Psychometrics in Coaching: Using Psychological and Psychometric Tools for Development

by Jonathan Passmore (Editor)

Overview

With a growing demand for psychometric testing in the coaching profession, coaches and practitioners alike need to understand the psychology underpinning the tests as well as how to select and apply them effectively. Published with the Association for Coaching and written by an international team of global coaching practitioners and psychometricians, Psychometrics in Coaching provides an overview of using psychometrics and providing feedback and offers clear explanations of the key models and tools used in coaching today. Whether you are new to using psychometric tests or an experienced practitioner, this book provides you with a deep understanding of the models, the theory and research behind them, their reliability and validity, and how to implement them as part of a wider coaching and development programme. Psychometrics in Coaching is an essential resource for those seeking expert guidance from the leading writers in the field, as well as students on psychology, psychometrics, business and human resources programmes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780749466657
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	11/03/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Passmore is an occupational psychologist with an international reputation having spoken at conferences across the world. He is the editor of the Association for Coaching series with Kogan Page as well as Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management and Top Business Psychology Models.

Professor Jonathan Passmore is a business psychologist with five degrees and has an international reputation for his work in coaching, change and leadership. He has published over twenty books on the themes of leadership, personal development and change, including editing the Association for Coaching series of coaching titles. He consults and speaks at conferences across the world from the US to Europe and Asia.

Jonathan Passmore has written more than 100 peer review research papers and book chapters and has won several awards including the 2010 AC Global Coaching Award for his contribution to practice and research and the Association for Business Psychologists Chairmans Award in 2015. You can find out more about his writing, speaking and research at www.jonathanpassmore.com

Table of Contents

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
• Section - ONE: Psychometrics and feedback;
• • Chapter - 01: Using psychometrics and psychological tools in coaching – Elizabeth Allworth and Jonathan Passmore;
  • Chapter - 02: Designing psychometric questionnaires – Nollaig Heffernan;
  • Chapter - 03: Administering and managing the use of psychometric questionnaires – Angelina Bennet;
  • Chapter - 04: Psychometric tools in development – do they work and how? – Mark Batey, Anna Walker and David Hughes;
  • Chapter - 05: Using feedback in coaching – Almuth McDowall;
• Section - TWO: Individual instruments and their use;
• • Chapter - 06: Coaching with the MBTI instrument – Sally Carr, Bernard Cooke, Leanne Harris and Betsy Kendall;
  • Chapter - 07: Coaching with teams: Team Management Systems (TMS) – Dick McCann;
  • Chapter - 08: Coaching with OPQ – Eugene Burke;
  • Chapter - 09: Coaching with the Motivation Questionnaire – Dave Bartram, Alexander Fradera and Helen Williams;
  • Chapter - 10: Coaching with Saville Consulting Wave™ – Rainer Kurz, Rab MacIver and Peter Saville;
  • Chapter - 11: Coaching with the 16PF questionnaire – Rob Bailey and Pauline Willis;
  • Chapter - 12: Coaching for emotional intelligence: MSCEIT – David R Caruso and Peter Salovey;
  • Chapter - 13: Identifying potential derailing behaviours: Hogan Development Survey – James M Fico, Richard Brady and Robert Hogan;
  • Chapter - 14: Coaching for engaging transformational leadership: The Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (TLQ™) – Beverly Alimo-Metcalfe and Glenn Mead;
  • Chapter - 15: Developing resilience through coaching: MTQ48 – Peter Clough, Keith Earle and Doug Strycharczyk;
  • Chapter - 16: Using archetypes in coaching – Thomas J Hurley and Jeff Staggs;
  • Chapter - 17: Coaching for strengths using VIA – Carol Kauffman, Jordan Silberman and David Sharpley;
  • Chapter - 18: Coaching for stress: StressScan – Kenneth M Nowack;
  • Chapter - 19: Coaching for cultural transformation: CTT – Richard Barrett;
  • Chapter - 20: Coaching with FIRO Element B – Roy Childs;
  • Chapter - 21: Coaching with LSI – Quentin Jones;
  • Chapter - 22: MTR-i and Type Mapping system for team coaching – Roy Childs and Steve Myers

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

De-mystifies the process of coaching and psychometric tests.... Jonathan Passmore... has assembled a contributing team from the who's who of people development." - PersonnelToday.com 

"Fills an important gap in the coaching literature." - David Clutterbuck, Clutterbuck Associates 

"Passmore provides an overview of some of the key psychometric tests that executive coaches, consultants, and human resources managers can use to develop individuals in and out of the workplace. For coaches new to psychometric testing, the first two chapters of the book explain basic concepts such as validity and reliability, and offer insight on giving feedback. In the rest of the book, international contributors, including coaching practitioners and psychometricians, explain the theory and research underpinning specific instruments, and give tips on how to select and apply them effectively. The book is for new and experienced practitioners using psychometric tests, as well as students in psychology, psychometrics, business, and human resources management." - Book News Inc. 

"Invaluable in balancing our sometimes overly subjective perception." - Erik de Haan, Director of Centre for Coaching, Ashridge Business School

Editorial Reviews

"A very timely book. Both coaching and psychometrics are fast growing areas. Psychometric test results help build the foundation on which effective coaching rests. Any coach should know this information."

Professor John Rust

"This book... is an invaluable addition to the growing number of books on coaching. Psychometrics in coaching is a must for those commissioning coaching, for coaches wishing to improve their knowledge of this area and for those studying leadership. The clear style makes it accessible for readers new to this area as well as being suitable for experienced practitioners - a useful book to add to the library."

Coaching at Work

"The book is for those new and experience using psychometric tests, as well as students in psychology, psychometrics and human resources management"

Sci Tech Book News

"This book fills an important gap in the coaching literature. Psychometric data figures increasingly in the background materials coachees bring to the learning alliance and the book provides valuable guidance on how to make safe, effective use of a wide range of instruments."

Clutterbuck Associates Professor David Clutterbuck

"Executive coaches are increasingly aware that our observations are invariably biased, distorted and selective. While that is part of the charm and power of coaching, this textbook is invaluable in balancing our sometimes overly subjective perception."

Erik de Haan

Praise for the previous edition: 

"De-mystifies the process of coaching and psychometric tests...Jonathan Passmore...has assembled a contributing team from the who's who of people development." —PersonnelToday.com 

"[A]n invaluable addition to the growing number of books on coaching. Psychometrics in Coaching is a must for those commissioning coaching, for coaches wishing to improve their knowledge of this area and for those studying leadership. The clear style makes it accessible for readers new to this area as well as being suitable for experienced practitioners — a useful book to add to the library." —Coaching at Work

"Fills an important gap in the coaching literature." —David Clutterbuck, Clutterbuck Associates

"A very timely book. Both coaching and psychometrics are fast growing areas. Psychometric test results help build the foundation on which effective coaching rests. Any coach should know this information." —Professor John Rust, The Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge

From the Publisher