; Coaching Questions that Encourage Client Self-Reflection; Meta-Questions That Spur Deeper Thinking; Find a Truth Sayer; Action 3: Reduce Emotional Reactivity; Action 4: Practice Mindfulness Meditation; The First Avenue: Developing Sustained, Focused Attention; The Second Avenue: Being Able to Confront Painful or Difficult Experiences.

The Third Avenue: Making Use of Embodied LearningThe Fourth Avenue: Reducing Reactivity within Interpersonal Situations; From Personal to Organizational Transformation; Summary; 4 Turning the Mirror on Ourselves as Coaches; The Coach as Model; The Five Developmental Coaching Actions; Action 1: Give Yourself Permission to Be Human; Action 2: Become More Self-Reflective as a Coach; Action 3: Model Openness in Your Own Life; Action 4: Make Use of Peer Review and Coaching Supervision; Action 5: Create Your Own Mental Decompression Chamber; Summary; 5 We Are Verbs, Not Nouns.

The Destructive Power of LabelingPersonality Assessments as Vehicles for Labeling; A Tale of Two Mindsets; Unpacking Language and the Use of Thick Descriptions; Case in Point: Change-Resistant Kari; Summary; 6 Finding Your Ally; When Leaders Cling to the Old; Entering the Battlefield; The First Technique: Externalizing the Problem; Action 1: Name the problem; Action 2: Help the client visualize the coaching issue; Action 3: Employ the language of change; The Second Technique: Identify & Resolve Ambivalent Needs; The Third Technique: Work within the Sphere of Control.

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