Simplifying Coaching: How to Have More Transformational Conversations by Doing Less
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See moreSimplifying Coaching is becoming a classic for the profession, ideal for coaches who are keen to truly become their unique version rather than follow a prescribed way of being and working.
Karen Foy MSc, MCC, Honorary Fellow, University of Reading, UK
In a noisy world, Claire Pedrick’s updated Simplifying Coaching is my North Star.
Julian Mack, There’s More to Life, UK
I was blown away by the simplicity of the way the book described coaching… I come back to this book again and again.
Fran Cormack, Executive, Leadership, and Systemic Constellations Team Coach, Australia
Claire Pedrick is one of the finest aphorists in the coaching world.
Alex Martynov, Self-leadership Coach
Read this book at whatever stage you are in your coaching journey. A great book meets the reader where they are at. This book on coaching does exactly that.
Shankar Venkatraman, Leadership Coach for Middle Managers, India
This book is for anyone who wants to have more impactful conversations – whether you are a coach, a leader, a manager, or someone who simply wants to help others feel heard. It shows how purposefully doing less enables the other person to think more deeply, leading to deeper insight and lasting change. Claire Pedrick’s approach brings coaching back to what matters most: deep listening, presence, noticing what is happening, and getting quickly to the heart of the conversation – without relying on models or complex techniques.
Simplifying Coaching, 2nd edition challenges the belief that more tools create better coaching. It invites you to unlearn unhelpful habits and work with simplicity, confidence, and maturity, building on what you already do naturally. With a new chapter on deeper partnership and coaching maturity, this revised edition supports coaches at any stage in creating more effective, collaborative, and transformative conversations.
You will learn how to:
- Do less so your companion can think more
- Notice and say what you see, rather than following the story
- Rightsize a conversation with one simple question: What is your question for today?
- Put clear boundaries around a conversation to make it more effective
- Sit and speak in ways that encourage genuine collaboration
- Develop deeper partnership and coaching maturity
- End any conversation in partnership
Practical and accessible, this book is written for practising coaches but is valuable for anyone who has conversations with people. By simplifying your approach, you amplify your impact.
Claire Pedrick is an MCC Master Coach and Coaching Supervisor with over 15,000 hours of experience. Author of Simplifying Coaching and The Human Behind the Coach, she hosts "The Coaching Inn" podcast. Claire received the 2022 Outstanding Contribution to Coaching Award from Henley Business School and a Points of Light Award from the UK Prime Minister.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780335253418
Publisher: Open University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Open University Press
Edition: 2nd edition
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 359g
Pages: 242
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