The Coach's Casebook: Mastering The Twelve Traits That Trap Us (Geoff Watts' Agile Mastery Series)

I enjoyed it for the archetypes of common issues that crop up in the coaching relationships.The frank feedback on the emotions and thoughts of the coach are refreshing and the importance of supervision and it's invaluable feedback are front and center here.What I would say is be wary of "diagnosing" your clients with one of these twelves types. If you think you know what you're looking for you may actually do your client a disservice by round pegging them into a square hole. Many clients will fit many of these types depending on the situation.The tools and assessments included are great. Overall a good easy read with some valuable lessons learned.

Well structured book, really enjoyed the tools and technique section as well as actual coaching sessions carried out by the authors. Does bring reality to the book, not your usual theory books.I thought the way the book has been broken down, made the book easy to use and refer back to at later dates.Personally, it was also great to self reflect and identify personal traits we all have, but are not aware of.The authors, are clearly experienced, knowledge coaches, who I know offer a lot in the coaching community.Id recommend this book for coaches of all stages in there careers. Its definately a book I will continue to use as reference in my coaching career.Thank you!

I absolutely love this book. I feel this book has opened one of the most important doors for my future. I want more of this type of coaching and will relisten few more times. Thank you both!!

An excellent casebook with solid practical advice for beginners and more advanced coaching professionals.

Excellene!

I love this book and I really recommend it for anyone who is a coach - or indeed a human being! It presents 12 common traits that hold people back and get in the way of them being the best they can be. These are described as cases - although when reading I came to think of them as little short stories - and they were really riveting. I found it easy to draw comparisons for myself, and also helped me reflect on work with clients. I have a feeling these will be well thumbed sections as time pass. Each story also refers to a supervisor and I found this really helpful in forcing me to reflect on my own coaching and is one of the best practical advocates of coaching supervision I have come across. The cases also come with sections on tools and interviews that add great perspective.For me what I liked about this book was it was different to any other coaching book I have read. Watts and Morgan have really come at coaching from a different angle, focusing initially on the traits that are encountered in coaching rather than on the tools and this was enlightening and actually entertaining. But I also really valued the psychological depth - albeit delivered in a light, refreshing way - that I find absent from some coaching books. Rigorous, but not stuffy, I really recommend this read.

Great book for anyone in management; you don't have to be a titled coach to gain value from its contents. The format is great. You can read just the chapter that interests you and not have to go in any order. Chapters are laid out with a case study first (short and interesting, summarizes the issue) followed by the coach's discussion of the case with their supervisor. The supervisor section is one of my favorites, as it's loaded with gems and gentle reminders for coaches. The tools and techniques section follows, which is my other favorite section. In the very back of the book is a technique matrix, mapping techniques discussed at the end of each chapter with the traits they can be used with -- a very handy reference! The chapters end with an interview of someone with the trait, which you can skip unless you're like me and enjoy the stories, or are just pleased to see that you're not alone. Throughout the book there are powerful coaching questions, which are terrific adds to your facilitation and mediation toolkit.At the end of the book is the chapter on loss, which I thought might be better served as the first chapter. I'd recommend reading it first, as it has terrific advice on listening. And in my experience at least, it seems that most people who have asked for coaching have lost something -- a job, a process, a way of doing things, an identity. It's a good chapter -- don't let it be an afterthought as you read the book.

I have used this book when I am at my wits end working with a coaching client. It helps me see other ways to go. More importantly, it helps me see how I might be entangled in the client's struggle or how their work might inform my own self-development. I find the 12 topics in the book to be the perennial visitors in coaching conversations and I appreciate having a consult with other coaches at my fingertips for these common patterns. For example, one that has come up a lot for my clients and students recently is Imposter Syndrome. I enjoyed the clear definition and distinctions about Imposter Syndrome that I found in the Coach's Casebook, and the options of different ways to work with it in a coaching session. I feel richer for having this book as a ready reference.

I give it 3 star because I had only read cheater 1 & 2 so far... I was very confused by the case study story in chapter 2 about “people pleasing”, the story about Susanne (the client) comes to the coach at the last minute to seek the last-minute help, sounds like “omg, I have got a headache right now, I need to go to my doctor and ask for a medicine to cure it!” And what’s funny is: the coach actually accepts her request, like “ok, come to me! I can give you some medicine right now to cure your headache!” — the whole scenario is just wrong!!! How could a client , and a life coach work with each other like this?! Coaching should be a process, not a quick injection or a miracle pill to cure you at just one go!! I understand the author did mentioned that, when he goes to see his supervisor about this, the supervisor “laughs out loud!” Yes! Everyone should be laughing, you don’t have to be a coach or a coaching supervisor, as this case study is totally wrong!!! It shouldn’t be used as a coaching guide, I sends a wrong message about what life coaching is, the most basic...

I consider myself to be a very experienced HR professional and coaching is a key part of my skill set. This book is beautifully organized and very clearly written - covering the main issues that are faced in the workplace - with brilliant ideas and professional concepts to use as tools and strategies. I found something in each and every chapter thatI know I will be using soon. And I am certain that I will be referring to this book again....and again!

I have had this book for 9 months and it has been a firm favourite of mine. I read most of the chapters once and now dip in and out to different sections based on the clients I am currently working with. The write ups of the coach's sessions and supervision are great to remind you that "other coaches experience this too!". The exercises I've used so far have been well received by clients. The case studies of individuals are less interesting to me however I can see some clients finding them inspiring. It's one of the best books I've bought (and I have a LOT) because it is genuinely practical backed up by sufficient theory and references to further reading.

As a relatively new coach I have found this book invaluable. The case studies are great and the key questions are brilliant. I love the supervision sections where the thoughts of the coach are dissected. This will no doubt be a book that I dip in and out of throughout my career. Brilliant investment.

So far, this book is great. I only gave it 4 stars as I've only read a couple of sections so far. The book is easy to follow and is written in a way, that me, as a newly qualified coach, can relate to and understand. I have already used a couple of techniques in my practice. I really do recommend!