Positive Provocation, Robert BiswasDiener
Positive Provocation, Robert BiswasDiener
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Positive Provocation
25 Questions to Elevate Your Coaching Practice

Author: Robert Biswas-Diener

Narrator: Andrew Joseph Perez

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/20/2023


Synopsis

Hone your skills and strengthen your practice with this series of twenty-five fresh and provocative questions for reflection that challenge the conventional wisdom in the coaching profession.

Like any established profession, coaching is full of unexamined assumptions. These need to be regularly questioned and tested to keep the profession vital and valuable. Coaches need to engage in the same kind of scrutiny and self-examination that offers such powerful benefits to their clients.

In Positive Provocation, coaching thought leader Robert Biswas-Diener asks a series of twenty-five provocative and sometimes playful questions that take a fresh look at some of coaching's most cherished beliefs. What if coaches had agendas? Why are ethics so boring? What's so great about interrupting? Can we trust eureka moments? What if we used less empathy?

This is not an attack on the coaching profession-Biswas-Diener writes with a light, conversational, and often humorous touch. These are positive provocations, meant to stimulate your curiosity, engage you with the latest research, and invite you to see your practice with new eyes.

Biswas-Diener covers philosophies of coaching, communicating with clients, common coaching concepts, coaching interventions, and a big final provocation: should coaching be informed by science? This book will give you a richer understanding of the coaching process, make you more articulate about your own beliefs, and allow you to feel more engaged with the craft.

About Robert Biswas-Diener

Robert Biswas-Diener, Dr. Philos. has published more than forty scholarly articles and has trained thousands of professionals on six continents. He is known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because he has conducted research with groups typically overlooked by psychologists, including Amish farmers, sex workers in Kolkata, Maasai tribespeople, and seal hunters in a remote corner of Greenland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on January 29, 2024

This is an absolutely fantastic book for professional growth for both novice and experienced coaches. Robert does an excellent job of inviting us to critically examine key assumptions that are often taken for granted in coaching and coach education (e.g. coaching is nondirective, you should not inte......more

Goodreads review by Manjit on January 31, 2024

It's a must-read and a great resource. Impactful, and certainly thought-provoking, it stimulates deep reflection on many levels. This book tested my assumptions in meaningful ways and encouraged fresh insights that can be translated into practical application. Totally inspiring!......more

Goodreads review by Eleanor on January 29, 2024

Beautiful writing and intriguing exporations Positive Provocations is Robert Biswas-Diener at his best. Masterfully crafted and full or quirky examples and illustrative stories which bring his argument to life. Plus remarkably concise as philosophy becomes the lens to explore the field of coaching. O......more

Goodreads review by Eve on March 06, 2024

In my hands, I held a treasure. Not a chest overflowing with gold or jewels, but something far richer. Within its bound pages lay Robert's life journey, his years of personal and professional growth. It transcended the boundaries of mere coaching and positive psychology, delving into the very essenc......more

Goodreads review by APRILIA on June 29, 2023

As a contextual-behavioral coach trainer and supervisor I always focus on helping people think and work functionally about why we do what we do, when we do it, and to what end. Rigid rules and coaching protocols can be helpful for beginners who are learning a coaching stance, but don’t always prepar......more