The Art of Not Fixing People: The Science and Craft of Helping Anyone Change. - Couverture souple

Keohane, Mr Dominic Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1066997500 ISBN 13 : 9781066997503

Editeur : HAPI Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

Every helpful instinct you have may be getting in the way.

The Art of Not Fixing People shows a different way. Built on 30+ years of coaching practice, it rests on one belief: most people aren’t broken. They’re running patterns that once worked and don’t any more. Your job is to hear them properly, help them see where they really are, build a route that fits, and support them while they move.

Inside you’ll find:

• How people work: motivation, the stories we live by, emotion and the body, and why change is harder than intention
• How relationships work: attachment, systems, roles, conflict, trust and boundaries
• The modern coach: the coaching stance, deep listening, questions that change things, and ethics and knowing your limits
• The HAPI method: one chapter for each of Hear, Acknowledge, Plan and Initiate, plus annotated real sessions, including ones that went wrong
• Becoming a coach: reflective practice and how to find out whether you’re actually any good
• Practical tools: a toolkit, contracting and session templates, referral and red-flag guidance, and an evidence-graded reading list

Every chapter ends with Practice drills, Reflect prompts and a Watch for warning. Behind the Science boxes go a layer deeper and say what is well evidenced, what is contested and what is thin.

Who it’s for:

• New coaches and people considering coaching as a career
• Working professionals adding a coaching toolkit: managers, leaders, doctors, sales teams
• Experienced coaches who want a rigorous foundation

This is not a self-help book with coaching flavouring, and it is not a business-of-coaching book. It is a serious, practical, readable foundation for helping people change.

Hear. Acknowledge. Plan. Initiate.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HAPI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1066997500
• ISBN 13: 9781066997503
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 397
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible