When I asked coaches to recommend coaching books for their peers, I had no idea I would trigger such a response!
Did I mention that coaches are awesome?
The suggestions keep pouring in. There were 44 in my last post.
Here are 8 more coaching books recommended for coaches, by coaches. I’ve included links so you can find them quickly. Enjoy!
- The Art of Self-Promotion: Tell Your Story, Transform Your Career by Debbie Stone
- Unleashing Your Inner Leader: An Executive Coach Tells All by Vickie Bevenour
- Mindful Coaching: How Mindfulness Can Transform Coaching Practice by Liz Hal
- Coaching For Results: Transforming Managers from Bosses to Coaches by Rich Meiss
- Neuroscience for Coaches: How to Use the Latest Insights for the Benefit of Your Clients by Amy Brann
- Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership by John Whitmore
- Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work by Marilee G Adams
- Fertile Void: Gestalt Coaching at Work by John Leary-Joyce
So, you’ve got a few more titles to take a look at. Happy reading! You know I am a big fan of continuous learning. Picking up a book is a great place to start.
Oh, and if you are interested in learning how to apply the International Coach Federation Coach Core Competencies, grab a copy of my ebook The Really Competent Coach.
And now, over to you. Share your book title recommendations and your thoughts on coaching books you’ve read. Use the comment box below.
Your coaching colleagues would love to learn from your experience!!
Cathy Shaughnessy, MCC, is an active ICF Assessor and ICF Mentor Coach Specialist for ACC, PCC and MCC. A graduate of the Royal Roads University Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching, Cathy has been coaching since 2008 and brings extensive experience as an executive coach, mentor coach, coach educator and assessor to her work with coaches.
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As you can guess from my username, I work in a library. I love books, and yes, you?ve mentioned some really good ones here. I appreciate this list and will file it away for use when library patrons come in looking for this type of material. I wonder if any of these come in E-book, or E-audio book form?
And as you can guess, I love books too! Thanks for your comment. Funny you should ask about ebooks and audiobooks. I do a lot of ‘reading’ by listening. I am a little bit addicted to Audible for audiobooks. I started with a 30 day free trial membership and I am hooked 🙂 Here’s a link in case you are interested. Enjoy! And thanks for stopping by. http://amzn.to/1RXOa7g
I have been looking into job coaching as a career. An acquaintance mentioned your website, and I’m glad she did. Now, thanks to this article I have a massive amount of reading material to peruse! Do you have any other suggestions of books for someone who just needs an introduction to the career. Kind of a basic “this is what its all about” type read? Thanks.
Thanks for your comments Charles. Glad to know there are some resources here for you. In answer to your question about career coaching, I like Yates book called Career Coaching. It’s a reference for career coaching fundamentals. Here’s a link: http://amzn.to/1pRJa7q