The Fertile Void
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The Fertile Void by John Leary-Joyce
A practical, accessible, and yet genuinely authoritative handbook on the application of Gestalt to the world of executive coaching. In The Fertile Void John Leary-Joyce, a pioneer of Gestalt coaching, distils a lifetime's experience of Gestalt psychotherapy, coaching and coach training. Starting with a down-to-earth examination of the psychological theory that underpins the Gestalt approach to coaching, the book then uses numerous examples and exercises to take you through Gestalt coaching in action. John then helps you develop practitioner skills through Active Experimentation, Bodywork, and Team coaching. He concludes with guidance on how you can develop your Signature Presence - essential to effective coaching, then examines the role of Supervision in a Gestalt coaching context. An invaluable handbook for both experienced executive coaches seeking to extend their range of interventions and impact, and those new coaches developing a coaching skill set. A highly practical book, it provides transparent step by step guidance and numerous useful experiments all of which make it a great learning experience for internal coaches because it directly addresses the complexity of their context. A great and very readable book for any coach who wants to increase their ability to work with emergent change in their individual or team coaching relationships. Highly accessible, fluidly and expertly written, this book is beautiful. It gave me a highly informative and deeply interesting entry point to using Gestalt in my practice.
Leary-Joyce, John: - John Leary-Joyce As entrepreneurial founder and Executive Chair of AoEC John understands the importance of teamwork and the value of team coaching. Over the last 20 years he has become widely recognised as a senior transformational coach, combining this with an initial 20-year career as a Gestalt psychotherapist, group facilitator and trainer. Author of the highly acclaimed book Fertile Void, Gestalt Coaching at Work a practical and effective methodology for individual and team coaching.. With substantial team building and OD experience he has become regarded as one of the top team coaches working in large organisations especially in legal and accountancy firms. He is senior faculty on the innovative Master Practitioner Diploma in Systemic Team Coaching programme which he co-designed with Peter Hawkins and Hilary Lines and delivers worldwide. He has an MA in Executive Coaching, is an accredited coach with APECS, and ICF PCC, a qualified supervisor and frequent international conference presenter. His other passion is dancing Tango which he relates closely to leadership, coaching and teamwork.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780993077203 |
| ISBN 10 | 099307720X |
| Title | The Fertile Void |
| Author | John Leary-Joyce |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | AOEC Press |
| Year published | 2014-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |