Diversity in Coaching : Working with Gender, Culture, Race and Age

Written by an international team of 21 coaching professionals from 10 countries, Diversity in Coaching provides guidance on understanding diversity and on adapting coaching styles and techniques to meet individual needs, local demands and cultural preferences. The contributors, including Mary Wayne Bush, Director of Research at the Foundation for Coaching, and Eddie Erlandson and Kate Ludeman of Work Ethic Corporation, look at how coaches can respond to issues of gender, generational, cultural, national and racial difference.

This new edition includes chapters on coaching gay, lesbian and bisexual clients, coaching people with disabilities and working with mental health issues. Diversity in Coaching provides practical information to help coaches respond effectively to issues of diversity.