CHAPTER 3: MODELS OF COACHING
In this chapter I set out:
• The history of coaching and how it has become an established management tool.
• Four different models of coaching and how you can apply them when you are coaching.
The history of coaching
Have you ever wondered how coaching came to be established as a well-known performance technique? Are you confused by the wealth of terminology surrounding coaching, such as executive coaching, life coaching, career coaching, fitness coaching, etc?
Coaching as we know it began in the 1970s when a Harvard graduate called Tim Gallwey was doing some tennis coaching. It was getting late and Gallwey was monotonously throwing balls for students to hit. Lost in reverie, Gallwey noticed that the students ...
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