Acknowledgements Foreword by Chris Dalton Preface Case study credits Orientation Part One Principles 01 The universal language of systems The order of things From individual and team to system Organizational health System leadership The principle of acknowledgement The hidden forces in systems The organizing principles in action Walking in the field 02 Back to the start: Origins and definitions Systems and the forces that sustain them Constellations Systemic coaching The workshop experience Coaching constellations The origins of this approach 03 Belonging: Conscience, guilt and innocence The need to belong and the dynamics that emerge Belonging. It begins in the family Conscience groups Belonging and loyalty Growth requires guilt Leaving and joining Personal conscience Organizational conscience Organizational conscience at work Systemic conscience Belonging and systemic conscience How this might be useful for you as a coach How this might be useful for your clients 04 The time is now When to apply this approach and the benefits of doing so Messages from the system Contraindications Constellation time 05 Inside out Coaching with the system in mind The inner orientation of the coach Part Two Practices An invitation: An experiential exercise Mapping your own system 06 Map making Getting started Getting permission to work Moving into the first stage From mapping to constellating Core processes 07 Living maps Seeing patterns Illuminating dynamics Facilitating solutions FAQs (A): Answers to frequently asked questions Photos Part Three Application 08 From tabletop to workshop: Principles and practices in action One-to-one application Creating chemistry Agenda setting Joining and leaving Application in leadership development coaching Delegation 360 feedback Goal-setting Difficult conversations Application in coaching sessions with two people Application in three-way sessions Resourcing clients in one-to-one coaching Integrating alongside your existing approach and methods Phone and VOIP coaching Team application Get out of your head Who came first Aligning with team purpose Finding place Teams and conflict Illuminating team conflict Workshop application Open workshops Closed workshops Multi-team, large-group workshops 09 Sticky moments Strategies to release stuckness 10 Extending your practice: Further practices and applications Floor markers The cataleptic hand A note about representatives Application in coaching supervision 11 Outside in The experience of systemic coaching Beyond constellations FAQs (B) 12 The F word: Familiar patterns Exploring the resource available in the family-of-origin Fill your own cup first Your client's family system Resourcing clients through their family-of-origin An invitation Appendix: Resources and further reading recommendations Postscript.