The Global Business of Coaching by Christina Evans

The Global Business of Coaching by Christina Evans

Coaching has become a global business phenomenon, yet the way that coaching has evolved and spread across the globe is not unproblematic. Some of these challenges include: different types/genres of coaching; understanding and relevance of different coaching philosophies and models in different cultural contexts; equivalency of qualifications and coach credentials, as well as questions over standards and governance, as part of a wider debate around professionalization. Coaching then, as with the transfer of knowledge and professionalization in other disciplines, is not immune to ethnocentricity. Through a combination of adopting a meta-analysis of coaching, supported with narratives of coaching practice drawn from different socio-political/cultural contexts, the aim of this book is to challenge current knowledge, understanding and norms of how coaching is, or should, be practised in different cultural contexts. This book will provide a foundation for further research in coaching as an academic field of study and as an emerging profession. It will resonate with critical scholars, coach educators, and coach practitioners who want to develop their praxis and enhance their reflexivity and be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of business and leadership, human resource development, organizational learning and development, mentoring and coaching.

"This expert and wide-ranging work defines coaching while illuminating its difference to other personal and developmental business approachesIt charts the historical evolution of coaching as a profession and speculates upon its future development. This book will enhance your appreciation of what you offer as a coach, raise to mind the models and influences that shape your practice, while illuminating how you might develop yourself as a coach and develop your coaching as a business. As an interesting aside it will locate you and what you offer within the global community and business of coaching. The expanding market of the Middle East and Asian context of coaching is likewise appraised. Simply, this book is essential reading for practising coaches and progressive teachers of coaching alike." Professor Paul Barber, Middlesex University, UK

David Lines is the owner founder of David Lines & Associates, Singapore.

Christina Evans is Deputy Director in the Business School at the University of Roehampton - London, UK.

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ISBN 13	9781138606807
ISBN 10	1138606804
Title	The Global Business of Coaching
Author	David Lines
Series	Routledge Studies In Human Resource Development
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2020-07-27
Number of pages	274
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