Description
Using a coaching approach to conversations can make a huge difference to how productive they are, not just in the workplace but also in our lives more generally. However, the challenge is knowing exactly how to have them.
Best-selling author and speaker Andy Buck has taken the latest thinking and research from the field of coaching and translated it into his tried-and-tested BASIC method, which is easy to learn and simple to apply.
This approach offers you a powerful way to structure your conversations and outlines the essential skills you need to communicate effectively. Whether you are supporting one of your colleagues to overcome a challenge, helping a member of your team to prioritise their tasks, or talking something through with a family member, the BASIC coaching method will give you the clarity you need to coach with confidence.
“Andy Buck has taken what can feel like a complex and overwhelming topic and created a concise and powerful method for coaching.” Mandy Coalter Founder | Talent Architects
“If you want to bring out the best in others, you need look no further than the BASIC coaching method.” David Cobb CEO | Oceanova Group
Author Biography
Author, speaker, former headteacher and director at National College, now the CEO of Leadership Matters creator of the BASIC coaching model and founder of The StARTed Foundation and Cadogan Press.
A geography teacher by trade, Andy went on to become a headteacher for thirteen years at two schools in east London. In the last year of headship, his school was judged outstanding in all categories and Andy was designated a National Leader of Education. In 2009 he become a Director at the National College for School Leadership, leading on the London Challenge programme. He was subsequently responsible for setting up the government’s flagship Teaching Schools programme before being appointed as Managing Director at United Learning, one of the country’s largest academy groups.
Since 2014, Andy has founded Leadership Matters which aims to improve the educational outcomes for pupils by supporting great leadership development. Leadership Matters is a web-based membership organisation that offers school leaders access to high quality online development tools and other leadership articles, videos and blogs.
Andy was invited to become a Fellow of the RSA in 2015 and was made a Founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching in 2018. He is also Honorary Vice President at the Geographical Association and Honorary Education Adviser to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
In 2019, Andy established The StARTed Foundation which supports young talent in the performing arts. More recently he has set up a small independent publishing company, Cadogan Press.
Former board membership has included the Teacher Training Agency, the National College for School Leadership, Partnerships for Schools, the Teacher Development Trust and the Teaching Awards. He was also the Chair of the Education Committee of the education charity, Ambition School Leadership, which was formed from the merger of Future Leaders and Teaching Leaders.
Andy has written seven leadership and coaching books:
• Making School Work – 2007
• What Makes a Great School? – 2009 (now in its third edition and eighth reprint)
• What Makes a Great Middle Leader? A Handbook for Middle Leaders – 2014
• What Makes a Great Middle Leadership Team? A Handbook for Senior Leaders – 2015
• Leadership Matters – 2016 (now in its third edition)
• Honk! When teams come together, organisations fly – 2019
• BASIC Coaching: An Introduction to the BASIC Coaching Model – 2020
