Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom

Steve Bowkett is a full-time writer, storyteller, educational consultant and hypnotherapist. He is the author of more than fifty books, including the Countdown series of books for Routledge. Simon Percival is a former teacher who as a qualified and experienced coach now runs his own practice helping individuals, including students, reach their personal and professional goals. The authors offer PeopleWise workshop sessions for pupils, and INSET that extend the techniques in the book to demonstrate what creative coaching in the classroom looks like, sounds like, feels like.

Introduction 1. EI Basic Skills 2. Coaching, Creativity and EI: the Connection 3. Encouraging Creativity 4. Conscious and Subconscious 5. Key Principles 6. Developing Resourcefulness 7. Raising Self-Awareness 8. Take Responsibility 9. Building Confidence and Belief In Yourself 10. Improving Decision Making 11. Nurturing a Positive Outlook 12. How We Shape Ourselves 13. Values – the ruler inside us 14. Belief – what we think we know 15. Overcoming Obstacles 16. The Winged Football and Other Metaphors 17. Managing Emotions 18. EI and the Three-Legged Stool 19. Effective Questioning 20. Really Listening 21. Building Rapport 22. A Coaching Model 23. Appreciate Now 24. What Do You Want? 25. How Will You Get There? 26. How Did It Go?