Centered on evocative coaching, a person-centered, no-fault, strengths-based coaching model, this book will equip those who coach educational leaders to host engaging and productive coaching conversations. Coaches who read this book will learn to LEAD: Listen, Empathize, Appreciate, and Design, as well as to discover: Guidance for coaching leaders with specific questions, things to listen for, and ways to generate new ideas and motivation; Research-based theories that ground the strategies presented in each chapter; Real-life vignettes that illustrate the evocative coaching model in action' Reflection and discussion questions, templates, and other materials to scaffold the learning of coaches as they innovate their way forward.

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1. Inroduction -- 2. Coaching presence -- Interlude: Loop 1: The No-fault turn-- 3. Listening for stories -- 4. Expressing empathy -- Interlude: Loop II: The strengths-building turn -- 5. Appreciative inquiry -- 6. Design thinking -- 7. The Dynamic flow of change -- 8. The reflective coach.