Systemic Coaching and Constellations

Systemic Coaching and Constellations offers a refreshingly uncomplicated path into a potentially complex subject, demonstrating how to understand and manage intricate relationship systems as part of a powerful coaching agenda. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles that sustain systems, how to map and explore them through constellations, as well as a step-by-step guide to integrating these principles and practices into coaching. Featuring a variety of case studies from around the world to illustrate different facilitation styles and approaches, it also contains practical exercises which can be used in a variety of contexts, including one-to-one coaching, group coaching, leadership development coaching and managing conflict in teams. This updated third edition of Systemic Coaching and Constellations contains a new chapter on systemic supervision, new material on team coaching, systemic questions and resourcing constellations as well as new and refreshed case studies and updates to wider research and thinking. Whether used in an initial selection meeting or to underpin all coaching conversations and interventions, it remains an indispensable resource for coaches of all levels of experience and in all remits looking to transform their practice, as well as for those studying coaching as part of a degree or coaching qualification.

John Whittington is an individual and team coach with a broad portfolio of clients that includes entrepreneurs, executive leaders and public figures. He facilitates regular systemic workshop interventions in corporate environments and leads a small teaching team who share the systemic coaching and constellations approach with other professional coaches internationally. He is also a guest tutor at Henley Business School for students of the Msc in Coaching and Behavioural change in the UK and South Africa.

- - Chapter - 00: Acknowledgements;- Section - PART ONE: Outside in, inside out;- - Chapter - 01: Outside in;- Chapter - 02: Ingredients;- Chapter - 03: Inside out;- Section - PART TWO: Principles;- - Chapter - 04: Belonging;- Chapter - 05: Conscience, guilt and innocence;- Chapter - 06: The universal language of systems;- Chapter - 07: The time is now;- Section - PART THREE: Practices;- - Chapter - 08: Map making;- Chapter - 09: Living maps;- Section - PART FOUR: Tabletop to workshop;- - Chapter - 10: One to one: principles and practices in action;- Chapter - 11: One to many: systemic team coaching;- Chapter - 12: Sticky moments;- Chapter - 13: Extending your practice: further practices and applications;- Chapter - 14: Systemic supervision;- Section - PART FIVE: Familiar themes;- - Chapter - 15: Human being;- Chapter - 16: The F word;- Chapter - 17: Appendix: Resources and further reading;- Chapter - 18: Meet the team;- Chapter - 19: Postscript: Outside in, inside out;- Chapter - 20: FAQs: Answers to frequently asked questions;- Chapter - 21: Index;