Coaching is often discussed as if it is a new ′profession′ without adequate attention to how it has evolved, what underpins its practice or its training methods. Situating coaching in a wider social and historical context,
Coaching and Mentoring that contemporary ′coaching theory′ is more a collection of models and approaches mostly transferred from psychotherapy theory. Coaching claims to liberate creativity but can also entrap us by individualizing social experience. This vital new book brings a fresh and critical perspective on coaching and mentoring, challenging its normative assumptions and narratives, and proposing an ethical and emancipatory approach that takes it beyond instrumentalism and individualism.
Author: Simon Western |
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd |
Publication Date: Jul 23, 2012 |
Number of Pages: 336 pages |
Binding: Paperback or Softback |
ISBN-10: 1848601646 |
ISBN-13: 9781848601642 |