COACHING SKILLS: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BEING A COACH

by Rogers

This book will support you whether you are an experienced coach working with senior executives, or a beginner taking your first steps on the journey to becoming a masterpractitioner.

Genres: Business, Personal Development, Nonfiction, Leadership

336 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2016

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW! This is the book I wish that I read when I became a coach. The subtitle does not lie -- Jenny Rogers has done her homework and presents a remarkable amount of information into one powerful book. She covers everything from coaching motivations and methodologies to how to set up initial calls and what to do when you feel you are in an ethical dilemma. It was a very slow read because the book is dense, so I just read a chapter a week over lunch so I could digest it. Highly, highly recommend!

[Bruna Pura · Rating 5 out of 5]

i loved the information on this book,
This will improve your practice as a doctor, health professional and you communication as person in your life.
many of us focus on career and leave our life behind this book is a great way to start.
Jenny Rogers style of teaching is amazing

[Pedro Martinez · Rating 4 out of 5]

To the point, practical, full of examples and tools. Very recomendable as introduction to practice coaching professionally or incept necessary insights to apply in daily business development management.

[Tim Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful - lots of good practical content.

[Marty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful, articulate, and balanced. A must read for anyone serious about growing in the role of “coach”.

[Sapfo · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book. Full of valuable information. Everything you need to know is all here. Rogers shares her knowledge and her experience of so many years which is priceless.

[Amrita Bharti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this. Read as part of a coursework, but my favorite amongst many. Written in a beautiful storytelling format, packed with insights and helpful anecdotes.

[Ruxandra Voiculet · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great if you are a couch, but I also find it very useful in daily conversations as active listening, empathy are detailed explained.

[Doug Stotland · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical, smart and occasionally inspiring and philosophical to combine for essential reading and reference for anyone who wants to coach.

[Ben Bergonzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are an infinite variety of coaching books, just as the title 'coach' is applied to a huge range of people, lately even to the civil servants who work in Jobcentres. This book calls itself 'definitive' (a much misused word), and it is definitive to the extent that it devotes a substantial first section to definitions. These are refined down to a group of four types of coaching - Performance, Engagement, Systemic and Development coaching - the latter is the author's preferred approach.

The book goes on with immensely useful wording about questions - some of them very subtle and allusive, 'So...?', 'And...?', 'Because...?' and 'I'm still not sure we have a real goal here'. There are case studies - lucid little paragraphs in boxes in the text - that read beautifully, like mini novels. There are protocols for giving out information and advice - always a contentious issue. Asking permission is essential.

This is a thorough and perceptive book, a very valuable tool for gaining another person's trust, for eliciting those inner thoughts, so you can work together with that powerful third force that sometimes comes up between two people in the coaching room.

[Julie E E · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting theories on coaching, not a lot of evidence-based application of skills.