Contracting within the business coaching relationship - a guide and a cautionary tale!
In this white paper we explore the limited research available on contracting - the setting up, use and monitoring of the business coaching relationship. We do not try to develop a standard coaching contract as that would be too constraining for the majority of business coaches- each contract must be customized to the client's requirements. Instead we provide a list of factors that should be considered in developing an effective contact.
The Future of Multi-cultural Coaching Psychology
The final chapter of this manuscript focuses on determining the future direction of multi-cultural coaching psychology for both the discipline (research) and the profession (practice). Through thematic content analysis, this chapter aimed to evaluate the 17 manuscripts submitted for this specialist book in order to provide a descriptive overview of the most frequently occurring themes relating to the future direction of coaching psychology within multi-cultural contexts. A brief overview of the research method, data analysis and findings will be presented.
The development of biological systematics : Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, nature, and the natural system
A reevaluation of the history of biological systematics that discusses the formative years of the so-called natural system of classification in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Shows how classifications came to be treated as conventions; systematic practice was not linked to clearly articulated theory; there was general confusion over the "shape" of nature; botany, elements of natural history, and systematics were conflated; and systematics took a position near the bottom of the hierarchy of sciences.