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Coaching

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Course Unit Code546-0024/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SOC071Mgr. Alena Kašpárková, Ph.D., M.A.
Summary
The course aims to familiarize students with coaching as a rather new and progressive profession that has developed since the 1970s. It discusses the issues that coaching and psychotherapy have and do not have in common. Students learn about the developments in coaching schools, shall discuss the ethical aspects of working with clients, and experience the basic techniques arising from different coaching schools. Students learn to use coaching questions in communication, which they may find useful in the future.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students are able to distinguish between coaching and other types of help (mentoring, counselling, psychotherapy).
Students understand the importance of ethics in the coaching profession.
Students know of the basic coaching schools.
Students are able to ask coaching questions.
Course Contents
1. What is coaching and what is not? Coaching, mentoring, training, consultancy – definitions.
2. History and evolution of coaching.
3. Is there a borderline between coaching and psychotherapy? What are the differences?
4. The ethical aspects of a contract with a client. International and Czech associations for coaches: ICF, AIK, EMCC. Code of Ethics.
5. Performance coaching, GROW model.
6. Systemic coaching, Solution coaching.
7. Mindful coaching.
8. Erickson coaching.
9. Inner Game.
10. Application of coaching – managment, coaching for performance, career coaching, life coaching.
11. Individual and team couching. Research in coaching.
12. Leadership and coaching in business. Couching contract.
13. The personality of a coach – education and personal traits.
14. Neurolinguistic programming.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ATKINSON, M. and R.T. CHOIS. Inner Dynamics of Coaching. Exalon Publishing Limited. 2007.
GALLWEY, W.T. The Inner Game of Work: Focus, Learning, Pleasure, and Mobility in the Workplace. Random House Trade Paperbacks. 2011.
SILSBEE, D. Presence-Based Coaching: Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body, and Heart. 1st Edition. Jossey-Bass. 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0470325094
WHITMORE, J. Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose - The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership. Nicholas Brealey. 2009. ISBN 978-1-85788-535-4
BOBEK, M. a P. PENIŠKA. Práce s lidmi. Brno: NC PUBLISHING, 2008. ISBN 978-80-903858-2-5
GALLWEY, T. Inner Game pro manažery. Praha: Management Press, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7261-213-0
O´CONNOR, J. a J. SEYMOUR. Úvod do neurolingvistického programování. Jak lépe porozumět sobě i jiným a dosáhnout svých cílů. Praha: Institut pro NLP, 1998. ISBN 80-238-2604-2
WHITMORE, J. Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose - The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership. Nicholas Brealey, 2009. ISBN 978-1-85788-535-4
Recommended Reading:
ATKINSON, M. and R.T. CHOIS. Art and Science of Coaching. Step-by-Step Coaching. Exalon Publishing Ltd. 2007.
BACHKIROVA, T. Coaching and Mentoring Supervision: Theory and Practice. OUP. 2011. ISBN13 (EAN): 9780335242986
O´CONNOR, J. a A. LAGES. Coaching with NLP: How to be a Master Coach. Thorsonelement. 2004. ISBN 978-0-00-7151226
WHITMORE, J. Coaching for Performance: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership. FULLY REVISED 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Nikolas Brealey Publishing. 2017. ISBN 978-1-473-65812-7.
ATKINSON, M. a R. T. CHOIS. Koučink - věda i umění (Vnitřní dynamika). Praha: Portál, 2009
HÁJEK, K. Práce s emocemi pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Kosmas, 2006. ISBN 978-80-7367-346-8
ROSINSKI, P. Koučování v multikulturním prostředí. Praha: Management Press, 2009. 323 s. ISBN 978-80-7261-195-9
WHITMORE, J. Koučování. Rozvoj osobnosti a zvyšování výkonnosti. Metoda transpersonálního koučování. Praha: Management Press, 2009. 185 s. ISBN 978-80-7261-209-3
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