Main description:

- first book to describe coaching hospital care providers and teams; most everything else focuses only on general methods/techniques - should appeal to many professional coaching societies and associations

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Fundamentals of coaching

1. Coaching-related methods at hospital

2. The coaching relationship

3. Supervision, a necessity!

Part II. Practice of hospital coaching

4. Healthcare providers and their professional culture

5. Coaching: from the request to the contract

6. Executive coaching for leadership

7. Life coaching

8. Coaching healthcare teams

9. Coaching through crisis

10. Care provider: A difficult profession. Coaching in case of burnout and mental health problems

11. Conflict and violence at hospital

Part III. Views on coaching learning and avenues to humanize the hospital environment

12. Discovering coaching; overcoming fundamental skills and gaining experience

13. Viewpoints, perspectives and conclusion

Index