| What are the best books for coaching? | | | | assessment and coaching teams, emotional |
| I asked a number of coaches and they | | | | intelligence and spiritual intelligence and their relation to |
| recommended a wide range of books - from those | | | | coaching. |
| outlining coaching models and techniques, best | | | | Four Steps to Building A Profitable Coaching Business/ |
| practice in leadership and management , and positive | | | | A Complete Marketing Resource Guide for Coaches - |
| psychology, to books taking a spiritual approach to | | | | Deborah Brown-Volkman - iUniverse (October 30, |
| coaching and business. | | | | 2003) |
| They also recommended books drawing on theories | | | | This book will show you how to build and market a |
| of Neuro Linguistic Programming and personality | | | | profitable coaching practice in four easy steps. It |
| types. There were also many texts suggested aimed | | | | walks you through the process of deciding who to |
| at supporting clients in taking action and making | | | | coach and how to create a program that potential |
| change. | | | | clients will pay you lots of money for. You will |
| Which are the most popular? | | | | understand the components of creating a winning |
| Perhaps, as you would expect, the majority of books | | | | marketing strategy and learn tips and techniques to |
| recommended were texts to support clients in taking | | | | implement your plan. You will also discover how to |
| action and making positive change. These books are | | | | become masterful at both marketing and selling. |
| also often as useful to coaches as their clients. | | | | Get Clients Now! by C.J. Hayden - Amacom; 2 edition |
| The next most recommended were books on | | | | (1 Oct 2006) |
| business development - particularly on marketing and | | | | "Get Clients Now" empowers readers with practical, |
| growing a coaching practice - particularly effective | | | | proven strategies for choosing the right marketing |
| ways of attracting new clients. | | | | tactics for their situation and personality, diagnosing |
| In all 68 books were recommended - here are 6 | | | | exactly what's missing in their marketing and fixing it, |
| from the list: | | | | and replacing unproductive cold calling with the power |
| Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People | | | | of relationship marketing. Filled with hundreds of tool |
| Toward Success in Work and Life, by L. Wentworth, | | | | and techniques, as well as a powerful 28-day plan |
| P. Sandall, H. Kimsey-House. Publisher: Davies-Black | | | | that enables readers to energise their marketing |
| Publishing; 2 Pap/Com edition (February 25, 2007) | | | | efforts and dramatically increase their client base, the |
| This book outlines the Coaches Training Institute's | | | | second edition contains up-to-the-minute strategies |
| model for coaching and discusses how to design a | | | | for relationship-based marketing in the Internet age. |
| good coaching alliance. It then explores the nuances | | | | Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott - Piatkus Books |
| and skills of a coaching relationship, giving definitions | | | | (August 21, 2003) |
| and detailed examples of how each of these play a | | | | Susan Scott maintains that a single conversation can |
| part in a successful coaching partnership. These skills | | | | change the trajectory of a career, marriage or life. |
| include listening, intuition, curiosity, forwarding and | | | | Whether it's conversations with yourself, partner, |
| deepening the learning, and self-management. The | | | | colleagues, customers, family or friends, Fierce |
| book also explores three distinct parts of coaching - | | | | Conversations shows you how to have |
| fulfillment, balance and process. The final section of | | | | conversations that count. Scott reveals how to |
| the book is called the Coach's Toolkit. It is filled with | | | | overcome barriers to meaningful conversations and |
| tools, forms and checklists to serve both individual | | | | her book is packed with exercises and questionnaires |
| and corporate clients. In addition, the book comes | | | | to help you have the best conversations possible. |
| with a CD with more information, examples of | | | | Wishcraft - How to get what you really want by |
| coaching conversations and printable forms. | | | | Barbara Sher - Ballantine Books; 2 edition (Dec 2003) |
| Coaching for Performance by John Whitmore - | | | | In the first part of this book Barabar Sher takes you |
| Nicholas Brealey Publishing; 3 edition (May 25, 2002) | | | | through a series of exercises designed to get you to |
| In this highly influential book, Sir John Whitmore | | | | dream your wildest dreams about your life and what |
| describes what he believes coaching is, how it can be | | | | it could be. Sher also encourages you to distinguish |
| used, and the skills required for coaching. Whitmore | | | | between 'real' dreams and fantasies . The second |
| also outlines his GROW model which can be used | | | | part of the book gives you great approaches to |
| both in a personal, corporate and team context. In | | | | achieving them and is full of challenging and effective |
| the book Whitmore, explores what coaching is, looks | | | | exercises. |
| at the skills of questioning and introduces his GROW | | | | This short list gives just a flavour of the resources |
| model (Goals, Reality, Options and Will). | | | | available to you as a coach - and now all you have to |
| Whitmore also discusses a range of topics - including | | | | do is get reading! |
| motivation, coaching the corporation, feedback and | | | | |