The Coaching Handbook: Pressure & Stress: How to Master the Art of Coaching Conversations

By Hugh S Todd

This coaching handbook contains a complete set of frameworks, tips and techniques for coaching clients  who are experiencing stress. They help you drive coaching conversations further, faster and deeper than you think possible – and empower your client to find effective, tailored ways forward.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Hugh S Todd
• Release date: Dec 2, 2018
• ISBN: 9781999351519

Hugh S Todd

Hugh Todd, of Scottish heritage, was born in Uganda in 1954 while his father was involved in developing sustainable agriculture there and in Somalia. He has lived on four continents so far, and is married and a proud father and grandfather. He remains a keen and competitive crewman on racing yachts whenever possible. Hugh has been a coach since before it was labelled coaching. He has worked with senior executives and Boards, young people at risk, community projects, lectured in a college of education, owned an award winning pre-school nursery, was NATO's leadership coach, mentored with Women on Boards, founded 4 companies, coached start-ups and young entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, and is a volunteer coach with Hire A Hero in the UK. His current mission is to create a coaching culture and skills in schools everywhere. www.toddexecutiveacademy.com www.leadershipedge.squarespace.com

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The Coaching Handbook

Pressure & Stress

How to Master the Art of Coaching Conversations

Hugh S Todd

© Hugh S Todd, 2018

All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form, without prior written permission from Hugh S Todd. Brief quotations excepted.

Publishing in the United Kingdom by: Hugh S Todd

Cover & Book design by [e-mail]

ISBN 978-1-9993515-0-2 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-9993515-1-9 (ebook)

My special thanks to Steve Harrison of Peter Thomson

International, Louise Kadri, Barry Williams, Annalie Howling and Jan Rudge for support, advice and constructive critique during the writing of this book.

Reviews & Testimonials

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Hugh, thank you for your support of my work – and your great ideas in this book!

Life is good. Marshall

Dr Marshall Goldsmith

World’s most influential leadership thinker (2015 and 2011), top ten business thinker,

top rated executive coach (2015, 2013, and 2011)

www.MarshallGoldsmith.com

Executives typically work under extreme pressure. And it’s not easy for coaches to address the issue of stress with their clients. In this book Hugh provides a powerful set of guiding frameworks and tips that will help any coach to handle this subject both elegantly and effectively.

Ben Croft

Founder and CEO,

World Business & Executive Coaching Summit Group

So many simple to apply models to increase the effectiveness of my coaching and mentoring! If you’re looking to help your clients get even greater outcomes from your interventions - then this is a must read.

Peter Thomson

Nightingale Conant’s leading UK author,

business and personal growth strategist

http://www.peterthomson.com

Hugh Todd provides a wealth of practical tools and frameworks that will support coaches to address challenging issues more confidently.

Professor Christian van Nieuwerburgh

School of Psychology, University of East London

This gem of a coaching book can enable school leaders, and school-based coaches, to find a better way forward to retain and recruit staff by providing, through such coaching models and support, a practical and cost-effective way forward.

Jan Rudge

Director, Leadership Edge 2018 Ltd,

specialist in developing coaching in schools.

Contents

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My Promise

Important Note

Chapter 1: Essential Groundwork

Chapter 2: The Big Picture

1. Burn Out, Rust Out and Peak Performance under Pressure

2. Cope, Get more Resilient, or Eliminate Stressors?

3. Dealing with Ups and Downs

Chapter 3: When It’s About… - Time

1. First Things First

2. The Forced Choice Ranking System

3. Making the Time For Priorities - Nailing The Changes Down

Chapter 4: When It’s About - People

Conflict, Difficult People, Relationships

1. The Conflict Styles Framework

2. A Framework for Difficult People

Chapter 5: When It’s About - Anticipatory Fear

Comfort Zones, Ruts and Growth Spirals

Attitudes to Change

Challenging Complacency About The Need to Learn & Develop

Chapter 6: When It’s About - The Situation or Environment

Stability Zones

The Whole Life Balance Wheel

Core Values

6 Step Solution Finding

Chapter 7: Exploring Resilience

Organisational Resilience

Individual Resilience

Chapter 8: Exploring Coping

Healthy v Unhealthy Coping Strategies?

Deferring our Reaction

Muscular Relaxation

Visualising

My Promise

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