Essential Life Coaching Skills

Essential Life Coaching Skills provides a comprehensive guide to the complete range and depth of skills required to succeed as a life coach. This revised edition has been updated to reflect changes in the coaching profession in recent years and includes fresh material that highlights the impact of technological advancements that now support coaching, such as web conferencing, digital marketing and artificial intelligence. This book focuses on seven essential skill sets that are necessary for effective life coaching, with each chapter giving specific examples of how these skills are used in life coaching, and how they can be developed and improved. Angela Dunbar uses theoretical background alongside practical examples to provide a clear understanding of what makes a successful life coach in today's world. Essential Life Coaching Skills will be ideal reading for new and existing life coaches who wish to find ways to enhance their competence and ability. It will also be of use to therapists and counsellors looking to expand into coaching.

Angela Dunbar is a highly experienced coach and coach supervisor, accredited with the Association for Coaching and a lifelong fellow. As a former council member, she held the position of Head of Professional Forums and was instrumental in setting up and developing co-coaching forums and professional development events throughout the UK. Angela is the author of Essential Life Coaching Skills (2009) and Clean Coaching: The Insider Guide to Making Change Happen (2016).

Table of Contents: List of figures Foreword by Carol Wilson Acknowledgements Introduction Life coaching in the UK - the story so far Providing a life coaching service Life coaching case studies The life coaching process Skills within the wider context Relationship-building skills Listening skills Questioning skills Intuitive skills Challenging skills Motivating skills Marketing skills Understanding the difference between coaching and therapy Developing your skills Index