Breakthrough Conversations for Coaches, Consultants and Leaders

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-51587-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Conversational effectiveness is a barometer of human thriving and facilitating insightful conversations is a powerful method for accelerating psychological change and collaboration. This ground-breaking professional book provides a map of Breakthrough Conversations together with a practical toolkit for enhancing awareness, emotional resilience and creativity.

Neuroscience, mindfulness and psychological research shows that awareness is pivotal to skilful conversations. By supporting clients to observe and manage their own body-brain states during conversation, they can learn to switch on the physiological systems that support more authentic, agile, and attuned interactions. Three body-brain states, reactive, habitual and reflective – characterised as Red, Amber and Green (RAG) - are differentiated in terms of body-sensations and behaviours, and these correspond to predictable interactive patterns. Facilitated to experience more emotionally resilient conversations, clients access their natural capacities for collaboration, compassion and shared creativity. This journey, through the five stages of Breakthrough Conversations, drawing on the RAG frame and a number of other practical models, is richly illustrated with case studies from working one-to-one and with pairs.

Coming to see conversations as a dance driven by the interactions of underlying needs and emotions frees clients to make paradigm shifts in their self-awareness and interpersonal effectiveness. This book, and the approach it outlines, will be essential reading for coaches, consultants, leaders and all professionals seeking to choreograph more insightful conversations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

01. The Power of Conversations 02. Developing a Breakthrough Body-Brain 03. Awareness is the Key to Breakthrough 04. A Map of Breakthrough Conversations 05. Preparing the Ground 06. Managing Emotional States 07. Loosening Habit and Reactivity 08. Seeing the Dance from the Balcony 09. Harnessing Expanded Perspectives

Über Autor(innen)

Graham Lee is a leadership coach, psychotherapist, and mindfulness teacher. By integrating the domains of neuroscience, psychology, mindfulness, and leadership, he offers a unique blend of pragmatism and depth in facilitating change in individuals, pairs and teams.