Jenny Rogers was an early entrant to the world of coaching, beginning when she ran the BBC’s management development department after earlier careers in teaching, television production and publishing. She left the BBC to start her own coaching company and has been a coach ever since, specializing in the world of senior executives. As well as working with her own coaching clients, she trains and supervises other coaches.Her books range from a 4th edition of Coaching Skills: The Definitive Guide to Being a Coach, a book used around the world as the ‘Bible’ on how to be a coach, to her four best-selling books on the psychometric instruments, the MBTI and the FIRO-B. She has also written books about how to start a coaching business, how to navigate career crises and how to get through a job interview successfully. Jenny was married for many years to the former BBC Editor and journalist Alan Rogers. He died in 2010. She lives in central London and is close to her two sons and three grandchildren. She is a keen cook, cat lover, filmgoer and walker. Website: www.JennyRogersCoaching.com

An apparently simple text, this one by Jenny Rogers is in reality not only full of considerations and reflections but numerous and effective, bibliographic references, as well as advice and suggestions that arise from professional experience.

• Introduction1.Making sure that you have a real client2.Drawing those boundaries3.Negotiating the confidentiality maze4.Listening for the client’s boundaries5.Staying within your areas of competence6.Breaking the boundaries7.Faking it is not making it8.Switching off judgement9.Looking openly at the coach-client relationship10.Being authentic11.Exploring the backstory12.Understanding attachment13.Becoming trauma-aware14.Avoiding the lure of rescuing15.Working with rescuers16.Coaching the perfectionist17.Getting away from endless intellectualizing18.Using psychometrics wisely19.Giving feedback – carefully20.Collecting bespoke feedback for clients21.Understanding that change isn’t as easy as it may look22.Working with Loss23.Coaching through crisis24.Working on life purpose25.Putting away the toolbox26.Understanding the challenges of becoming a coach27.Continuing to learn, staying connected28.Remembering that you are vulnerable too29.Getting a supervisorConclusionFurther Reading