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Coaching

Book
Title / Author
    Detail / Who's the book for?
Title:
The Portable Coach

Author:
Thomas J. Leonard
  • A classic self-coaching book by the Father of Coaching
  • A great guide to understanding how to get the life you want and not just making the most of what you already have
  • Includes a lot of great coaching tools
  • For anyone who's interested in coaching themselves or others
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Title:
Coach Yourself to Success

Author:
Talane Miedaner
  • People who are interested in supplementing their coaching with some additional reading around coaching tools
  • For coaches wanting to work on their own coaching tools
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Title:
Effective Coaching

Author:
Myles Downey
  • Another coaching classic
  • Basic "How To" guidebook from a UK master of coaching
  • For people starting out coaching - either as external or internal coaches
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Title:
Co-Active Coaching

Author:
Laura Whitworth
  • The first coaching book I ever bought
  • Inspired my view that clients have everything they need to answer their own questions - they just need some space, support and the right questions
  • Has informed my approach to coaching
  • For people who are considering challenging their perspective that coaches should have most of the answers!
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Title:
Be Your Own Life Coach

Author:
Fiona Harrold
  • UK Life Coaching guru Fiona Harrold's life coaching manual
  • A short, light read that some people find highly inspirational
  • For people who want a quick introduction to life coaching and want access to some easy starter tools
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Title:
Shut Up, Stop Whining and Get a Life

Author:
Larry Winget
  • The title says it all, really. An alternative and humorous, but still practical, self-help book
  • For people who want a no-nonsense style
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Title:
Coaching for Performance

Author:
John Whitmore
  • Yet another coaching classic - one of the earlies published in the UK and a good guide to the basics
  • Inspired by sports coaching and Timothy Galway's "The Inner Game"
  • For people who want to undersand where coaching came from and what it's for



Coaching / Action Learning

Book
Title / Author
    Detail / who's the book for?
Title:
Action Learning

Author:
Krystyna Weinstein
  • A practical guide to action learning written by someone who's seen and done it all
  • For people who want to understand the principles and practise of AL
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Title:
ABC of Action Learning

Author:
Reg Revans
  • The classic guide written by the AL guru
  • For people who want to understand the original theory and practise behind action learning



Running a Coaching Business

Book
Title / Author
    Detail / who's the book for?
Title:
Getting Started in Personal & Executive Coaching

Author:
Stephen G. Fairley & Chris E. Stout
  • A guide to building a thriving coaching practice
  • Concentrates on how to make a business from coaching - very practical, quite humorous
  • Definitely for experienced coaches as well as beginners shame about the title - might put some off and that would be unfortunate)