Routledge Clean Coaching: The insider guide to making change happen

Most coaches today see their role as mainly non-directive, helping to uncover their coachee’s own wisdom. However, coaches may unwittingly and unconsciously constrain what their coachees talk and think about, getting in the way of unique, self-generated solutions. Clean Coaching provides a different, simple yet highly effective approach to one-to-one facilitation. It is a style, strategy and set of techniques that help coachees gain insight and make changes through discovering more about their own ‘insider’ perspective: of themselves and the world around them. Through the use of specifically-phrased, structured coaching questions, the coach’s own biased perspectives are stripped from their language, ensuring the coachee’s unique personal experience is honoured. In Clean Coaching, Angela Dunbar explains how this approach works in practical terms, with descriptions of how to structure a Clean Coaching session and the steps to take within such a session. The book gives detailed descriptions of the kinds of questions to ask and provides a wealth of analogues, examples and case studies to bring the descriptions alive, offering a clear blueprint for action. In addition, the book explains where Clean Coaching has come from, describing the development of Clean Language and other "Clean" approaches by the psychologist and psychotherapist David Grove. It also tracks how "Clean" approaches have been adopted and adapted by other practitioners. Dunbar draws on current research in the fields of developmental, neurological, cognitive and social psychology to demonstrate why Clean Coaching works so successfully. Exploring Clean Coaching in detail, and informed by both research and practice, this book will be a valuable resource for coaches at all levels, including executive coaches and those in training, as well as managers and executives acting in a coaching capacity. Review 'Knowing (Angela), I know this will be an important and compelling contribution to all our knowledge and practice. I so look forward to reading it.' - Nancy Kline, author of bestselling books "Time to Think" and "More Time to Think", pioneer of The Thinking Environment® and President of Time To Think Ltd: www.timetothink.com ‘Whether you are new to Clean Coaching or already have some deep exposure, there is a wealth of information and guidance in this book - from the basics of just two questions you can use in a profound way to get started, through the full range of clean questions and techniques, to the capacities and world views that will help you to use it successfully. Angela's writing, her examples and stories, spur you on to explore and use these powerful techniques.’ - Caroline Talbott, coach and author of Essential Career Transition Coaching Skills ‘I loved this book for its clarity and simplicity. It gives a thorough representation of the work that David, Angela and I did together during the years leading up to his death, as well as the way in which she has gone on to develop and progress our work. It provides a detailed description of what coaching is, what clean coaching is, the differences between them, and how they complement each other, and will guide coaches towards a more neutral style of coaching. I regard it as essential reading for those studying or delivering clean techniques, and a valuable resource for anyone studying and/or practicing coaching more generally too.’ - Carol Wilson FILM FAC FPSA, www.coachingcultureatwork.com ‘Clean Coaching is full of high-quality explanations of key aspects of coaching – and ‘clean’ coaching in particular. It is exceptionally well-researched and immediately practical, and the examples and transcripts make the nuances of a clean approach sparkle. Whether you are beginning your coaching career or a seasoned veteran, this book can set you on a path you will want to follow for the rest of your coaching career.’ - James Lawley and Penny Tompkins, authors of Metaphors in Mind: Transformation