Tools and Resources
The Coaching Pool Tool Kit is a collection of useful tools and models aimed to supplement the activities within coaching sessions.
| What is Executive Coaching? | This mind map provides a visual representation of the areas that executive coaching branches into. |
| Decision Balance Sheet | The decision balance sheet is a tool for clients to identify the aspects of something and the impacts of changing it |
| Levison's Life Phases | The Levison Life Phases model is a tool for a coach to explain the "Seasons of a Man's Life". |
| Identifying where you think you are | The diagram presents various illustrated options for clients to identify where they fit or think they are in many different possible situations. |
| Consequences Matrix | This matrix tool allows for coaches and clients to discuss and develop consequences for various possible scenarios. |
| Impact Matrix | The Impact Matrix assists clients in identifying who they should focus on. |
| Stages of Behavioural Change | This model helps coaches explain the possible stages of behavioural change. |
| Time or Stages Planner | This is a generic model that can help set out strategies or plans. |
| The sources of power tool helps identify what types of power a person employs and where the power is sourced from. | |
| Coaching Contract | The coaching contract helps identify aims and objectives for the coach sessions. |
| How to Challange Coachees | Guidelines drawn up by 15 May 2009 supervision group |
| John Heron Interventions | A document outlining the John Heron's intervention styles and model. |
| Difficult Conversations - 9 Common Mistakes | This slideshow gives a great summary of the key mistakes to approaching difficult conversations, slide 8 in particular has a helpful diagram that is good to use with your clients: http://hbr.org/web/slideshows/difficult-conversations-nine-common-mistakes/1-slide |
Supporting Documents and Links
| Supporting article about 3-way contracting by Gil Schwenk: Is Coaching Becoming a Management Cop Out? | This paper by Gil Schwenk (Bath Consultancy Group) explores how internal and external coaches can use contracting to ensure benefit is gained from coaching. |
| Getting the most out of Executive Coaching | This document answers some of the questions that people may ask when they are interested in receiving coaching. It should help delegates understand what they will be getting out of their coaching and what to consider when selecting a coach. |
Useful Website Links
| List of Regional Coaching Forums | A document detailing coaching forums in the West Midlands. |
| Business Coaching | A link to the Business Coaching website - containing coaching tools and articles. |
| Euro Coach List | A link to the Euro Coach List website - information and articles on coaching, online coaching forums and membership. |
| Association for Coaching | A link to the Association for Coaching website - information about membership, coaching events and publications. |
| Training Reference | Lastest news on coaching and mentoring: articles, research and reports. |
| Coach Federation | A link to the Coach Federation website - information about membership, coaching events and publications. |
| Polarity Management | A link to the Polarity Management website providing tools and information that gives leaders the insight and methodology to effectively manage the most important issues in organisations. |
| Coaching Tools | A variety of links to useful coaching, leadership development and business tools. |
| Library of Professional Coaching | If you are looking for other useful tools, questions, articles and book recommendations you may find the following website of use: http://libraryofprofessionalcoaching.com/ |
| The Coaching Tools Company | If you are looking for other useful tools, questions, articles and book recommendations you may find the following website of use: http://www.thecoachingtoolscompany.com/Free_Resources.php |