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Evocative Coaching : Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time

by: Tschannen-Moran, Bob; Tschannen-Moran, Megan

Evocative Coaching : Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time

by: Tschannen-Moran, Bob; Tschannen-Moran, Megan

ISBN 13:
9780470547595
ISBN 10:
0470547596
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/20/2010
Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Summary

This innovative book brings together the best research and wisdom in educational leadership and professional coaching. The authors Bob and Megan Tschannen-Moran have developed a simple yet profound way of facilitating new conversations in schools through Story Listening, Expressing Empathy, Appreciative Inquiry, and Design Thinking. It's an iterative process that moves beyond old ways of thinking, doing, and being. It's an inspirational process that reinvigorates the passion for making schools better, one conversation at a time. Written for school leaders and administrators.

Dedications
Gratitudes
Preface
Introduction To Evocative Coaching
What Is Evocative Coaching?
The Promise and Practice of Coaching
Evocative Coaching Defined
Why Evocative Coaching Works
What Makes Coaching Evocative?
Concern for Consciousness
Concern for Connection
Concern for Competence
Concern for Contribution
Concern for Creativity
The Dynamic Dance of Evocative Coaching
Story
Empathy
Inquiry
Design
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Coaching Presence
A New Metaphor for Coaching
Evocative Coaching as a Way of Being
Lessons from a Horse Whisperer
Fostering Trust and Rapport
Benevolence
Honesty
Openness
Reliability
Competence
Holding the Coaching Space
Calm Assurance
Playfulness
Open to Possibility
Conveying Coaching Presence
Coaching Presence in the Context of Hierarchy
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
The Four Steps Of Evocative Coaching
Interlude
Loop I: The No-Fault Turn
Story Listening
The Power of Story
Evoking Coachable Stories
Mindful Listening
Listen Calmly
Listen Openly
Listen Attentively
Quiet Listening
Reflective Listening
Story Listening
Exploring Different Vantage Points
Exploring Different Pivot Points
Exploring Different Lesson Points
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Expressing Empathy
Understanding Empathy
Cultivating Empathy
Access Points for Empathy
Contextual Circumstances
Causal Attributions
Evaluative Assessments
Positive and Negative Feelings
Met and Unmet Needs
Readiness to Change
Empathy Reflections
Making Observations
Guessing the Primary Feelings
Guessing the Underlying Needs
Making Requests
Elevating Readiness to Change
Celebrating Progress
The Golden Sigh
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Interlude
Loop II: The Strengths-Building Turn
Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciative Inquiry
The Positive Principle
The Constructionist Principle
The Simultaneity Principle
The Anticipatory Principle
The Poetic Principle
Initiating the Learning Conversation
Illuminating the Best of What Is
Discovering Strengths
Observing Vitalities
Imagining the Best of What Might Be
Framing Aspirations
Inviting Possibilities
Coaching with Strengths, Observations, Aspirations, and Possibilities
Reviewing Data from a Strengths-Based Perspective
Noticing and Elevating Teacher Energies
Positive Reframing
Moving through Ambivalence
From SWOT to SOAP
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Design Thinking
Calling Forth Motivation and Movement
Positive Relationships
Positive Energy and Emotions
Positive Images
Positive Actions
Coaching Tools for Designing Experiments
Brainstorming Design Ideas
Exploring Inertia
Making Experiments S-M-A-R-T
Mapping Out Experimental Designs
Confirming Commitment
Around and Around the Mobius Strip: Back to Story
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Evocative Coaching In Practice
Aligning Environments
Understanding Environments
Flow
Navigating the River of Change
The Rapids
The Doldrums
Managing Clouds, Wind, and Thunder
Clouds of Climate
Winds of Collective Efficacy
Thunder of Conflict
Ripples in a Pond
Stories as Catalysts for Transformation
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Coaching Conversations
The Great 8: Choreographing the Coaching Dance
Story Listening
Initiate
Elaborate
Expressing Empathy
Validate
Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciate
Extrapolate
Design Thinking
Innovate
Deliberate
Activate
Summary
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
The Reflective Coach
Coaching the Self
Hearing Our Own Story
Self-Empathy
Inquiring into Our Own Professional Practice
Strategy
Professional Coach Code of Ethics
Conclusion
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Evocative Coaching Principles, Questions, and Reflections
Practice Exercises
Content Review Questions
International Association of Coaching, Coaching MasteriesÖ
Overview
References
Recommended Reading Resources
About the Authors
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Evocative Coaching : Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time

Evocative Coaching : Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time

9780470547595

0470547596

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