Coaching with Spirit

Coaching with Spirit is an uncommon resource that shows you how to enhance your effectiveness by integrating spirituality into your professional interactions with clients. Written for coaches and managers-of all types and levels of expertise-this book is not a primer on spirituality but rather it is a guide that suggests practical ways you can get into "the zone" and welcome Spirit into your coaching business. Author Teri-E Belf outlines a plan of action for breathing new life into your coaching style and provides the guide you need to perform the following CPR on your coaching business: * Connection-- increase connection with yourself, your client, and the whole * Present-- be fully available in the present moment * Responsible-- able to respond and be accountable for your choices

Foreword xi Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxi Introduction 1 Chapter 1: The Relationship Between Coaching and Spirituality 11 Chapter 2: Connection with Self 27 Chapter 3: Connection with the Client 51 Chapter 4: Connection with the Whole 73 Chapter 5: The Present Moment 97 Chapter 6: Responsibility 121 Chapter 7: Marketing Coaching with Spiritual Fluidity 151 Chapter 8: Executive Coaching with Spirit 169 Chapter 9: International Coaching with Spirit 199 Chapter 10: Coach Leader Perspectives on Coaching with Spirit 213 Chapter 11: Fanning the Embers of Client Transformation 231 Chapter 12: Stoking the Fire: Coaching with Spirit Learning Communities 243 Epilogue: What's Next? The Space for Coaching 253 Appendix: Coaching with Spirit Assessment 257 Bibliography 267 About the Author 271 About the Contributors 273 Index 287