Description
How can you become the very best coach you can be? Becoming a Coach provides all the knowledge and inspiration needed to reflect on who you are, what you do, and how you can develop as a professional coach. Drawing on the latest ICF coach competence framework and up-to-date coaching research, the authors set out a wide range of contemporary coaching models and techniques and show how they can be integrated in order to deliver an evidence-based coaching service to the very highest professional standards.
Deepening readers’ understanding of core competences and broadening thinking on how to apply them in practice, Becoming a Coach is the only book to align directly with the world’s most widely accepted and up-do-date professional coaching guidance. As such, it is a perfect foundational resource for any coaching practice, and the ideal textbook for any coaching education programme.
Author
Jonathan Passmore is Professor of Coaching and Behaviour Change at Henley Business School and a globally recognised, award-winning thought leader in organisation and people development. He is one of the world’s most published coaching researchers, with 45 books and many chapters, journal papers and articles. In 2025 he was named a Thinkers50 Coaching Legend in recognition of his profound and lasting contribution to the coaching field.
Tracy Sinclair is an Executive Coach and leadership development designer/facilitator. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is a trained Coaching Supervisor, Mentor Coach and ICF Assessor. She was President of the UK ICF from 2013-2014 and has been an ICF Global Board Director since 2016.
Audience
The book is aimed at students on postgraduate coaching courses, especially those accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). It should also find a much broader readership of practitioners and trainees interested in a comprehensive introduction to the diverse array of contemporary coaching tools and models.
Contents
SECTION 1: SETTING THE SCENE
1. The journey towards maturity
2. What is coaching?
3. Who am I?
4. Who are my clients?
SECTION 2: DEVELOPING CORE COACHING COMPETENCES
5. Introducing the ICF Core Competency Model
6. Demonstrates Ethical Practice
7. Embodies a Coaching Mindset
8. Establishes and Maintains Agreements
9. Cultivates Trust and Safety
10. Maintains Presence
11. Listens Actively
12. Evokes Awareness
13. Facilitates Client Growth
SECTION 3: APPROACHES TO COACHING
14. Universal Eclectic Coaching Approach
15. Behavioural Approach and the GROW model
16. Humanistic approach and the Time to Think model
17. Cognitive-Behavioural approach and ABCDEF model
18. Gestalt approach and Chairwork
19. Solution-Focused approach and the OSKAR model
20. Systemic approach and Force Field model
21. Psychodynamic Coaching and Transference
22. Integration
SECTION 4: COACHING PRACTICE
23. Ethical practice
24. Contracting with clients
25. Taking and managing coaching notes
26. Maintaining presence through mindfulness
27. Intersessional activities
28. Metaphors and imagery
29. Using new technologies and AI
SECTION 5: DEVELOPING YOUR PRACTICE
30. Personal development plans
31. CPD
32. Supervision
33. Reflective Practice
34. Mentor coaching
35. Coaching knowledge assessment
36. Progressing your coaching skills
SECTION 6: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
37. Coaching tools
38. Resources
39. Appendices
Details
Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
ISBN: 9781803885094
Publication Date: 21st August 2026
Pages: 400
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