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The Psychology of Executive Coaching: Theory and Application

By: Bruce Peltier
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
ISBN: 1583910727
ISBN-13: 9781583910726
Released: 24 Jan 2002
RRP: £16.95
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A superb introduction to a vast subject area - By: PZE, 23 Mar 2006
Bruce Peltier has produced a superb book which provides an excellent view of major psychological, & psychotherapeutic, theories & approaches in a very readable manner. The clear style with one chapter alllocated to each subject means the book can be easily read in part or whole. Each chapter also has a very useful list of recommended reading for those whose appetite for knowledge is stimulated by this book. An excellent work for inexperienced coaches, & one that many experienced coaches would also benefit from reading.
The Psychology of Executive Coaching: Theory and Application - By: , 05 Jan 2005
This is a very inspiring book that continues to help me enormously in setting up as an executive coach, & also later as a psychotherapist. Professor Peltier has obviously put a great deal of work into it as the reference source is vast.

People from academic, psychology, therapy & business backgrounds will be able to find the answers & alll the relevant research texts included in a bibliography, written in the clearest manner. So, whether you are setting up as a psychotherapist or as an executive coach, you should find that this book works equallly as well on both levels & maintains momentum throughout.

I recently recommended it to a friend & I wrote "I absolutely adored this book....It doesn't contain yards of academic waffle, & gets straight to the point with clear strategy & regular down to earth reminders, alll constantly woven into clear business sense.

Yes, it is aimed more at those with psychology or therapy background like me, but there are also chapters on coaching ethics & making career transitions. (I bought it just for a couple of the chapters). "

A new standard text for executive coaches? - By: R. C. Winfield, 20 Jun 2002
Normallly I review books that I have discovered, & have bought for myself. The Psychology of Executive Coaching: theory & application by Bruce Peltier was sent to me by the publisher. (Definitely a habit to encourage!) Further, whereas I generallly read business books, this is an academic book, packed with references & recommended readings. It was written to help psychotherapists & other mental health professionals find ways to break into the field of executive coaching, & blend their skills with the corporate environment.

I come from the corporate environment & have learned my skills through NLP & a wide reading in other applied fields, much of which has been built on the application of psychology to organisations & personal change. What Peltier has produced is a book that reviews the whole range of therapeutic psychology. In fact for a business reader it does the converse of its defined purpose & places executive coaching in the context of the source psychology. It brought me little that was new, but acted as a fascinating consolidation & revision.

For coaches interested in learning how we got to where we are, or developing or revising their coaching skils, this is a fascinating read. As well as dealing with the psychological fields of the person-centred approach, cognitive psychology, family therapy & systems thinking, hypnotic communication, social psychology & the existential stance, it covers the difference between coaching & counselling, lessons from athletic coaches, ethics in coaching & making the transition from the world of therapy to the workplace world of the corporate coach.

This is a serious, but not a difficult read. Not for the general reader, but well worthwhile to anyone who takes executive coaching seriously. It could well become a standard text on courses for executive coaches.