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The Four Greatest Coaching Conversations: **LONGLISTED FOR CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR**
Based on data and insights from over 100k virtual and in-person coaching conversations conducted by the talented coaches of global coaching company, BTS Coach, comes the first book to take BTS Coach's evidence-based coaching process to a mass audience. In a concise, easy-to-understand manner, readers will discover 4 mindsets - Be, Relate, Think, and Inspire - that are most-critical for individuals to experience deep, meaningful change, along with the process and tools for sparking their own powerful conversations to get the best out of themselves and those around them.
256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 6, 2020
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August 2, 2022
This is a useful book going through four primary coaching conversations: BE (mindset), RELATE (relationships), INSPIRE (jumpstart), and THINK (creativity/problem-solving). The book provides sample conversations between coach and coachee, and then breaks the conversation down into its parts.
I appreciate that for each coaching conversation, the breakdown and explanations follow the same template: when to use it, the shift that takes place, and the steps (each broken down into Purpose, Importance, Models and Insights). There are plenty of applications for the conversations as well as sample questions the coach might use in each scenario.
There are a few models and mnemonics presented, but for the most part they're not hokey or imposed, but relatively intuitive and natural.
The final chapters present some additional theory and discussion -- I appreciate that they put these sections at the end, rather than the beginning, because it allowed the practical stuff to show up first and its what I came for!
Overall, useful guide for beginning coaches like myself to reference often.
I appreciate that for each coaching conversation, the breakdown and explanations follow the same template: when to use it, the shift that takes place, and the steps (each broken down into Purpose, Importance, Models and Insights). There are plenty of applications for the conversations as well as sample questions the coach might use in each scenario.
There are a few models and mnemonics presented, but for the most part they're not hokey or imposed, but relatively intuitive and natural.
The final chapters present some additional theory and discussion -- I appreciate that they put these sections at the end, rather than the beginning, because it allowed the practical stuff to show up first and its what I came for!
Overall, useful guide for beginning coaches like myself to reference often.
September 29, 2022
#thefourgreatestcoachingconversations by #jerryconnor and #karimhirani #nicholasbrealeypublishing
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Based on data and insights from over 100k virtual and in-person coaching conversations conducted by the talented coaches of global coaching company, BTS Coach, comes the first book to take BTS Coach's evidence-based coaching process to a mass audience. In a concise, easy-to-understand manner, readers will discover 4 mindsets - Be, Relate, Think, and Inspire - that are most critical for individuals to experience deep, meaningful change, along with the process and tools for sparking their own powerful conversations to get the best out of themselves and those around them
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The book is well structured and easy to navigate. Part one details the four conversations; part two looks at the organisational mindset, while part three explores mindset change in more detail. In each section there is a clear structural outline, in terms of how the chapter progresses. For example, part one is divided into four chapters, one on each conversation. The chapter begins with an outline, detailing how we can identify the conversation and apply techniques to support coachees to do their very best work
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The book references useful and credible sources. A read through the references offers a number of useful texts and articles, ranging from Covey to Assagioli. It offers useful simplifications of some theories. For example, the simplified model of psychosynthesis may help some of us to grasp difficult concepts. It has helpful summaries at the end of each chapter, and offers exercises for the reader to self-coach in order to familiarise themselves with the techniques put forward. It is very practical in nature, with example transcripts of coaching conversations which apply the principles
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The 4 Greatest Coaching Conversations is a book to have on your shelf as a tool to dip in and out of as the need arises. It would fall into the category of a useful refresher and provide helpful text to consult when reflecting on practice where a particular mindset shows up
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Have you #read this #book? What did you think?
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Based on data and insights from over 100k virtual and in-person coaching conversations conducted by the talented coaches of global coaching company, BTS Coach, comes the first book to take BTS Coach's evidence-based coaching process to a mass audience. In a concise, easy-to-understand manner, readers will discover 4 mindsets - Be, Relate, Think, and Inspire - that are most critical for individuals to experience deep, meaningful change, along with the process and tools for sparking their own powerful conversations to get the best out of themselves and those around them
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The book is well structured and easy to navigate. Part one details the four conversations; part two looks at the organisational mindset, while part three explores mindset change in more detail. In each section there is a clear structural outline, in terms of how the chapter progresses. For example, part one is divided into four chapters, one on each conversation. The chapter begins with an outline, detailing how we can identify the conversation and apply techniques to support coachees to do their very best work
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The book references useful and credible sources. A read through the references offers a number of useful texts and articles, ranging from Covey to Assagioli. It offers useful simplifications of some theories. For example, the simplified model of psychosynthesis may help some of us to grasp difficult concepts. It has helpful summaries at the end of each chapter, and offers exercises for the reader to self-coach in order to familiarise themselves with the techniques put forward. It is very practical in nature, with example transcripts of coaching conversations which apply the principles
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The 4 Greatest Coaching Conversations is a book to have on your shelf as a tool to dip in and out of as the need arises. It would fall into the category of a useful refresher and provide helpful text to consult when reflecting on practice where a particular mindset shows up
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Have you #read this #book? What did you think?
November 22, 2020
The question is whether you can create confidence-building, healthy systems for yourself, and/or others, through a change of mindset. Whether life coaching or working in management, there are times when you need to know how to tackle problems through an adjustment of attitude.
The four most important coaching conversation-types are, as we are told in the book, Be, Relate, Inspire, Think. There is, without question, some good advice in here, based on real-life evidence and it might well help some people change the way they tackle their problems; the trouble is the writing. The words ‘coach’, ‘coaching’ and ‘coachee’ come up so often as to cause word-blindness. After a while, the rhetorical questions which pepper the text, are just exhausting. If you can get past the writing style, this could be a helpful book.
The four most important coaching conversation-types are, as we are told in the book, Be, Relate, Inspire, Think. There is, without question, some good advice in here, based on real-life evidence and it might well help some people change the way they tackle their problems; the trouble is the writing. The words ‘coach’, ‘coaching’ and ‘coachee’ come up so often as to cause word-blindness. After a while, the rhetorical questions which pepper the text, are just exhausting. If you can get past the writing style, this could be a helpful book.
December 8, 2022
Awesome
The best coaching book I've ever read.. worth to read. The book is extremly well structured, a lot of example make it practical & useful
The best coaching book I've ever read.. worth to read. The book is extremly well structured, a lot of example make it practical & useful
September 1, 2023
DNF.
Interesting but not as useful as the hype suggested. I only got half way through and when time to return to library had no desire to pick it back up and finish it
Interesting but not as useful as the hype suggested. I only got half way through and when time to return to library had no desire to pick it back up and finish it
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