Coaching for Professional Development by Christine Eastman

Coaching for Professional Development by Christine Eastman

In Coaching for Professional Development: Using Literature to Support Success, Christine Eastman suggests that literary works have a part to play in bringing about a change in coaching culture. Using examples from key literary texts, she argues that literature can help coaches enhance their skills through innovation and imagination.

"In this book, Christine argues that to be a good coach it is not enough to follow a particular coaching model (eg. the GROW model). The missing element is a deeper emotional awareness and the ‘process of reading is ‘emotionally educational’. So, for example, she suggests that by analysing the complex emotions of the central character, Willy Loman, in Miller’s Death of a Salesman coaches can arrive at a deeper understanding of ‘unhappiness at work’.

Having worked with Christine at The Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, I have seen first-hand how introducing students to literature has benefited their practice and in this book she shares the literature introduced and how it has made a difference. I thoroughly recommend this book as a valuable addition to the coaching literature" – Dr Peter Critten, formerly Project Manager, Work Based Organisational Learning, The Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, UK

"This is a timely and engaging book. I’m absolutely convinced by Christine Eastman’s argument that the experience of reading and interpreting literature – which is the experience of imagining different life possibilities – brings significant benefits to clients and coaches alike. Through a series of sensitively articulated case studies, Eastman reveals the possibilities and potential of a new practice of coaching. This book will be of huge value to coaches and teachers of coaching, in both academic and business contexts, who are looking to extend and deepen their coaching practice." – Neill Thew, University of Sussex; Cru Leader Development, UK

"This book reveals valuable insights on almost every page. Christine Eastman convincingly makes the case for literary study and appreciation in professional coaching. The writer of fiction is engaged in making sense of character and human experience through sensitive and allusive language, and Eastman’s argument that the coach has much to learn from these writers is abundantly supported, especially by the student case studies which form the backbone of the book. Eastman is an accomplished literary scholar and draws on an impressive breadth of reference from criticism, biography, social and political theory, psychology and neuroscience. Her work will add a new dimension to professional coaching." – Professor Bill Jones, Editor, Universities Association of Lifelong Learning, University of Leicester, UK

Dr Christine A. Eastman is a senior lecturer at the Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, UK and winner of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning trophy in recognition of teaching excellence. She has worked with national and international businesses such as the Halifax, Toshiba, SAP, SONY and Nationwide (USA).

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ISBN 13	9781138057272
ISBN 10	1138057274
Title	Coaching for Professional Development
Author	Christine Eastman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2018-12-11
Number of pages	164
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