In Coaching and Mentoring, the author inspires and provokes readers by asking questions such as ′Are coaching and mentoring the same?′ ′Are we obsessed with skills?′ and ′What is performance?′ He also delves into contemporary debates such as concerns about standards, competencies and codes of ethics, interspersed with views on power, control and politics.
Conceived by Chris Grey as an antidote to conventional textbooks, each book in the ‘Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap’ series takes a core area of the curriculum and turns it on its head by providing a critical and sophisticated overview of the key issues and debates in an informal, conversational and often humorous way.
An entertaining read for Undergraduate, Postgraduate and MBA students or anyone interested in looking for different ways of thinking about coaching and mentoring.
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Introduction: Why Developing a Critical Perspective on Coaching and Mentoring Matters?
Chapter 1: What Is Mentoring and What Is Coaching?
Chapter 2: Are Coaching and Mentoring the Same? The Definition Debate
Chapter 3: What Are the Discourses and What Are We Not Hearing in Coaching and Mentoring?
Chapter 4: Are We Obsessed with Skills and Competences in Coaching and Mentoring?
Chapter 5: What Is Performance in Coaching and Mentoring?
Chapter 6: The Psychological Influences on Coaching and Mentoring
Chapter 7: Conclusions and Further Questions
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Bob Garvey works with a variety of people, either one-to-one or in groups. He is an internationally known keynote conference speaker, thought leader, educator and prolific writer. Bob is an honorary board member of the International Mentoring Association (IMA) and founding member of the EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council). In 2014, the trade magazine, ‘Coaching at Work’ awarded him a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for services to mentoring and in 2018, he was ‘Highly Commended’ as an external coach/mentor also by ‘Coaching at Work’ magazine. Bob is obsessed with coaching and mentoring!