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Presence-Based Coaching

PBC-Cover.jpgPresence-Based Coaching: Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body and Heart offers a practical map to the territory of working with presence, both within yourself and in your coaching and developing of others. First, we explore presence as an essential element of human learning and development. The book maps how presence accelerates and deepens the development process, and offers reliable practices for accessing presence. Second, the book provides extensive inner and relational coaching moves, brought to life through illustrative dialogs, for bringing presence into coaching. The result? Self-generative, authentic, and effective leaders.

As a result of reading Presence-Based Coaching, and working with the exercises and practices within, you will:·

  • Shift into the state of presence more easily and readily

  • Increase your capacity to establish and hold a field of presence with others

  • Increase your capacity to enroll and influence others through your authentic presence

  • Understand how presence facilitates self-generation and accelerates development

  • Apply a set of coaching moves that enable others to shift how they see themselves in relation to their challenges, and to take new and creative actions

  • Design unique practices for yourself that enhance your capacity for presence, and

  • Be experienced by yourself and others as more present, authentic and alive.


Table of Contents

Part One: Presence, Self-Generation, and Coaching
1: Presence
2. How Humans Change: Conditioning, Identity, and Self-Generation
3. Coach as Development Partner

Part Two: Inner Moves

4. Orienting
5. Holding

Part Three: Generative Practices

6. Mind
7. Body
8. Heart

Part Four: Relational Moves

9. Coach for Self-Observation and Realization
10. Coach for Re-Organization
11. Coach for Stabilization
12: Entry, Continuation, Ending
Coda

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Publication Information

 

Presence-Based Coaching:
Cultivating Self-Generative Leaders Through Mind, Body, and Heart
Author: Doug Silsbee
Foreword: Richard Strozzi-Heckler
ISBN: 0-0470-32509-7
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
Details: 288 pages; 6" x 9" trim size; appendices, annotated bibliography, extensive exercises and practices, index, links to web resources.
List price: $45.00
Available: October, 2008
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“Doug's latest book provides a down-to-earth approach to human authenticity and use of self. This will be required reading for our associates and trainees.”

Hannah S. Wilder, Ph.D., founding director, Advantara Global Executive Learning and Coach Training Institute

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“Doug Silsbee nails it, giving us a doorway to experience the power of presence, and to bring it to bear on the development of authentic, purpose-driven leaders. This book is a sensible, grounded must-read!”

Richard J. Leider, founder, The Inventure Group, and author, The Power of Purpose

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“Presence is essential for the accomplishment of any critical task. Complete focus, totally connected: no less is required of coaches and leaders. Doug is a great teacher, using presence as a theme to probe deeply into human consciousness, the only place real transformation can occur.”

Harrison Owen, author, Open Space Technology

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"Presence-Based Coaching is uplifting and practical. It is an essential read for coaches, and for leaders wanting to be professionally effective while living a balanced life. This book radiates presence while offering pragmatic business examples.”

Diana Whitney, Ph.D., president, Corporation for Positive Change, and co-author, The Power of Appreciative Inquiry

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“Finally, a truly great book that develops the being of a coach. Nothing else offers such clear and practical tools. A must read for professional coaches and leaders using a coaching approach.”

Henry Kimsey-House, cofounder of The Coaches Training Institute, and coauthor, Co-Active Coaching
 

 
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