Christoph Schmidt-Lellek – författare

Coaching serves to support people in their working environment. The concept of life coaching assumes that the questions people have stemming from their worklife can only be acceptably answered if they see the problems not solely as work relevant but as part of their overall life situation. This is done, on the one hand, horizontally: The themes are illuminated in the context of all aspects of life and one´s biography. And they can be attacked, on the other hand, vertically: by treating the deeper dimensions of existential matters such as meaning of life, happiness and responsibility. Extending one´s reach lets further levels as well as further resources become visible, which changes the perspective of the theme introduced into coaching and leads to new interpretations and evaluations. Alternative paths and potentials suddenly appear.In the first part of this book the basic insights emerging from the volume "Life Coaching" (2008) are reviewed and extended. The next two parts look over the shoulder of well-known coaches and offer many concrete case examples from their practice including the themes discussed there and the actions taken.Coaches, supervisors, counsellors, psychotherapists, trainers und teachers of continuing education will receive through this volume an abundance of stimuli for practicing their own life coaching.

In diesem Buch präsentieren bekannte Vertreter/innen der Coaching-Szene Beiträge zur professionellen Fortentwicklung dieses Formats. Damit schafft das Buch Orientierungsmöglichkeiten für Praktiker/innen und für Wissenschaftler/innen ebenso wie für potenzielle Nutzer/innen von Coaching. Denn die Entwicklungen des Coachings schreiten zügig voran. Die Menge und die Vielfalt von Angeboten, Anwendungsbereichen, Konzepten und Themen sind kaum mehr zu überschauen. Umso wichtiger werden Bemühungen um die professionelle Fundierung von Coaching. Da es keine allgemein verbindlichen, gesetzlich festgelegten Definitionen und Qualitätsstandards wie in anderen Professionen gibt, sind die Coaches mit ihren Fachverbänden herausgefordert, diese selbst zu erarbeiten.

This book features papers of prominent representatives of the German coaching scene on the professional development of this counseling format. The book thereby offers guidelines for practicing professionals and for scientists as well as for potential users of coaching. Coaching is, after all, developing rapidly. The number and the variety of offers, fields of application, concepts and issues have become hard to keep track of. Efforts to establish coaching professionally are becoming all the more necessary. – In light of the growing internationalization of the coaching market, the translation of this book, which was published in German in 2015, aims at networking the debates and contributing to the global development of professional coaching.