A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Coaching and Mentoring
- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Coaching and Mentoring
About this book
In Coaching and Mentoring, the author inspires and provokes readers by asking questions such as ?Are coaching and mentoring the same?? ?Are we obsessed with skills?? and ?What is performance?? He also delves into contemporary debates such as concerns about standards, competencies and codes of ethics, interspersed with views on power, control and politics.
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the 'Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap' series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
An entertaining read for Undergraduate, Postgraduate and MBA students or anyone interested in looking for different ways of thinking about coaching and mentoring.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- About the Author
- Introduction: Why Developing a Critical Perspective on Coaching and Mentoring Matters
- 1 What is Mentoring and What is Coaching?
- 2 Are Coaching and Mentoring the Same? The Definition Debate
- 3 What are the Discourses and What are We Not Hearing in Coaching and Mentoring?
- 4 Are We Obsessed with Skills and Competences in C&M?
- 5 What is Performance in Coaching and Mentoring?
- 6 The Psychological Influences on Coaching and Mentoring
- 7 Conclusions and Further Questions
- References
- Index