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Coaching for Performance, 5th Edition: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership

Fully Revised 25th Anniversary Edition

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The founding text of today's billion-dollar coaching industry, featuring the seminal GROW model, Coaching for Performance remains the world's best-selling coaching book. This major new edition is designed to stay ahead of the profession, with practical visuals and new material developed by the leading international performance consultants.

Coaching for Performance is the institution of the coaching profession. This landmark text has now undergone the largest revision yet in its history to bring it fully up to date for today's professionals. With a focus on coaching as a way of being rather than a temporary process, this new edition explains how coaching can have a profound effect on the culture of an organisation. No longer an activity conducted in isolation by a select few managers, coaching impacts the growth of the whole company as well as the personal growth of the individual. This new edition includes a Foreword by John McFarlane, Chairman of Barclays and TheCityUK. New chapters on culture change demonstrate how to build a high performance culture in any type of organisation and measure the results. Terminology has been revised throughout to align with that used by the International Coach Federation and a new full glossary of terms serves to make this the definitive book on the topic.

The influential GROW model (Goals, Reality, Options, Will) featured in the book is supported by new international studies and examples which are included throughout, ensuring that this edition will stay at the forefront of professional coaching and leadership development.

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"Coaching for Performance is the proven resource for all coaches and pioneers of the future of coaching." (Magdalena N. Mook, CEO, International Coach Federation [ICF])
I enjoyed this book and was able to put into practice some of its teachings.

It's a good introduction to coaching

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The book gives an insight on how coaching can benefit people and organisations And acquir8ng this skill is an invaluable transferable skill that a leader can use in any industry he/she decides to work in.

Forward thinking are also great coaches

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Excellent, all areas of Coaching are covered in this book. Narration makes it very easy to absorb.

Really Useful if Not Essential for Coaches

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a great book of reference to aid anyone on their coaching journey. audio version really enhanced the conversation dialogue

inspiring

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No wonder there are 5 editions. If there's anything not covered in this book about coaching it's arguably not worth knowing.

Fantastic narration too. I could listen to Richard reading a phone book although I probably wouldn't pay twenty quid.

One of the best!

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Great book but the appendix, which lists fantastic questions, was missing.

Luckily, I'd bought the paper copy or I'd have completely missed out on the list of questions, which are very helpful.

It would have been useful to play those questions in the car to help embed them, but the Audible version doesn't have them. A missed opportunity, especially as the book is supposed to be unabridged.

Unabridged? Important Appendix Missing

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What an amazing book. So informativevyet easy to listen to with a great balance of theory and example

a great listen

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Practical advice with examples. Makes clear the benefits that can be obtained for all involved and the growing importance to businesses of taking a coaching style of leadership.

Great introduction to coaching for leadership

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I enjoyed the information shared to having successful coaching relationships, the stories brought the information to life.

Developmental

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some really good content in this well worth a listen show how more can be done if you chose the right way to apply your question

brilliant

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