TY - BOOK AU - Linder-Pelz, Susie AU - Linder-Pelz,Susie TI - NLP Coaching: An Evidence-Based Approach for Coaches, Leaders and Individuals SN - 9780749454524 U1 - O66.2 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Kogan Page N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Part 1 NLP and coaching 1 What is NLP coaching? 15 A bit of background 16; The goal of NLP coaching 17; Modelling is the key 18 2 Catching a coach at work 21 The skills an NLP coach uses 21 3 The `magic` of NLP 40 Invisible glue 40; Five faces of organizational coaching 41; Coaching issues 43 4 Meeting industry standards 52 NLP coaching vs NLP practice 52; Packaging NLP coaching 53; Meeting professional coaching standards 55 5 Shifting paradigms 58 Science and post-modernist inquiry 58; Humanistic and positive psychology 60; Convergence of neuroscience and psychology Part 2 An evidence-based approach to NLP coaching 6 Best practice is evidence-based 67 What does evidence-based mean? 67; Theories, principles and presuppositions 68; Nine systemic principles 70 7 Systemic principles with psychological overlay 73 Roots in psychology and support from neuroscience 74; Unsubstantiated aspects of NLP 93 8 Links to psychology 95 Links to other coaching psychology approaches 95; Distinctive and shared practices 99; More on mindfulness 101; Is NLP really `atheoretical`? 102 9 Empirical evidence 103 The historical role of research in NLP 103; The verdict so far 106; Yin and yang in coaching research 108; The case for mixed methods 111; Conclusion to Part 2 112 Part 3 Towards best practice 10 Building on NLP coaching 117 Symbolic Modelling and Clean Language 117; Theoretical origins 120; Principles 122; Methodology 123; Practice 125; Meta-Coaching 127; Meta-level principles 128; The Meta-States model 129; The Axes of Change Model 131; The Meta-Coaching methodology 133; Case study in career development 135; What do these approaches add? 137 11 Working as a practitioner-researcher 139 Findings from a small practice 139; Calling for good research questions 141; How NLP coaching works 142; Impact studies: Does it work? 143; Comparisons with other approaches 145; Visioning the `gold standard` 147; Rigour and vigour 149 12 Benchmarking and evaluating competencies 151 Competency-based NLP coach training 151; From modelling to benchmarking 152; Benchmarking NLP skills in organizations 156; Research-mindedness 159 ER -