Systemic Coaching and Constellations

"Systemic Coaching and Constellations" offers a refreshingly uncomplicated path into a potentially complex subject, demonstrating how this approach can provide access to systems and deliver enduring benefits for coaching clients. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the principles that sustain systems, real world descriptions of what systemic coaching is and how it can be useful as well as a step-by-step guide to integrating the principles and practices into coaching. Highly practical, it includes a wide range of exercises for application with individuals and teams. It also includes case studies from the author's own work, a joint ICF/EMCC constellation workshop and examples from coaches around the world, including Australia, Mexico, Spain and the Netherlands. Whether used in an initial selection meeting or to underpin all your coaching conversations and interventions, "Systemic Coaching and Constellations" offers an accessible, practical starting point to transform your coaching practice. It comes with a Foreword from David Clutterbuck. In Systemic Coaching and Constellations, John Whittington provides an insightful but practical stepping-stone for coaches wanting to embrace a systemic approach in their practice. I do not think it is possible to be truly effective as a coach without supporting the client to become more aware of the systems in which they belong. Coaching the client must inevitably involve coaching the system. The principles and practices explored in this book are a starting point for the coach's journey towards this way of working. David Clutterbuck, co-founder and lifetime ambassador of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and founder of Clutterbuck Associates John is a delight to listen to and a joy to read. His voice is clear and authoritative, whilst acknowledging the rich possibilities of perspectives that have yet to be discovered. His lucid explanations built on his depth of experience are in my view essential reading for coaches at this time. Alison Hardingham, Executive Coach and Author