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Since coaching started its development as a separate discipline in the early 1980s (Brock, 2012; Passmore & Theeboom, 2016) definitions of coaching have been part of the debate within coaching practice and research. Almost every book, article and blog has offered a viewpoint as to ‘what is coaching?’
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Passmore, J., Sinclair, T. (2020). What Is Coaching?. In: Becoming a Coach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53161-4_2
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