CHRISTINE HASKELL, PHD

Driving Your Self Discovery

Defining coaching for busy managers seeking development

social psychologist Christine Haskell shares the importance of bringing rigor to coaching–AND helping busy managers focus their coaching engagement.

Praise

“Deeply scrutinizing some of the smallest interactions with Christine led to profound insights for me about what I bring to an interaction.” –Director, Instagram

“Working with Christine using some of these tools has been one of the single, most impactful development activities I’ve engaged in.” –Senior Creative Director, Microsoft

“Christine’s coaching changed my life in a very positive way. I’ve seen my effectiveness increase at work and at home. She uses concrete examples and makes difficult ideas easy to understand.” —Manager, Bremerton Naval Shipyard

Summary

It has been said, ‘that which is shareable is bearable.’ Conversations in coaching create the possibility of learning how to be graceful with our vulnerability while moving creatively through life. Learn the differences between therapy and coaching. Observe how what we experience in our lives turn into patterns that influence our present and future. Explore and reflect on the qualities of an effective advocate. Reflect on real-world case studies to understand common problems clients face, the concepts they learned, and how things changed as a result. Use reflection questions throughout the book to help you identify qualities important to you in a coach, to help you pinpoint potential issues for discussion—and start your introspection process prior to working with a coach who is grounded in management experience, the basic principles of psychology, and understands how organizational systems work.

This guide will:

• Help clarify the difference between therapy and coaching';

• Share the bridge between psychology and workplace effectiveness, and the importance of a coach trained in both;

• Define the qualities a coach should embody (important for selecting the right coach for you);

• Provide case studies of how coaching can add value and increase your effectiveness.