The Little Book of Big Coaching Models: 76 ways to help managers get the best out of people

by Bob Bates

Leaders and Managers want quick answers, quick ways to reach solutions, ways and means to access knowledge that won’t eat into their precious time and quick ideas that deliver a big result. The Little Book of Big Coaching Models cuts through all the noise and gives managers access to the very best coaching models that they need to get the best from their team Every model is quick and easy to read and delivers the essential information and know-how quickly, efficiently and memorably.

Genres: Leadership, Management

272 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2015

Reviews

[Aly L · Rating 4 out of 5]

Many tools and techniques for coaching in this book. It's great, it's practical, it's useful.

It's a book that you might not read in one go but you'd go back into multiple times, especially if you are coaching, so that you can find an alternative model to use or consider a different approach to coaching.

[Yinn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good high level aggregator of coaching models.

[Tom Rozsas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having the right tool to a task often helps us more than dexterity and wit. This is the reason we value toolboxes with lots of tools for our trade. Bob Bates's book is such a toolbox. Full of tools for various coaching situations, the book can help us review coaching models, recall memories of familiar models, and find new inspiration. Each description starts with a use case, a summary of theory, and a short guide for application.
If you use the book the right way, it can be your treasure box. Do not expect to learn new theory and models, though. Two pages per model cannot give you the depth needed for learning. If you are familiar with underpinning theory, these summaries are friendly reminders. If you find a model you are not familiar with, this book can be a source of ideas and references but not a full guide and training material which is not its purpose.

[Emiel Aerts · Rating 4 out of 5]

My experience with this book was very good. My motives for reading this book were mainly derived from the fact that in my business education program, I started following a course that offered orientation into the activities of a coach. I demanded from myself to read a relevant book in supplement to the course.

I consider this book to be extremely useful. I was well able to grasp each of the models explained in the book, and each of them contains explanation for application of the model. Due to that, I was even able to implement some of the models through my course, which validates for me that every coach out there should have this book.

[Lester · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting summary of a lot of things which most managers *should* already know. however, these gems are really well structured into different sections, depending on what depth of learning you want to achieve, and I found this useful. I also found useful the explanation of the theory, with (every time) an additional section on 'how to apply' the theory in your everyday management practice. In short, a useful guide to have around. I am using it to structure ho I develop workshops to coach my own staff.

[Liza Sumtsova · Rating 4 out of 5]

Непогана книжка, але для того, щоб вдалось користуватись нею як годиться, то вартує почати з іншої літератури, яка приведе вас до цієї книги.

Сама книга доволі зручна у використанні, моделі логічно погруповані, та стисло описані. Чітко викладено для чого та кого ту модель застосовувати, та надаються певні рекомендації щодо використання тої чи іншої моделі.
Перед кожним розділом є невеличка передмова, рекомендую їх перечитувати і не пропускати.

[Jude Brigley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful summary of main thinkers. And theories.