Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Part I: Foundations for Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach -- Chapter 1 Your Personal Model of Coaching -- Chapter 2 Executive Coach Competencies -- Chapter 3 Foundations and Definitions -- Part II: Topics in Executive Coaching -- Chapter 4 Managing the Coaching Engagement -- Chapter 5 Contracting the Coaching Process with Clients and Sponsors -- Chapter 6 Sponsor and Stakeholder Involvement -- Chapter 7 Building Early Relationships with Clients -- Chapter 8 Goal Evolution -- Chapter 9 Assessment and Information Gathering -- Chapter 10 Feedback: What and How -- Chapter 11 Development Planning -- Chapter 12 Encouraging Dialogue and Stories -- Chapter 13 Strengthening the Partnership -- Chapter 14 Using the Partnership to Motivate Change -- Chapter 15 Coaching for Leadership -- Chapter 16 Differences -- Chapter 17 Closure -- Chapter 18 What Happened: Self-Reflection and Evaluation -- Chapter 19 Professionalism and Responsibility -- Chapter 20 The Role of the Internal Coach -- Part III: Articulating the Outputs of your Personal Model -- Chapter 21 Output 1: Your Approach to Executive Coaching -- Chapter 22 Output 2: Your Executive Coaching Practice -- Chapter 23 Output 3: Your Professional Development Plan -- Chapter 24 Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach: Amber's Story -- Exhibits -- Notes -- Coaching Glossary -- For Further Reading -- Index -- About the Authors.