IAIN McCORMICK is Founder of the Executive Coaching Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. After training in clinical psychology and completing a PhD on work stress in Antarctica, he moved into organizational consulting and coaching, becoming a Partner in Deloitte and working in Canada and New Zealand. Moving to Hong Kong, he helped build a consulting firm that was sold to a US multinational. Iain returned to New Zealand in 2000 and founded the Executive Coaching Centre. He coaches boards of directors, chief executives and senior managers. He has conducted many thousands of individual and team sessions, as well as publishing over 100 articles and book chapters and several books. He has received several awards including the Jamieson Award for significant contributions to organizational psychology in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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1. Introduction 2. The Story of Coaching and its Impact 3. The Bali Moment: The Client Finds Her Own Unique Solution 4. The Problem Isn't That: Getting to the Heart of the Presenting Issue 5. What Questions: Using Provocative Inquiry to Facilitate Change 6. The Power of Reflection: Holding a Mirror for the Client 7. Constructive Yet Challenging: The Power of Empathic Confrontation 8. Reflective Feedback: The Reality as the Coach Sees It 9. Holding To Account: Collaborative Responsibility 10. When The Going Gets Tough: Keep Going 11. Changing The Lens: The Value of Reframing 12. Using Your Gut: Instinct as a Driver of Change 13. When Insight Is Enough: Sometimes Telling the Story is Sufficient 14. Schema Coaching: Letting Stress Go 15. Coaching Coaches and the Power of Deliberate Practice 16. When to Refer On: You Can't Coach Everyone 17. You Cannot Win Them All: We All Fall Short Sometimes