Provides the perfect reference point for graduate students, scholars, and researchers wishing to familiarise themselves with current research and debate in the academic literature on coaching.

Chapter 1: Introduction - Tatiana Bachkirova, Gordon Spence & David Drake
PART ONE: POSITIONING COACHING AS A DISCIPLINE
Chapter 2: Developing a knowledge base of coaching: questions to explore - Tatiana Bachkirova
Chapter 3: The Key Discourses of Coaching - Simon Western
Chapter 4: Coaching as Evidence-based Practice: The View Through a Multiple-Perspective Model of Coaching Research - Anthony M Grant
Chapter 5: Coaching and psychotherapy - Trevor Crowe
Chapter 6: Coaching and Theories of Learning - John L. Bennett and Francine Campone
Chapter 7: Coaching and adult development - Paul Lawrence
Chapter 8: Coaching for Leadership Development - Konstantin Korotov
Chapter 9: Coaching for organisation development - James Pritchard & David Drake
Chapter 10: Coaching for Social Change - Hany Shoukry
PART TWO: COACHING AS A PROCESS
Chapter 11: The Coaching Relationship - Erik de Haan & Judie Gannon
Chapter 12: Working with Goals in Coaching - David Ashley Clutterbuck and Gordon Spence
Chapter 13: Working with Diversity in Coaching - Sunny Stout-Rostron
Chapter 14: Physicality in Coaching: Developing an Embodied Perspective - Peter Jackson
Chapter 15: Working with Emotions in Coaching - Elaine Cox
Chapter 16: Working with narratives in coaching - David Drake
Chapter 17: The Use of Feedback for Development in Coaching: Finding the Coach’s Stance - Alison Maxwell
PART THREE: COMMON ISSUES IN COACHING
18 Working with values in coaching - Reinhardt Stelter
19 Coaching for Resilience and Well-being - Carmelina Lawton-Smith
20 Working with Strengths in Coaching - Alison Zarecky & Sophie Francis
21 Mindfulness and Coaching: Contemporary labels for timeless practices? - Travis Kemp
22 Coaching for Post-Traumatic Growth: An Appropriate Response to the Devastations of Life? - Gordon B. Spence and Stephen Joseph
23 Coaching for role transitions/career change - Polly Parker
PART FOUR: COACHING IN CONTEXTS
24 Interculturally-Sensitive Coaching - Christian van Nieuwerburgh
25 Cross-cultural Coaching: An Emerging Practice - Geoffrey Abbott and Raija Salomaa
26 Coaching in the HRD Context - Andrea D. Ellinger, Rona S. Beattie and Robert G. Hamlin
27 Group and Team Coaching - Sean O’Connor and Michael Cavanagh
28 Coaching in Education - Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Margaret Barr
29 Coaching in Healthcare - Ruth Wolever, Margaret Ann Moore and Meg Jordan
30 Coaching in Relationships: working with singles, couples and parents - Yossi Ives
PART FIVE: RESEARCHING COACHING
31 Researching Outcomes of Coaching - Siegfried Greif
32 Researching the Coaching Process - Adrian Myers
33 Neuroscience in Coaching Research and Practice - Angela M. Passarelli, Ellen B. Van Oosten and Mark A. Eckert
34 The Use of Psychological Assessments in Coaching and Coaching Research - Almuth McDowall
PART SIX: DEVELOPMENT OF COACHES
35 Trends in development of coaches (education and training) - David Lane
36 Coaching Supervision: Towards a systemic model - David E. Gray
37 Issues of assessment and accreditation of coaches - Bob Garvey
38 Developing Ethical Capabilities of Coaches - Ioanna Iordanou and Patrick Williams
39 Adapting to working with new technologies - Stella Kanatouri
40 Discipline, profession and industry— how our choices shape our future - Annette Fillery-Travis & Ron Collins