This new and fully updated edition of the bestselling Becoming a Coach: The Essential ICF Guide brings this essential guide for ICF coaches up to date for 2024 and onwards. This book equips you with the skills and knowledge you need to develop yourself as a professional coach. It will encourage you to reflect on who you are, what you do and how you can enhance your skills. By drawing on the ICF Gold Standard for coach training and the latest coaching research, it will ensure your ...

Becoming an ICF Credentialed Coach aims to help professional coaches on their journey to mastery. Whether you are an ICF coach in training, preparing for your ACC assessment, progressing towards PCC, or getting ready for your MCC submission, this book is essential reading. The book includes for the first time the ICF BARS and Markers used by ICF assessors in marking ICF ACC, PCC and MCC submissions, along with coach assessors’ guidance on how coaches can demonstrate these competen...

What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilli...

Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a widely recognised process for engaging people in organizational development and change management. Based on conversational practice, it is a particular way of asking questions, fostering relationships and increasing an organization's capacity for collaboration and change. It focuses on building organizations around what works, rather than trying to fix what doesn't, and acknowledges the contribution of individuals in increasing trust and organizational alignm...

**WINNER OF THE 2026 EISNER AWARD - BEST REALITY-BASED WORK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR • From the Ignatz and Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Ben Passmore comes a whirlwind graphic history of Black life, taken by force"Passmore raises the scale from the personal to the historical . . . with his characteristic acerbic wit and impetuous visual style."—NPR**It’s the summer of 2020, and downtown Philly is up in flames. “You’re not out in the stree...

Who is Carl and what does he want?A road accident puts two young men in hospital. One walks away. The other doesn't.Daniel returns to his life, but soon finds his mundane existence upended as every aspect of it comes under attack. He loses his job, his girlfriend, his home – but Carl, his implacable enemy, remains in a life-threatening coma.The threats to Daniel build until he's homeless and wanted by the police for robbery and murder.Then he finds ...

What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? This book argues that it is both: fascism unleashes violence against the left and ethnic minorities, but also condemns the bourgeoisie for its 'softness'. Kevin Passmore opens his book with a series of 'scenes from fascist life' - a secret meeting of the Romanian Iron Guard; Mussolini meeting the king of Italy; a rally of Hungarian doctors calling for restrictions on the number of Jews entering the profession; the shooting of 1800...

Grandmaster Danny Passmore has been a lifelong student and teacher of physical and emotional self-defense. His success in developing the Whole Child Training Concept has been praised and practiced across the United States and Abroad as a complement to teachers of martial arts and life skills of all ages.Martial Hearts sets to develop a Defensive Mental Edge against potentially aggressive emotional and/or physical abuse.The Chapter on Planning Your Future offers step-by-step i...

What is fascism? Is it revolutionary? Or is it reactionary? Can it be both? Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilli...

As coaching continues to grow in popularity, supervision and mentor coaching have become the disciplines that protect quality, deepen mastery and sustain coaches. Becoming a Coaching Supervisor and Coach Mentor is a practical, evidence-informed guide to the ICF Supervision and Mentor Coach Competencies, translating standards into clear behaviours, reflective questions and session-ready processes.The book explores contracting, formative appraisal, ethics, difference and bou...

Outdoor coaching combines all the benefits of a reflective goal-based conversation, while engaging in a low-impact exercise and gaining all the benefits of being in a natural environment, from birdsong to sunshine. This book explains the why, what and how of Outdoor Coaching in this definitive practical guide.Jonathan and Ellie draw on their experiences of their epic Source to Sea journey along the River Thames. If you are a facilitator, trainer, coach or a manager, this book will g...

Ethical practice is the heart of good quality coaching. It is the foundation of trust, safety and professional credibility. Developing Ethical Maturity is a practical guide to the 2025 ICF Code of Ethics, translating values, principles and standards into clear choices coaches can apply in real client work. This essential guide explains how ethical conduct and the Core Competencies operate together. It provides the reader with a structured approach to working through grey areas and...