Product Description

psychometrics in coaching offers expert advice on how coaches, consultants and human resources managers can use psychometrics to support and develop individuals in the workplace and outside.

with a growing demand for psychometric testing in the coaching profession, coaches and practitioners alike need to understand the psychology underpinning the tests as well as how to select and apply them effectively. written by an international team of global coaching practitioners and psychometricians, this book provides an overview of using psychometrics and providing feedback and offers clear explanations of the key models and tools used in coaching today.

whether you are new to using psychometric tests or an experienced practitioner, this book provides you with a deep understanding of the models, the theory and research behind them, their reliability and validity, and how to implement them as part of a wider coaching and development programme.

psychometrics in coaching is an essential resource for those seeking expert guidance from the leading writers in the field, as well as students on psychology, psychometrics, business and human resources programmes.

includes contributions from:

beverly alimo-metcalfe • elizabeth allworth • richard barrett • dave bartram • richard brady • eugene burke • sally carr • david caruso • roy childs • peter clough • bernard cooke • keith earle • james fico • alexander fradera • leanne harris • robert hogan • thomas hurley • quentin jones • carol kauffman • betsy kendall • rainer kurz • rab maciver • helen marsh • dick mccann • almuth mcdowall • kenneth nowack • stephen palmer • jonathan passmore • peter pritchett • peter salovey • peter saville • jordan silberman • david sharpley • jeff stagg • doug strycharczyk

published with the association for coaching promoting excellence & ethics in coaching

the association for coaching is an independent, non-profit professional body whose aim is to promote best practice and to raise the awareness and standards of coaching while providing value-added benefits to its members – whether they are professional coaches or organizations involved in coaching. find out more at www.associationforcoaching.com

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89770 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Professor David Clutterbuck, Clutterbuck Associates
"This book fills an important gap in the coaching literature. Psychometric data figures increasingly in the background materials coachees bring to the learning alliance and the book provides valuable guidance on how to make safe, effective use of a wide range of instruments."

Review

“this book fills an important gap in the coaching literature. psychometric data figures increasingly in the background materials coachees bring to the learning alliance and the book provides valuable guidance on how to make safe, effective use of a wide range of instruments.”

professor david clutterbuck, clutterbuck associates

“executive coaches are increasingly aware that our observations are invariably biased, distorted and selective. while that is part of the charm and power of coaching, this textbook is invaluable in balancing our sometimes overly subjective perception.”

erik de haan, director of centre for coaching, ashridge business school

“a very timely book. both coaching and psychometrics are fast growing areas. psychometric test results help build the foundation on which effective coaching rests. any coach should know this information.”

professor john rust, the psychometrics centre, university of cambridge

“the book is for those new and experience using psychometric tests, as well as students in psychology, psychometrics and human resources management.”

sci tech book news

“this book… is an invaluable addition to the growing number of books on coaching. psychometrics in coaching is a must for those commissioning coaching, for coaches wishing to improve their knowledge of this area and for those studying leadership. the clear style makes it accessible for readers new to this area as well as being suitable for experienced practitioners – a useful book to add to the library.”

coaching at work

“this book reflects both the spirit of the association for coaching and the diversity we embrace. through its academic bias, our intention is to provide a number of instruments and theories to apply in practice, as the roll of psychometrics in coaching continues to grow.”

kathrine tulpa, chair and co-founder, association for coaching

“aimed at coaches, hr practitioners and those interested in self-development.”

association for coaching

“this book provides an excellent overview to some of the key tests that can be used within coaching.”

from the foreword, professor stephen palmer, phd

“this book challenges coaches to consider which tests, if any, are appropriate and in what circumstances.”

alun harvey and bob little

Professor John Rust, The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge
"A very timely book. Any coach should know this information."

Customer Reviews

A great overview of psychometric tools that can be used in coaching
This book is an excellent outline of well known (like MBTI, OPQ and Firo B) and not so well known (such as CTT, Saville Consulting Wave or the MTQ48) psychometric questionnaires and how they can be specifically related to coaching. And while there may be some information about a few of the tools available elsewhere it is unique in bringing them altogether, and it is broad-based reflecting the work of many different psychometric test providers.

The book is written by experienced practitioners in their field, in some cases those who developed the tools. It provides relevant theory and backgrounds, is well resaeserched and scholarly in nature and very readable. Psychometrics in Coaching brings together some of the most-up-to-date research and feedback and the best of more established tools such as the use of archetypes based on Jung's work and new tools like that related to positive psychology (VIA). In effect it provides tasters of 15 different tools in a strongly ethical framework which emphasises the need for proper coach training to use these tools and also gives advice re the best feedback styles, putting to bed the feedback sandwich for once and for all!

I like the fact that there is an emphasis in every chapter on the coach first using the questionnaires on themself and understanding their own strengths and areas for development. The authors point out that having this knowledge will improve the coach's capacity to understand how difference in their relative strengths might impact on the coaching relationship. The authors make clear the circumstances when each tool might be helpful and also, in the general chapters, there is an emphasis on appropriateness about the use of a tool at all. For example the editor, Jonathan Passmore, writes that the coach should always be asking "how will this instrument help my coachee to move towards their goals?"

As a coach myself I found myself delving on the internet as I read it looking at potentially training in quite a few of the tools discussed! And I particularly liked the Firo B chapter which is full of examples where it had been successfully applied to coaching. If I have any suggestions I would have liked a diagram for the LSI chapter and some links to where training/tests were available in the cases of a couple of the less well known tools featured. Overall I think the book is a really helpful tool for coaches, coachees, HR professionals and managers and is a must for the bookshelf for those who want to use psychometrics and have a broader range to choose from and then choose appropriately.