Growth Talk: A Coaching Way of Leading in Schools
Chris Munro and John Campbell
Every interaction between members of a school community are potential opportunities to enhance learning, growth, and progress. In these moments, no matter how fleeting or informal, Growth Talk is about intentionally bringing the key elements of coaching into play to best support the thinking and progress of our conversation partners.
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"Leadership is enacted through conversation. A coaching way of leading offers a people-centered form of leadership that best serves the thinking, purpose, and progress of others. At the same time, Growth Talk conversations enhance relational trust and wellbeing.”
- Chris Munro
"In every school, the way people talk with one another shapes what’s possible. Some conversations spark learning and growth; others hold things back. Growth Talk equips leaders at every level with practical tools and skills to foster conversations that build trust, energize teams, and move schools forward."
- John Campbell
A Coaching Way of Leading in Schools
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Part 1. Coaching as a Way of Leading
Chapter 1. Conversations: The Currency of School Life
Chapter 2. On Being a Conversation Leader
Chapter 3. A Continuum of Conversations
Chapter 4. The Learning Conversations Map
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Part 2. The Tools and Techniques of Coaching
Chapter 5. Bringing Shape to Conversations: The GROWTH Framework
Chapter 6. Fueling Conversations: Key Skills
Chapter 7. Showing Up in Conversations: A Coaching Way of Being
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Part 3. A Coaching Approach in Less Formal Contexts
Chapter 8. Other-Initiated Conversations: “Got a Minute?”
Chapter 9. Leader-Initiated Conversations: “Can We Chat?”
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Part 4. Taking a Wider and Longer View
Chapter 10. Everyone a Conversation Leader: Toward a Coaching Culture
Become a Skilled and Intentional Conversation Leader.
Behind the Book
Read the Preface and Foreword to gain insight into the ideas, inspiration, and people that shaped Growth Talk.
Dive deeper into the thinking that inspired Growth Talk
Make Every Conversation Count
As the home of coaching in education, we pride ourselves on bringing educators, coaches, leaders, and administrators the tools to positively impact their school communities. Our authors have walked the talk – they understand what it’s like to lead in complex human-intensive education settings. Research-informed and practitioner-focused, our publications draw on the latest thinking and research in the field and offer readers practical field-tested tools and techniques to help them initiate and lead more effective conversations.
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