Renewal Coaching provides a series of personal assessmentsthat will guide individuals and teams through the seven stages ofrenewal. Each assessment includes both survey and narrativeresponses, and readers can use the journal pages in the text orconvenient on-line formats to respond. The Renewal Coachingframework consists of these seven elements: Recognition?Findingpatterns of toxicity and renewal; Reality?Confronting changekillers in work and life; Reciprocity?Coaching in harmony;Resilience?Coaching through pain; Relationship?Nurturing thepersonal elements of coaching; Resonance?Coaching with emotionalintelligence; Renewal?Creating energy, meaning, and freedom tosustain the Journey.

Elle Allison has worked with clients in health care, business, education, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies.?She is the founder of Wisdom Out, an organization that shares the strategies used by wise people, couples, and organizations to face whatever challenges come their way (www.wisdomout.com). She reaches business, government, and nonprofit groups around the world by delivering engaging and informative keynote addresses and seminars on Renewal Coaching, wisdom, and leadership.

Praise for Renewal Coaching

"Renewal Coaching is a clear, provocative, and exceptionally useful book. The clarity and conviction that's only gained from years of experience shines through the authors' skillful writing. Their philosophy, concepts, and practices are extremely relevant for leaders in today's chaotic world."
Margaret J. Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science

"Renewal Coaching is a must-read for anyone working with organizational change and renewal through coachingfrom school principals to co-rporate leaders, from staff developers to individuals. Reeves and Allison provide a clear, coherent, well written, and imminently useful set of ideas and activities that can be applied immediately."
Kent Peterson, author of Shaping School Culture: The Heart ofLead-ership and The Leadership Paradox: Balancing Logic andArtistry in Schools

"In Renewal Coaching, Reeves and?Allison provide a fresh, practical approach to leadership successbased fundamentally on purpose. Their frame-work for success transcends the?usual emphasis on profit and personal satisfaction.?It looks to idealism as the well of energyand therefore, of?sustained success and?renewal in both personal and professional life. Exceedingly well-written, and with?clear, compelling details?and?exer-cises,?the authors show us?how?coaches and clients?can indeed 'change the world' one simple, practical interaction at a time."???
Dr. Mike Schmoker, best selling author

"The process of Renewal Coaching is a 21st century, cutting edge app-roach to an essential leadership concept. By promoting commitment to the world beyond an individual, the job, or the organization, Renewal Coaching provides a wide range of tools and techniques that will inevitably improve performance, boost results, and significantly enhance relationships. This is a must-read for all leaders."
Dr. Gene Klann, portfolio manager, Individual Leadership Development

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Authors.

Part One: Before You Begin Renewal Coaching.

1 From Resistance to Renewal.

2 The Renewal Coaching Framework: An Overview.

Part Two: The Renewal Coaching Framework: An Overview.

3 Recognition: Finding Patterns of Toxicity and Renewal.

4 Reality: Confronting Change Killers in Work and Life.

5 Reciprocity: Coaching in Harmony.

6 Resilience: Coaching Through Pain.

7 Resonance: Coaching with Emotional Intelligence.

8 Relationship: When Process Is Personal.

9 Renewal: Creating Energy, Meaaning, and Freedom to Sustain the Journey.

Part Three: The Professional Coach: Bringing Renewal to Clients.

10 The Renewal Coach.

11 The Profession of Coaching.

12 The Business of Coaching.

References.

Index.