Difficult Situations in Business Coaching (PDF)

Coaches encounter a range of situations in their professional practice that they experience as difficult. The challenges have different sources. They can come from the coaches themselves, the coachees or the commissioning organization. But how do these situations present themselves in detail? How can coaches understand them and respond appropriately? Using real case studies collected online, this book takes a closer look at difficult situations. In doing so, renowned coaches present for discussion their theoretical and methodological perspectives and their recommendations for action.

The Content

• Kassel study on difficult situations from the coaches' perspective
• Examples from practice
• Presentation of different perspectives and suggestions for action from successful practitioners
• Scientifically based and practice-oriented

The Target Groups

• coaches and coach supervisors
• people in further training to become a coach
• Human Resource managers
• academics and students

The Authors

Heidi Möller is Professor of Theory and Methodology of Counseling at the University of Kassel. She has been consulting individuals, teams, and organizations in a wide variety of industries with a systemicpsychodynamic perspective for 25 years. Her scientific focus is on outcome and process research of different counseling formats. She leads the postgraduate master's program in Coaching, Supervision, and Organizational Consulting (COS) in addition to teaching in the psychology programs.

Jannik Zimmermann, M.Sc. is a business psychologist and coach. He has been working as a research associate at the Department of Theory and Methodology of Counseling at the University of Kassel since 2020. His research interests relate to work-related counseling formats.