Jonathan Passmore is Professor of Coaching and Behaviour Change at Henley Business School and a globally recognised, award-winning thought leader in organisation and people development. He is one of the world's most published coaching researchers, with 45 books and many chapters, journal papers and articles. In 2025 he was named a Thinkers50 Coaching Legend in recognition of his profound and lasting contribution to the coaching field. Tracy Sinclair is an Executive Coach and leadership development designer/facilitator. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and is a trained Coaching Supervisor, Mentor Coach and ICF Assessor. She was President of the UK ICF from 2013-2014 and has been an ICF Global Board Director since 2016.
Description
How can you become the very best coach you can be? Becoming a Coach provides all the knowledge and inspiration needed to reflect on who you are, what you do, and how you can develop as a professional coach. Drawing on the latest ICF coach competence framework and up-to-date coaching research, the authors set out a wide range of contemporary coaching models and techniques and show how they can be integrated in order to deliver an evidence-based coaching service to the very highest professional standards. Deepening readers' understanding of core competences and broadening thinking on how to apply them in practice, Becoming a Coach is the is the only book to align directly with the world's most widely accepted and up-do-date professional coaching guidance. As such, it is a perfect foundational resource for any coaching practice, and the ideal textbook for any coaching education programme.
SECTION 1: SETTING THE SCENE1. The journey towards maturity 2. What is coaching? 3. Who am I? 4. Who are my clients? SECTION 2: DEVELOPING CORE COACHING COMPETENCES 5. Introducing the ICF Core Competency Model 6. Demonstrates Ethical Practice 7. Embodies a Coaching Mindset 8. Establishes and Maintains Agreements 9. Cultivates Trust and Safety 10. Maintains Presence 11. Listens Actively 12. Evokes Awareness 13. Facilitates Client Growth SECTION 3: APPROACHES TO COACHING 14. Universal Eclectic Coaching Approach 15. Behavioural Approach and the GROW model; 16. Humanistic approach and the Time to Think model 17. Cognitive-Behavioural approach and ABCDEF model 18. Gestalt approach and Chairwork 19. Solution-Focused approach and the OSKAR model; 20. Systemic approach and Force Field model 21. Psychodynamic Coaching and Transference 22. Integration SECTION 4: COACHING PRACTICE 23. Ethical practice 24. Contracting with clients 25. Taking and managing coaching notes 26. Maintaining presence through mindfulness 27. Intersessional activities 28. Metaphors and imagery 29. Using new technologies and AI SECTION 5: DEVELOPING YOUR PRACTICE 30. Personal development plans 31. CPD 32. Supervision 33. Reflective Practice 34. Mentor coaching 35. Coaching knowledge assessment 36. Progressing your coaching skills SECTION 6: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES 37. Coaching tools 38. Resources 39. Appendices