1st Edition
Solution Focused Coaching in Asia History, Key Concepts, Development and Applications
With the rising demand for coaching across Asia, there is a need for coaches to have access to up-to-date practice-based evidence of its effectiveness. The Solution Focused approach, as a social-constructionist approach, privileges the clients’ experience, resources and preferred future over an “analytic” or deficit-oriented stance. Contributors analyse real case examples from many countries across Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. Practical in its approach, the book offers new insights into established areas of coaching and also highlights innovations in coaching in areas where Solution Focused coaching and other models have not reached until recently. These areas include health and wellness coaching for medical compliance needs, faith-based coaching and coaching incarcerated fathers.
This is an essential and comprehensive resource that is written for both beginner and experienced coaches and addresses the need for effective and culturally sensitive coaching models in Asia. It will also be beneficial for managers and health care professionals looking to enhance their work through coaching skills.
Section 1: History and Philosophy of the Solution Focused Approach
Chapter 1. Introduction to Solution Focused Coaching in Asia
Debbie HOGAN
Chapter 2. History and Philosophy of the Solution Focused Approach
Kirsten DIEROLF
Section 2: Coaching in Organisations
Chapter 3. Solutions for Change: Change Management and Solution Focused Coaching
Juan Pablo LISDERO
Chapter 4. Making Organisations a Better Place to Work Through a Solution Focused Coaching Culture
Kapila AHUJA
Chapter 5. The Power of Coaching in Everyday Conversations
Karen LEONG
Chapter 6. Leaders are Human Too!Scaling Coaching Systematically
Abhishek MEHTA and Sandeep JOSHI
Section 3: Executive and Leadership Coaching
Chapter 7. Leadership Development in Asia using Solution Focused Coaching
Sam CHIA
Chapter 8. The Power of Imagination – The Future Perfect: Solution Focused Coaching in Hong Kong
Yee Lin NG
Chapter 9. Leadership Coaching with Entrepreneurs in Malaysia
Alex TAN and Jane TUOMOLA
Chapter 10. Solution Focused Executive Coaching in Taiwan
Cheng-Tseng LIN and Ru-Ya CHANG
Chapter 11. Solution Focused Coaching in Japanese Business Management: An Exploration Through the Lens of Culture
David MACDONALD
Chapter 12. Begin with the End in Mind: Growing as a Solution Focused Coach
Jaime ONG-YEOH
Section 4: Team Coaching
Chapter 13. The Transformative Power of “What Else?” Team Coaching in Asia
Dave HOGAN
Chapter 14. Strengthening Organisations through Team Coaching
Debbie HOGAN and Jane TUOMOLA
Chapter 15. Solution Focused Team Coaching in Taiwan
Cheng-Tseng LIN and Ru-Ya CHANG
Section 5: Life Coaching
Chapter 16. Thriving Through Transitions Using Solution Focused Coaching
Jane TUOMOLA
Chapter 17. The Challenges of Decision-making: A Case Study Using Solution Focused Coaching
Sukanya WIGNARAJA
Chapter 18. Addressing a Culture of Patriarchy: Using Solution Focused Coaching with Female Clients in China
Joseph WANG
Chapter 19. Being at your Best: Single Session Performance Coaching
Chris IVESON and Jane TUOMOLA
Chapter 20. From Shame to Freedom: Addressing Sexual Shame with Solution Focused Sex Coaching
Dian HANDAYANI
Section 6: Coaching with Youths, Families and Schools
Chapter 21. Relationship Coaching: Co-constructing Views of Competence
Debbie HOGAN
Chapter 22. Solution Focused Coaching of Teenagers in China: Taking a Friendly Guess
Lawrence LUO and Huajing YANG
Chapter 23. Solution Focused Education in Singapore
Edwin CHOY
Section 7: Health and Wellness Coaching
Chapter 24. Solution Focused Coaching in Chronic Disease Management in China
Lawrence LUO and Huajing YANG
Chapter 25. Adaptations of Solution Focused Coaching for Podiatry Clinical Practice: The Role of a Clinician-Coach
Marabelle HENG, Helen BANWELL, Keran WEI and Kristin GRAHAM
Chapter 26. Using Solution Focused Coaching in Chronic Pain Management
Jesse CAI
Section 8: Faith Based Coaching
Chapter 27. Accidental Coaching: Solution Focused Coaching in Ordinary Places
Steven NICAUD
Chapter 28. Divine Outcomes: Solution Focused Coaching in Spiritual Contexts
Dennis WELCH
Section 9: Career Coaching
Chapter 29. Solution Focused Career Coaching: Through Envisioning the Perfect World
Joyce Wing Tung TSE
Chapter 30. Career Coaching Sessions Using the OSKAR Model
Julie Samuel
Section 10: Novel Applications of SF Coaching
Chapter 31. Using Visual Language with Solution Focused Coaching
Chee Seng CHA
Chapter 32. Solution Focused Graphic Coaching: Unlocking Solutions with Focus and Clarity
Keisuke TAKETANI
Chapter 33. How Solution Focused Sales Conversations Empower Buyers
Benny TAN
Chapter 34. Solution Focused Coaching for Incarcerated Fathers
Edwin CHOY
Chapter 35. Final Reflections
Debbie HOGAN, Jane TUOMOLA and Sukanya WIGNARAJA
Biography
Debbie Hogan is an accredited coach, psychotherapist, accredited supervisor, trainer and author. Having learned Solution Focused Practice from the developers, Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer, she became inspired and has been training others since 2004, where she founded the Academy of Solution Focused Training in Singapore.
Jane Tuomola is an accredited coach, clinical psychologist, coaching supervisor, trainer and author. She has been using Solution Focused coaching for 15 years and been based in Asia for over 10 years. She is keen to make sure her work is both culturally sensitive and evidence based and aims to inspire others to do the same.
Sukanya Wignaraja is an accredited coach, psychotherapist, trainer, and author. She was drawn to Solution Focused practice by its powerful and transformative qualities, and has been practicing SF coaching and therapy for 15 years. She has lived in Asia for over two decades and is now in private practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
What a valuable goldmine of ideas, innovations and connections for solution-focused practitioners across Asia and indeed around the world. The chapters are short, the contexts specific, the examples telling, the skill evident – and the passion of all these SF workers is infectious. This book will be both a key piece in the developing SF jigsaw and also an inspiration to those in other parts of the world to write about their work and experiences.
Dr Mark McKergow
Centre for Solutions Focus at Work, Edinburgh, Scotland
This remarkable book offers fascinating examples of skillful, culturally respectful implementation of the Solution Focused coaching approach in a wide range of contemporary Asian settings. Readers will be inspired and uplifted by fresh, creative ideas for implementing SF coaching in a manner that simultaneously appreciates, embraces and productively incorporates clients’ unique individual contexts and cultural traditions. This book is a “must-read” for anyone seeking to enhance their skills and competence in SF coaching in diverse settings ranging from the emerging field of relationship coaching to education and business.
Yvonne Dolan
Founding Director of the Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy, USA
Co-founder of Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA) and the International Alliance of Solution-Focused Training Institute (IASTI).
This essential book is on the application of Solution Focused approach within the Asian context. A must read for any practitioners doing work in this region or wanting to better understand the systemic implications for people from this region. We live in a globalised society where we are more interconnected than ever before. As such, anyone in the helping profession has an ethical responsibility to both understand and examine how philosophies originating from the west apply in various parts of the world. This book is the first of its kind for Asia and a valuable read for all practitioners.
Dr. Saba Hasanie
Managing Director and Senior Partner, OSC Leadership Development, Singapore
“It’s so Western! It won’t work in a culture that doesn’t share these individualistic values.” “Coaching is just to bring poor performers up to speed.” I have often heard this kind of comment about Solution Focused coaching and this book proves both of them wrong. Spanning a huge range of applications, including business and management, health, and everyday conversations, this book is a rich collection showing how SF coaching is taking root throughout Asia.
Jenny Clarke
Partner, sfwork, Edinburgh, Scotland
This is an invaluable resource for solution focused methodology in action. It is a wealth of knowhow from practitioners who have taught, instilled and implemented positive change in individuals, leaders and organisations across various vocational settings. A must-read for those seeking to build thriving organisations and in everyday life.
Koh Juat Muay
Chief at Nano-E, Singapore
President of the Institute of Public Relations in Singapore
This extraordinary collection offers valuable SF perspectives of how to be present with a client coming from an Asian heart.
Peter Szabo
MCC, Switzerland
This is a must read book! The editors have provided an extraordinary range of applications of Solution Focus (SF) Coaching in Asia. The cases include examples of how SF Coaching is applied to leadership development, organisational development, and team coaching as well as career, health and wellness, family and faith based coaching. The applications across so many contexts gives testament to the range of issues that the SF approach can successfully be applied. However, this book should not be of interest to only SF coaches. It should also be read by anyone interested in learning more about coaching applications in Asia written by professionals who have extensive experience in the region.
Hermann Ditzig
Founder and CEO of LeAD Consulting Group
Past President of ICF Singapore
