50 Top Tools for Coaching ─ A Complete Toolkit for Developing and Empowering People

A complete resource for both in-house and external coaches, 50 Top Tools for Coaching presents the techniques required to face every coaching situation. Full of templates, checklists, hints and tips, it covers how to assess the needs of clients, select the right tool for the circumstance and deliver effective coaching with confidence. The book reflects on all key areas from the start of an assignment to its finish, including: setting up and managing the coaching relationship; understanding and resolving conflict; increasing client confidence; enhancing client performance; communicating and influencing; and developing a leadership style. It offers examples throughout on how the tools have helped coaches be more successful.

This fully revised 4th edition of 50 Top Tools for Coaching includes the latest on topical issues such as coaching women into leadership roles and coaching for change in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. Brand new tools help coach and motivate in a digital world, in times of change and with very little budget. Online supporting resources include additional tools, interactive templates, reference tables and web links to help put the tools into practice.

Gillian Jones is co-managing director of Emerge, an organizational and behavioural change consultancy. Based in the UK, she has recently launched The Empowering Women's Programme in the Middle East. She is the co-author of How to Create a Coaching Culture, published by Kogan Page.

Ro Gorell is a change strategist and coach specializing in Lean Change/Agile, modelling these principles through her business Grow Talent, in collaboration with Change Optimised. Based in Australia, she is the author of Group Coaching and co-author of How to Create a Coaching Culture, both published by Kogan Page.