Coaching, Mentoring and Organisational Politics 

For employees, managing politics is a core skill. For coaches and mentors, there is the constant dilemma of how to help a client thrive in a political environment while remaining authentic. Coaching, Mentoring and Organisational Politics draws on the experiences of coaches, mentors, leaders and managers from around the world.

As all organisations are political environments, politics are likely to affect every coach at some point in their professional career. The authors expertly navigate this complex topic, going beyond collating existing concepts and undertaking new, first-hand research into what issues are considered “political” and the challenges they pose for leaders.

• Includes case studies from a wide range of organisations, from the public sector to ‘Big 4’ firms
• Contains an Organisational Politics Awareness Tool to encourage reflection and dialogue
• Offers practical approaches for maintaining integrity

The Team Coaching Casebook

Teams are a crucial part of working life, and they can also be a source of challenges, frustrations and opportunities.  This industry first book explores the breadth of approaches available throughout a team coaching engagement narrated through case studies and editorial commentary. It illustrates the eclectic and emergent nature of interventions that enable teams to achieve lasting positive changes in capability

This book: 

• Includes the experiences, insights and learning of team leaders and team members as well as the team coaches with quotes and data from each engagement
• Offers insight into the original need for the team coaching in each case study
• Explores how the team relates to itself, its stakeholders and the wider system
• Explains how the team coach or coaches engaged with the team detailing the specific practices the team coach used and the outcomes achieved
• Features forewords from leading writers on coaching and team coaching: Nick Smith, Peter Hawkins and Paul Lawrence

Coaching and Mentoring Supervision: Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition 

The new edition of this indispensable book provides insights into the role of supervision and a fresh perspective on the fundamentals of the discipline. Coaching supervision is now widely recognised as essential to effective coaching and professional development of coaches. This book uncovers current research and explains the established ideas for practice. It also: 

• Contains a comprehensive overview of coaching supervision, from both theoretical underpinnings to practical guidance on different perspectives and approaches
• Allows both students of coaching and experienced coaches to compare approaches and develop their own, unique ways of being supervised
• Supports supervisors in planning their own developmental journey towards a more integrated, evidence-based practice
• Includes leading thinkers from across the field and many emerging authorities

Coaching and Mentoring Supervision is the definitive text for coaching supervisors, supervisees and those working toward qualifications in coaching supervision. It will also be of value both to HR professionals and those participating in mentoring programmes.

Developing Successful Diversity Mentoring Programmes: An International Casebook

Mentoring has become an essential ingredient in the success of diversity management in the workplace and in achieving societal change to accommodate and value difference. This case book brings together a wide range of approaches to designing, implementing, sustaining and evaluating mentoring programmes. It explores what makes mentoring work in a diversity context, and what undermines it; what constitutes good practice and what to avoid.

The international case studies cover many different aspects of difference, including race, culture, physical and mental disability, gender and sexual preference, Thoughtful analysis of these cases reveals many practical lessons for what does and doesn’t work well in different contexts.

David Clutterbuck is the co-founder of the European Coaching and Mentoring Council (EMCC) and Practice Lead for Coaching and Mentoring International. He is visiting professor of coaching and mentoring at four universities and has authored over 75 books.

Lise Lewis is an executive coach and award-winning coach supervisor with an international practice. She is the immediate past President of EMCC Global and currently its Special Ambassador, and is also the founder of Bluesky International.

Tatiana Bachkirova is Professor of Coaching Psychology and Co-Director of the International Centre for Coaching and Mentoring Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She is a recognised international speaker and her many publications include over 70 research and conceptual papers as well as edited volumes.

Tammy Turner is CEO of Turner International and is Core Faculty and Head of Supervision at the Global Coach Training Institute (GTCI). She is an accredited master team and individual coach. 

Frances Kochan is editor or co-editor of a number of books and articles on the topics of mentoring, leadership, and organizational change. She is the recipient of the Jay Scribner Mentoring Award from the University Council on Educational Administration. Frances is a Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor at Auburn University, Alabama, USA.

Tim Bright is a co-founder of EMCC Turkey and works internationally as a coach and consultant. He is currently based in Istanbul with OneWorld Consulting.

Riddhika Khoosal is an organisation development consultant, facilitator, speaker and coach. She delivers programmes for some of the world's largest organisations, helping leaders around the globe improve their wellbeing and performance.

Peter Jackson is Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the International Centre for Coaching and Mentoring Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK. His research interests are in embodiment and learning in coaching practice, reflective learning and professional development. He continues to practice as a coach and supervisor.

Colm Murphy is an accredited master executive coach and team coach and Head of Coaching at Smurfit Executive Development, University College Dublin, Ireland. Colm is managing director of Dynamic Leadership Development. He is also Core Faculty at the Global Coach Training Institute (GTCI).

Kirsten M. Poulsen is author of and contributor to a number of books about mentoring as well as author of many articles on mentoring, leadership and organisational development. Kirsten is an associate professor at Copenhagen Business School, former (and first) President and co-founder of EMCC Denmark and an experienced management consultant and owner of KMP+. www.kmpplus.com.