Coaching and mentoring : a critical text / by Simon Western

Pt. 1. Scoping the field with a critical lens. A Critical Theory Approach To Coaching -- Scoping The Field : Definitions and Divergence of Practice -- pt. 2. From friendship to coaching : a brief genealogy of coachin -- Introduction -- Pre-modernity : Helping Relationships -- Modernity : Experts, Tools And Technology -- Post-Modernity : Coaching Hybridity Conclusion -- pt. 3. The dominant discourses of coaching -- Introduction -- The Soul Guide Discourse : A Mirror to the Soul -- The Psy Expert Discourse : Coaching the Outward Self -- The Managerial Discourse : Coaching the Role Self -- The Network Coach Discourse : Influencing the Network -- Discourse Mapping : Coaching Across and Between Discourses -- pt. 4. The future of coaching. Developing Coaching Theory -- Creating a New Coaching Meta-Theory : The Micro-practices and the Macro-social of Coaching -- Coaching Formation : Coach Education And Pedagogies.