The CCL Handbook of Coaching
A Guide for the Leader Coach
Chapter One
OUR VIEW OF COACHING
FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Sharon Ting
To understand CCL's view of coaching, it may be best to start with our
intent: to help leaders understand themselves more fully so that they can
draw on their strengths and use them more effectively and intentionally, improve
identified development needs, and develop untested potential. Much of
our coaching work involves helping managers gain clarity about their own motivations,
aspirations, and commitment to change.
CCL coaches use approaches anchored in the behavioral sciences and defined
by psychological and counseling practices. In addition, their coaching
strategies draw on adult learning concepts-chiefly, that adults choose to learn
when and what they want. It's no accident that coaching derives much of its
practice from the field of psychology and human behavior. After all, psychological
and counseling practices help people learn and change, just as coaching
does-albeit in a different arena of their lives. This simil ... read full excerpt from The CCL Handbook of Coaching: A Guide for the Leader Coach ebook
