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Reviews: ˜Parkin`s book is well-crafted, innovative and refreshing. She has a remarkable clarity to her writing...Curiously. I began this book review purely as a professional project. Well into Parkins book and through several of the 50 tales, I realized I was in the midst of a meaningful coaching experience. It was as if Margaret was coaching me herself."
The Bulletin of the Association for Coaching
Description: Coaching is rapidly providing an invaluable aid to personal development, and is a successful way to enhance performance within organizations of all types. More and more people are also discovering how to use storytelling to bring about change and reinforce learning. In her new book, Margaret Parkin combines these two approaches into a powerful and effective technique to assist personal change.
Showing you how and when to use stories to maximum effect, whether you are coaching an individual or a group, the book demonstrates how your coaching can have greater impact with the effective use of storytelling. Complete with sample stories that can be used in a variety of coaching situations, Tales for Coaching includes 50 tales that will immediately help coaches, trainers, managers and educators to reinforce key messages or stimulate fresh thinking. The stories themselves range from those written specifically by the author to carefully selected material from Literature (everything from Aesop and Winnie the Pooh to Stephen Covey). Each tried and tested tale is a proven and effective aid to improve coaching.
Contents : Introduction ¢ Part I: Are you Sitting Comfortably? ¢ Introducing Storytelling : The Story Begins ¢ How do Stories Work ¢ Stories and Unconscious Learning ¢ Coaching and Storytelling: Coaching - The Story So Far ¢ The Purpose and Benefits of Coaching ¢ The Modern-day Coach ¢ Storytelling as a Coaching Tools ¢ Finding and Using Stories in Coaching: Finding Stories ¢ Using Storytelling Activities in Coaching ¢ Telling the Tale: ˜Cric! Crac!` - Making the Connection ¢ The Storytelling`s Perspective ¢ The Listener`s Point of View ¢ Telling the Story ¢ Part 2: Then I`ll Begin ¢ The Tales: How to Use the Tales ¢ Envisioning and Goal Setting ¢ ˜So, What Do You Want To Achieve? ¢ Midas and the Golden Touch ¢ 2. Look Before You Leap ¢ The Star Thrower ¢ The Wise Fisherman ¢ Let There be Light ¢ The Spider ¢ Arrows ¢ In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting ¢ Golf Story ¢ The Ignorant Thief ¢ Problem Solving: ˜How Are You Going To Achieve It? ¢ The Gordian Knot ¢ Tiger Teaching ¢ The Prophet ” on Talking ¢ Edison and the Light Bulb ¢ It`s Easy ¢ Pandora`s Box ¢ The Devil`s Toolbox ¢ Alice and the Croquet Ground ¢ Look After the Pennies ¢ David and Goliath ¢ Reframing and Creativity: ˜Let`s Look At This Another Way...` ¢ The Grand Canyon Story ¢ Sour Grapes ¢ Making a Spectacle ¢ Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby ¢ Belling the Cat ¢ Two Caterpillars ¢ Changing Course ¢ Cable Cars ¢ Trip to Vesuvius ¢ Style ¢ Empowerment: ˜You Can Do It!` ¢ Not Ham Again! ¢ The Choice Is Yours ¢ The Processionary Caterpillars ¢ The Elephant Story ¢ Sticking to the Rules ¢ Stamp out Creativity! ¢ Empowerment Involves Risk ¢ The Four-Minute Mile ¢ Seeing Through the Glasses ¢ Walls ¢ Success and Self-Esteem: ˜Told You That You Could Do It` ¢ I like Your Socks! ¢ KNC Consulting ¢ The Ugly Duckling ¢ Did You Pass? ¢ The Acorn Principle ¢ The Hidden Gold ¢ EnorMouse Moves On ¢ Red Necks ¢ The Firemen`s Rule ¢ A Final Note... ¢ Index
About the Author : Margaret Parkin has a Master`s Degree in Training and Development and is a Master Practitioner in NLP. Founder and Principal of Success Stories, she has worked as a trainer, coach, consultant and speaker with individuals, groups and major organizations for over 20 years, helping them to create their own unique success stories.
Target Audience: Trainers & Coaches, HR Professionals.
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ISBN 9780749461010
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Pages : 224
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