Paradoxical Coaching: Moving with Defences

Erik Haan and Yvonne Burger
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Erik Haan: Ashridge Business School
Yvonne Burger: VU University, Amsterdam

Chapter 9 in Coaching with Colleagues, 2014, pp 101-110 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The paradoxical approach is eminently suited to tricky coaching situations in which ‘things are not going smoothly’; where, for example: The coachee does not appear to accept the coach whole-heartedly. Initiatives appear to get bogged down. In one way or another, the coach feels constantly challenged — to be a better coach or to give more, less, or cleverer advice.

Keywords: Positive Labelling; Utilisation Technique; 29B4 Introduction; Coaching Relationship; Coaching Approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137359209_9

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