I finished reading John Whitmore’s classic book Coaching. The basic principles and practices of coaching and leadership, which in English is called “Coaching for Performance”.
The book's done. 5 Reissues and its total circulation is more than half a million - apparently, it is a bestseller. But, I put off reading it for a long time, because I had stereotypes about cartoon coaches who just know how to ask basic questions with a deep mind:) In general, I did not consider coaching a topic that deserved attention. But then I was able to observe the results of the coach’s work with a group of promising Juno midles and I decided that I wanted to read a book about coaching. So I read the book and my opinion has changed quite a lot - now I believe that well-implemented coaching can help many people. And most clearly this help is noticeable with those who find it difficult to be aware and take responsibility for their decisions. Okay, enough about coaching, let me tell you a little bit about the book. It consists of five parts.
- Not just coaching – here the author talks about what it is.
- Principles of coaching - here is the basis of this approach
- The practice of coaching - here the author tells how it looks in practice
- Specific options for the use of coaching - it tells you how to coach one-on-one, how to coach a team, how coaching is associated with a lean approach and so on.
- Realize the potential of coaching - here the author teaches how to justify the benefits of coaching using ROI, how to use it to change culture and improve approaches to leadership, as well as self-development
- There's a bonus part. 3 Apps containing a glossary, mug solutions, and a suitcase of questions that seems popular with coaches and the worst of them simply combine questions from this suitcase with no particular purpose, but with the same visual effects as others:)
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