The SAGE Handbook of Coaching presents a comprehensive, global view of the discipline, identifying the current issues and practices, as well as mapping out where the discipline is going.

The Handbook is organized into six thematic sections:

• Part One: Positioning Coaching as a Discipline


• Part Two: Coaching as a Process


• Part Three: Common Issues in Coaching


• Part Four: Coaching in Contexts


• Part Five: Researching Coaching


• Part Six: Development of Coaches

It provides the perfect reference point for graduate students, scholars and researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with current research and debate in the academic literature on coaching.

Chapter 1: Introduction - Tatiana Bachkirova, Gordon Spence & David Drake
PART ONE: POSITIONING COACHING AS A DISCIPLINE
Chapter 2: Developing a knowledge base of coaching: questions to explore - Tatiana Bachkirova
Chapter 3: The Key Discourses of Coaching - Simon Western
Chapter 4: Coaching as Evidence-based Practice: The View Through a Multiple-Perspective Model of Coaching Research - Anthony M Grant
Chapter 5: Coaching and psychotherapy - Trevor Crowe
Chapter 6: Coaching and Theories of Learning - John L. Bennett and Francine Campone
Chapter 7: Coaching and adult development - Paul Lawrence
Chapter 8: Coaching for Leadership Development - Konstantin Korotov
Chapter 9: Coaching for organisation development - James Pritchard & David Drake
Chapter 10: Coaching for Social Change - Hany Shoukry
PART TWO: COACHING AS A PROCESS
Chapter 11: The Coaching Relationship - Erik de Haan & Judie Gannon
Chapter 12: Working with Goals in Coaching - David Ashley Clutterbuck and Gordon Spence
Chapter 13: Working with Diversity in Coaching - Sunny Stout-Rostron
Chapter 14: Physicality in Coaching: Developing an Embodied Perspective - Peter Jackson
Chapter 15: Working with Emotions in Coaching - Elaine Cox
Chapter 16: Working with narratives in coaching - David Drake
Chapter 17: The Use of Feedback for Development in Coaching: Finding the Coach's Stance - Alison Maxwell
PART THREE: COMMON ISSUES IN COACHING
18 Working with values in coaching - Reinhardt Stelter
19 Coaching for Resilience and Well-being - Carmelina Lawton-Smith
20 Working with Strengths in Coaching - Alison Zarecky & Sophie Francis
21 Mindfulness and Coaching: Contemporary labels for timeless practices? - Travis Kemp
22 Coaching for Post-Traumatic Growth: An Appropriate Response to the Devastations of Life? - Gordon B. Spence and Stephen Joseph
23 Coaching for role transitions/career change - Polly Parker
PART FOUR: COACHING IN CONTEXTS
24 Interculturally-Sensitive Coaching - Christian van Nieuwerburgh
25 Cross-cultural Coaching: An Emerging Practice - Geoffrey Abbott and Raija Salomaa
26 Coaching in the HRD Context - Andrea D. Ellinger, Rona S. Beattie and Robert G. Hamlin
27 Group and Team Coaching - Sean O'Connor and Michael Cavanagh
28 Coaching in Education - Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Margaret Barr
29 Coaching in Healthcare - Ruth Wolever, Margaret Ann Moore and Meg Jordan
30 Coaching in Relationships: working with singles, couples and parents - Yossi Ives
PART FIVE: RESEARCHING COACHING
31 Researching Outcomes of Coaching - Siegfried Greif
32 Researching the Coaching Process - Adrian Myers
33 Neuroscience in Coaching Research and Practice - Angela M. Passarelli, Ellen B. Van Oosten and Mark A. Eckert
34 The Use of Psychological Assessments in Coaching and Coaching Research - Almuth McDowall
PART SIX: DEVELOPMENT OF COACHES
35 Trends in development of coaches (education and training) - David Lane
36 Coaching Supervision: Towards a systemic model - David E. Gray
37 Issues of assessment and accreditation of coaches - Bob Garvey
38 Developing Ethical Capabilities of Coaches - Ioanna Iordanou and Patrick Williams
39 Adapting to working with new technologies - Stella Kanatouri
40 Discipline, profession and industry- how our choices shape our future - Annette Fillery-Travis & Ron Collins