The idea for Adaptive Coaching originated in the authors' experiences as coaches and teachers of coaching and the research base that developed out of our practice. Our twenty-five years of coaching practice, and our research on coaching, told us that most coaching clients were dissatisfied with the coaching they were receiving.

What we have observed reveals a huge gap between what companies and clients expect from coaching and what it actually does for them. As a result, a work devoted to adaptive coaching is long overdue.

Too many books on coaching offer simplistic views of the nature of human change and development, promote quick fixes, or make exaggerated claims about what coaching can accomplish. This book explores coaching from the client's perspective and helps coaches understand how to adapt their coaching approach and methods to the needs, wants, and preferences of the people they are coaching.