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Book Review of “The Career Coaching Handbook” by Julia Yates

Career coaching handbook

Career coaching handbookThis book addresses career considerations.

Summary – The chapters of the book include:

  1. What is career coaching and how can it help?

Part I: Theories of Career

  1. 21st-century notions of ‘career’
  2. How people make career decisions
  3. Job satisfaction: what makes us happy at work?
  4. Planned career changes
  5. Unplanned career changes

Part II: Career coaching approaches

  1. Career decision-making difficulties: where do clients encounter problems?
  2. Humanistic coaching
  3. The GROW model: a framework for interventions
  4. Motivational interviewing
  5. Positive approaches
  6. Cognitive behavior coaching
  7. Transactional analysis
  8. Coaching tools

Part III: Coaching into the world of work

  1. The world of work
  2. Job search strategies
  3. CV coaching
  4. Interview coaching

The Good: It has some useful insights and considerations.

The Bad: It lacks awareness of coaching and coaching ethics.

Conclusion: There are too many other options available that provide greats insights and a better awareness of what coaching really involves.

Cathy Liska

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Most blog posts here are written or curated by Cathy Liska, Guide from the Side®, CDP, MCC.

Cathy is CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification, CCC. As Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach with over 30 years of experience in business management and ownership. Cathy built her diverse team at CCC that includes trainers, customer service, and coaches. She was Co-Leader for ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice, on the Leadership Team for the review and updating of the Code of Ethics in 2024, and active in the Ethics Water Cooler. To ensure she stays current in related areas of expertise, Cathy has earned the following: ICF’s Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Coach Trainer, Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Grief Support Group Facilitator, Certified in the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool, Certified Apartment Manager, Certified Civil and Family Mediator, and Certified in DISC.

Cathy’s clients range from attorneys to corporate executives, government to nonprofit, entrepreneurs to children, under or unemployed to newly retired. She specializes in communication, management, conflict, and leadership. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion to serve others so they achieve the results they want.

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Publications: Coaching Perspectives (a series of books with chapters by coach training graduates) https://www.coachcert.com/resources/recommended-reading/coaching-perspectives-series-by-the-center-for-coaching-certification-and-more.html

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