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The Mindful Coach: Seven Roles for Helping People Grow Paperback – January 1, 2004

by Douglas K. Silsbee (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 97 ratings
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The Mindful Coach offers a powerful approach to developing effective coaching skills using a seven-part model. The book's emphasis on mindfulness also taps into the growing contemporary interest in spirituality and meaning in the workplace.
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  1. Print length
    336 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Ivy River Pr
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0974500356
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0974500355
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ivy River Pr; First Edition (January 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0974500356
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0974500355
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 97 ratings

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  1. Douglas K. Silsbee

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    Doug Silsbee is a pioneer in the field of presence-based leadership development. He is an executive coach, trainer of coaches, presenter at conferences and retreats, and author in Asheville, NC. He combines deep experience in organization and leader development with a number of eclectic influences.

    Doug specializes in coaching self-generative leaders in major corporations, small business, and education. His unique Presence-Based Coaching encourages clients to enter into strong commitments and to take meaningful and skillful action to produce results they care about. Along the way, clients cultivate leadership presence, resilience, and aliveness.

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    Doug Silsbee is an award-winning thought leader, author, and executive coach in the fields of Presence-Based Coaching, leadership development and resilience. He has coached and taught leaders on five continents and across all sectors.

    A three-time author, Doug is a sought-after speaker for the International Coach Federation and other international conferences. Doug’s ground-breaking work integrates mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology, somatics, complexity and developmental psychology. His work is the foundation for the leading edge Presence-Based Coaching certification program.

    Doug’s work is grounded in a deep commitment to the development of human beings that can be a stand for a future world that works for everyone.

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alejandro bolaños d
5.0 out of 5 stars The Mindful Coach
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2010
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The Revised Edition of The Mindful Coach is a great resource for coaches who wish to transcend in their capacity to support the development of leaders, executives, and other professionals and simultaneously develop oneself as a coach.

Being mindfully honest, open, straightforward is a necessity in coaching with excellence. Learning to know ones attachments and aversions and letting go of them, and mindfully fading into the background as the coachee assumes his own personal power is a superb gift this New and Revised Edition of The Mindful Coach provides.

The book presents and explores the seven Voices (Master, Partner, Investigator, Reflector, Teacher, Guide and Contractor) or roles through which coaches conduct professional dialogues to support learning and growth. Doug Silsbee provides many sample dialogues of each Voice, and also provides many exercises to self-coach and self observe oneself with increased awareness and mindfulness.

The exercises are very thought provoking and I recommend any coaches that purchase the book to do the exercises mindfully. This way they will have a powerful learning experience.

Doug Silsbee, with his Buddhist training, is perhaps one of the most experienced master teachers in the art of mindfulness applied to coaching. The book is full of wisdom and practical knowledge. Highly recommended.
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Teresa W. Kloster
5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must Have" Reference for Coaches
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2015
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In The Mindful Coach, Doug Silsbee marries mindfulness wisdom with the seven roles employed to grow others. This is an insightful, practical, beautifully written and important guidebook for today’s coaches and leaders. Whether you are a professional coach, or coaching is among your many job duties as a leader/manager/supervisor, you will find Silsbee’s guidance will open new paths for your own development and your development strategies with others. By first exploring and defining coaching, mindfulness and service, the author then opens the conversation to how those manifest in the seven roles for helping people grow: the master, partner, investigator, reflector, teacher, guide and contractor. Full of sample dialogues, exercises, “pitfalls and guidelines,” Silsbee provides the reader the tools to continue growing as a mindful coach. The Mindful Coach is a reference every professional coach or “leader/coach” should have, and refer to again and again.
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Aalok Gupta
5.0 out of 5 stars Profound! A Holistic approach to Coaching.
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2013
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When I took my training in Executive Coaching, there were a number of dilemmas but I decided to go with the flow. However, as I continued practicing the prescribed models, the dilemmas grew stronger rather then going away. In fact, the dilemmas started taking the shape of conflicts with my previous studies of Life Coaching.

Then one fine day, I came across this book. It not only busted all my dilemmas but it gave me path to a holistic approach. Which I always believed in and wanted to follow! However, the prescribed Executive Coaching formulas said otherwise? This book completely aligned with the teachings of Life Coaching and gave me a complete and effective approach towards Coaching.

I can't thank Doug enough, for he has reinforced my concepts of Wisdom. I can confidently say that now I can be an effective Coach in all aspects of Coaching.

Thanks Doug for this simple yet profound work!
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Nisha Walibhai, Ontological Coach
4.0 out of 5 stars Coaching
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2012
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This a very good resource for those interested in getting a taste of what developmental coaching is about. The author does a very good job of describing key considerations in initiating a coaching relationship, and explaining the seven roles a coach takes on in a coaching engagement. This book can serve as a great book club material with your coaching colleagues. Silsbee does a great job of helping readers visualize some of the mindfulness concepts such as attachments and aversions. This book can also be a good resource for someone interested in engaging a coach, and want to figure out what to look for in a good coach. It has some useful exercises for those interested in self coaching or for those who want to "get their feet wet" before seriously considering coaching as a profession.
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Isabel
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for leader development/finding a mentor
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2020
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Bought this for a class for my MBA program. Was probably the most useful book I have read in the program and really made me want to help myself to grow in my leadership role and find a good mentor.
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PamS.
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for both new and experienced leaders and coaches!
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014
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Great book for anyone wanting to grow relationships skills, and especially if already trained in coaching, advising, or mentoring. The applications to the work place for leaders at any level are also a bonus in this in-depth personal and professional development resource. Exercises to help with the concepts provide real-time, immediate benefits to moving me closer to being more aware of how I am experiencing and living in the moment. Looking forward to going deeper with Presence-based Coaching!
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Marilyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and instantly applicable
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016
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This book will help you understand how to serve your coaching clients not do what you always do. Learning these voices helps you hear what clients are really saying and be able to provide what serves the client. Mastering these voices breaks you out of your habitual ways of coaching.
Overuse of a voice is a habit that is about us as coaches, not the client. Marilyn Sutherland
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OnlyTruth
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2016
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great techniques for coaches
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Gratitude
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Jutta
5.0 out of 5 stars A really good book
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2012
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This is exactly what the title already promised. I am sure that every coach should read this. Why? Because the ability to be there fully for your client isn't a skill that just developes without practise. You need a lot of being there before it's possible in every situation.
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Andrea Soares
5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly righ
Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2013
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This was exactly what I wanted and it was recommended to me. If you are looking for something to make you think before starting your coaching journey, I highly recommend it. The way it's written is very practical.
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A Canadian Fan
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful book for leaders who want to support colleagues and employees
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2018
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So far so good, lots of ideas, inspiration, and information.
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Betty M
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
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