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Diversity in Coaching

Diversity in Coaching explores the impact and implication of difference in coaching. The book looks at how coaches can respond to issues of gender, generational, cultural, national and racial difference. Understanding how diversity impacts upon coaching is a crucial element to coaching effectively in today's diverse society and can give coaches the edge when responding to their coachees need. Each chapter is written by a coach who specializes in coaching in specific countries or to specific groups. They provide guidance on understanding diversity and how coaches can adapt coaching styles and techniques to meet individual needs, local demands and cultural preferences.

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Open quotesThis book offers an insight into the growing global presence of coaching and how its used in different cultures and countries, as well as perspectives on working with difference from generational to genderClose quotes-Editor Dr Jonathan Passmore
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Summary of the Contents

Introduction
Jonathan Passmore

1. Cross-cultural and diversity coaching
Dr Jonathan Passmore and Dr Ho Law

Part 1 International perspectives

2. Coaching in Europe
Frank Bresser and Katherine Tulpa

3. Coaching in North America
Dr Mary Wayne Bush

4. Australasia
Jodie Anagnos

Part 2 Developing coaching practices

5. South Africa
Janine Everson and Craig O’Flaherty

6. Coaching in Brazil
Silvio Celestino and Ingrid Faro

7. Coaching in China
Catherine Ng

8. Coaching in the Middle East
Tom Palmer and Val Arnold

9. Coaching in India
Yogesh Sood

10. Coaching in Russia
Julia Choukhno

11. Coaching in Japan
Takashi Tanaka
Part 3 Ethnicity, age and gender difference

12. Coaching black British coachees
Tinu Cornish

13. Coaching black American coachees
Dr Gregory Pennington

14. Coaching Indian heritage coachees
Indrani Choudrey

15. Coaching with men: alpha males
Dr Eddie Erlandson

16. Coaching with women
Dr Kate Ludeman

17. Coaching people through life transitions
Professor Bob Garvey