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The "Teaching Guides" aim to provide the busy teacher with background notes and practical suggestions to help get the best of the "Storyworlds" series. The guides contain: ideas, games and photocopiable activities; record-keeping and assessment sheets; and take-home pages for pupils to complete.

The "Teaching Guides" aim to provide the busy teacher with background notes and practical suggestions to help get the best of the "Storyworlds" series. The guides contain: ideas, games and photocopiable activities; record-keeping and assessment sheets; and take-home pages for pupils to complete.

The "Teaching Guides" aim to provide the busy teacher with background notes and practical suggestions to help get the best of the "Storyworlds" series. The guides contain: ideas, games and photocopiable activities; record-keeping and assessment sheets; and take-home pages for pupils to complete.

Part of the Storyworlds’ fantastic range of fiction and non-fiction titles for guided and independent reading.  Stories your children will love to read over and over again and fact books they won't want to put down.’ fantastic range of fiction and non-fiction titles for guided and independent reading.  Stories your children will love to read over and over again and fact books they won't want to put down.

The Art of Coaching is a book to shift thinking and open up new possibilities, stimulate fresh insight, and adapt to your needs as a coach, leader or manager and to use creatively in practice. The first edition of this unique and bestselling book quickly became a staple in the coaching world; now the revised edition has been updated to include new models and diagrams that have been developed by the authors in response to changing social and political events.Written by two experienced, highly qualified international coaches and supervisors, it is packed full of ideas, with tens of visual images, many original to the authors. Now with an additional chapter on Coaching in Turbulent Times and updated references for further reading, this new edition is a must-have for coaches, supervisors, managers and human resource professionals. Each model in the book is explained with a clear, accessible diagram and a simple guide to what it is, how it works and how to put it into action. The text is full of inspiration for applications of the ideas in scenarios based on real coaching practice.This book is an invaluable resource for quick reference, instant accessibility and fast learning. Built on a strong theoretical base, it will inspire professional development, individual and team coaching, and transform thinking for coaches looking for new ways of developing awareness with clients, coaching students and trainees, coach supervisors, learning and development professionals and those working in human resource departments.

The Art of Coaching is a book to shift thinking and open up new possibilities, stimulate fresh insight, and adapt to your needs as a coach, leader or manager and to use creatively in practice. The first edition of this unique and bestselling book quickly became a staple in the coaching world; now the revised edition has been updated to include new models and diagrams that have been developed by the authors in response to changing social and political events.Written by two experienced, highly qualified international coaches and supervisors, it is packed full of ideas, with tens of visual images, many original to the authors. Now with an additional chapter on Coaching in Turbulent Times and updated references for further reading, this new edition is a must-have for coaches, supervisors, managers and human resource professionals. Each model in the book is explained with a clear, accessible diagram and a simple guide to what it is, how it works and how to put it into action. The text is full of inspiration for applications of the ideas in scenarios based on real coaching practice.This book is an invaluable resource for quick reference, instant accessibility and fast learning. Built on a strong theoretical base, it will inspire professional development, individual and team coaching, and transform thinking for coaches looking for new ways of developing awareness with clients, coaching students and trainees, coach supervisors, learning and development professionals and those working in human resource departments.

How to Work with People… and Enjoy It! is an invaluable, accessible, practical handbook for anyone who works with people. It includes pointers for reflection, tools for experimentation, models for analysing relational dynamics, and tables and diagrams to stimulate discovery and development. Leadership and relationship start with us as individuals - the stories we tell ourselves, about the world and our place in it - and this book takes us on a journey from the inside out. Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall challenge us to explore our own part in all our interactions - smooth and rough - and offer us ways to change our story, our interactions and our outcomes.New and original models suggest ways to minimise interference and maximise potential, improve results - and enjoy both work and all our interactions with others more.How to Work with People… and Enjoy It! is written by two highly experienced international coaches, and their wisdom and humour shine through on every page. Illustrated and informative, it is a key handbook for leaders and managers, HR and Learning and Development professionals, mentors and coaches. Highly accessible, with numerous case studies and experiments, it is also an invaluable resource for anyone who is not totally satisfied with the way they work, communicate and interact with others.

How to Work with People… and Enjoy It! is an invaluable, accessible, practical handbook for anyone who works with people. It includes pointers for reflection, tools for experimentation, models for analysing relational dynamics, and tables and diagrams to stimulate discovery and development. Leadership and relationship start with us as individuals - the stories we tell ourselves, about the world and our place in it - and this book takes us on a journey from the inside out. Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall challenge us to explore our own part in all our interactions - smooth and rough - and offer us ways to change our story, our interactions and our outcomes.New and original models suggest ways to minimise interference and maximise potential, improve results - and enjoy both work and all our interactions with others more.How to Work with People… and Enjoy It! is written by two highly experienced international coaches, and their wisdom and humour shine through on every page. Illustrated and informative, it is a key handbook for leaders and managers, HR and Learning and Development professionals, mentors and coaches. Highly accessible, with numerous case studies and experiments, it is also an invaluable resource for anyone who is not totally satisfied with the way they work, communicate and interact with others.

The Art of Coaching is a book to shift thinking and open up new possibilities, to stimulate fresh insight, to adapt to your needs as a coach or manager and to use creatively in practice. Written by two experienced, highly qualified international coaches and supervisors, this creative book offers ideas to use across the range of coaching contexts including leadership, decision making, change and supervision.Combining brand-new, original diagrams with classic models from the learning development and management fields, Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall have a created a valuable resource for quick reference, instant accessibility and fast learning, built on a strong theoretical base. Each model in the book is explained with a clear, accessible diagram and a simple guide to what it is, how it works and how to put it into action. The text is full of inspiration for applications of the ideas in scenarios based on real coaching practice.The Art of Coaching will be an invaluable companion for coaches looking for new ways of developing awareness with clients, coaching students and trainees, coach supervisors, learning and development professionals and those working in human resource departments.