Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy

What are the key skills needed to be a successful coach, mentor or supervisor?
How can personal development be effectively facilitated?
The fields of coaching, mentoring and consultancy are going through a phase of professionalization, with the establishment of formal standards, European bodiesand standard requirements for supervision. Substantially revised, this accessible book provides a response to these growing demands, examining:

Differences and similarities between coaching, mentoring and organizational consultancy
Personal and professional development that leads to sustainable change
Qualities, capabilities, skills and values necessary for effective coaching, mentoring and supervision
Guidelines for practice. The second edition includes new material on:

Transformational coaching
Developments in the field of neuroscience and the implications for coaching
Systemic team coaching, developments in leadership, and creating a coaching culture
Supervision on supervision and group supervision
Oshry's approach to understanding systemic patterns in organizational relationships
Expanded seven-eyed model "Peter and Nick's original edition was a fresh and insightful addition to the literature. The new edition brings the work bang up to date and remains a must read for the practitioners and students of coaching and consulting."
Professor Jonathan Passmore, University of Evora, Portugal
"The noble art of consulting, coaching and mentoring has many roots, among which the impressive fearless speech (parrhesia) of some ancient Athenians and the towering figure of Mentor/Athena in Homer's Odyssey. This wonderfully lucid and comprehensive guide shows how fearless compassion is still at the basis of getting the consulting that matters and the mentoring that can transform a business."
Dr Erik de Haan, Professor of Organisation Development at the VU University Amsterdam and Director of the Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Business School
"One of the characteristics