Henry Kimsey-House - Co-Active Coaching: The proven framework for transformative conversations at work and in life

Co-Active Coaching remains the bible of coaching guides. Written with a powerful, distinctive approach, no other book gives you the tools, the skills, and the fundamentals needed to succeed in these delicate relationships.

Stephen R. Covey, Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me

In Co-Active Coaching, the dynamic Kimsey-House duo, along with Phillip Sandahl, have elevated coaching from an instructional tool to an art form! Seldom have I seen such a clear road map for how to overcome actions that sabotage desires, plans and dreams. Collaboration, cooperation, coalitionall necessary components of a successful working relationship. As a gym coach leads his trainee to a higher state of physical health and wellbeing, Co-Active Coaching provides business coaches with a toolkit for helping their clients achieve professional and personal success. Co-Active Coaching should be required reading for every manager or employee who wants to succeed in the workplace.

Marshall Goldsmith, Two Million-Selling Author, New York Times Bestsellers Triggers, MOJO and What Got You Here Wont Get You There

Co-Active Coaching exudes the catalytic power to transform your organization and your life. Read it, savor it, and practice it to become a purpose-filled leader of life!

Kevin Cashman, Best-Selling Author, Leadership from the Inside Out and The Pause Principle

I applaud the new edition of this definitive text on transformational coaching. The authors and the visionary network they lead provide an effective methodology to work with change at personal and organizational levels. This is a must-read for professionals who value the process of discovery, awareness, and choice that empowers people to find their own inner wisdom and to act in service to make a better world for all.

Lynne Twist, Author, The Soul of Money, Founder, Soul of Money Institute, and Co-Founder, The Pachamama Alliance

Co-Active Coaching insightfully reveals how to unlock a persons potential and enlighten their past, present, and future. Its a must-read for all self-empowered senior executives.

Michael Cheah, Former President, Xian-Janssen Pharmaceutical, China (A Johnson & Johnson Group of Companies)

Transformational changein ourselves or in the teams, organizations, and companies we leadis ultimately all about relationships. The fourth edition of Co-Active Coaching, by the eloquent and compassionate founders of the Co-Active Training Institute, will give you the tools, skills, strategies, and ethical frameworks to achieve the powerful goals of this work: changing lives and changing the world.

Celeste Schenck, President, The American University of Paris

Coaching basics are an essential skill set for any manager or leader who is interested in developing other people, so I use this material in most of the MBA courses I teach. Without fail, it engages the hearts and minds of people who care about acquiring meaningful and effective skills they can immediately put to use.

Heidi Brooks, PhD, Director, Yale School of Management Mentoring Program, Lecturer, Yale School of Management, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Co-Active Coaching, Fourth Edition is a must read for any leader who wants to personally perform higher and take their team to a higher level of performance, regardless of culture. Having lived and worked in the Middle East for the past two decades, this book transcends culture, religion and ethnicity and connects to who we are as human beings.

Kevin Craig - Founder of Craig Consultants and Co-Founder of Grip Arabia. Co-Author of Polar Bears and Penguins. High Performance, Executive and Leadership Co-Active Coach, Kingdom of Bahrain

"The principles offered in Co-Active Coaching have fostered a journey that has genuinely shifted our organizational culture. Nowhere is this clearer than with job satisfaction and retention. My people love coming to work every day and they drive each other to be an even better version of themselves on behalf of our organizational mission. Together, we work to infuse Co-Active methodologies throughout Colorados Child Welfare System with great success!"

Kasey Matz, Director, Colorado Child Welfare Training System

"Our company, AFCC Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation, embarked upon our CTI Co-Active inspired coaching journey, creating an extraordinary coaching culture. Using the models and tools outlined in this book, we utilize coaching discussions in many aspects of our business and employ Co-Active CTI-based principles across our company. Our journey culminated when AFCC was awarded the British Columbia Prism award, followed by the ICF Global Prism award in 2017!

Jim Boerger, Director of Operations

"Co-Active Coaching has already touched thousands of Japanese hearts with its first three editions. I am utterly convinced that the content of this book transcends the cultural boundaries because it speaks to something that we universally share as human beings. Now that its fourth edition is out, I can only feel excited when I imagine how many more hearts will be touched around the globe!"

Hide Enemoto, Founder, CTI Japan

"Schouten & Nelissen is a proud partner of CTI, and we feel privileged to spread this wonderful and important work throughout the world. Co-Active Coaching has not only changed the lives of many, it has also touched the hearts of all coaches in our communities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and China."

Marcel van Bronswijk, Board President, Schouten Global

"As an R&D manager in todays high-tech companies, I was facing an everincreasing demand for emotional intelligence and support for employees development. Co-Active Coaching has unlocked the gifts of true listening and empathy, turning me into a better person and a better manager. This book an excellent companion for any manager who wishes to follow the path of co-active coaching for personal and professional growth."

Adi Sapir, VP of Research and Development, Israeli high tech company

This edition first published in 2018 by Nicholas Brealey Publishing

An imprint of John Murray Press

An Hachette company

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Copyright Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth 2018

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018902737

ISBN 978-1-47367-498-1

US eBook ISBN 978-1-47369-112-4

UK eBook ISBN 978-1-47369-113-1