{"id":4612,"date":"2013-09-13T06:03:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T06:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:25:53","slug":"book-review-the-seven-steps-of-effective-executive-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/book-review-the-seven-steps-of-effective-executive-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Seven Steps of Effective Executive Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Seven-Steps-Effective-Executive-Coaching-ebook\/dp\/B009HBQQGK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seven Steps of Effective Executive Coaching<\/a> is a book that provides a solid overview of coaching along with details on how to do it well.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"steps\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82-1148x1536.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82-1530x2048.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82-45x60.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/82.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary &#8211; The chapters of the book include:<\/p>\n<p>Part One: Overview and Introduction<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<li>What is executive coaching?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Part Two: The seven core capabilities of effective executive coaching<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rapport Building<\/li>\n<li>Deep listening<\/li>\n<li>Creative questioning<\/li>\n<li>Giving effective feedback<\/li>\n<li>Clear goal setting<\/li>\n<li>Intuition<\/li>\n<li>Presence<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Part Three: The Achieve Coaching Model\u00ae<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Assessing the current situation<\/li>\n<li>Creative brainstorming of alternatives<\/li>\n<li>Honing goals<\/li>\n<li>Initiating options<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate options<\/li>\n<li>Valid action programme design<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging momentum<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Part Four: Using the Achieve Coaching Model\u00ae in Context<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The seven core capabilities in context<\/li>\n<li>Measuring the effectiveness of executive coaching<\/li>\n<li>Future trends and outlook<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Good:<\/p>\n<p>The Achieve Coaching Model\u00ae realistically and effectively builds out the GROW model.\u00a0 The process is clear, duplicable, and sustainable.\u00a0\u00a0 The specific examples of skillful coaching are right on target and a good learning tool.<\/p>\n<p>The Bad:<\/p>\n<p>The book lists seven coaching competencies of which five parallel competencies published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Coaching Federation<\/a>; there are noticeable gaps.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>This book is an excellent read for those seeking a coach to understand the process and how a coach works.\u00a0 It provides great value for coaches seeking to enhance their own learning.<\/p>\n<p>Note: The skills and application are very much in keeping with what is taught in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training\/certified-professional-coach\/program-overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Certified Professional Coach<\/a> program at the Center for Coaching Certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seven Steps of Effective Executive Coaching is a book that provides a solid overview of coaching along with details on how to do it &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[70,48,81,80,88,89,118,115,78,82],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-and-resources","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-coach","tag-coaching-success","tag-core-competency","tag-effective-coaching","tag-executive-coach","tag-executive-coach-certification","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-rapport","tag-roi","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10596,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions\/10596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}