Whitmore, John, 1937-2017.

Coaching for performance : GROWing human potential and purpose ; the principles and practice of coaching and leadership / John Whitmore. - 4th edition. - London : Nicholas Brealey, 2009. - vi, 232 p. : ill. - People skills for professionals . - People skills for professionals. .

Previous ed.: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references.

This bestselling handbook will help you learn the skills and the art of good coaching, and realise its enormous value in unlocking people's potential to maximise their own performance. Coaching for Performance is the bible of the industry and very much the definitive work that all coaches stand on.This fourth edition explains clearly and in-depth how to unlock people's potential to maximise their performance. It contains the eponymous GROW model (Goals, Reality, Options, Will), now established as the basis for coaching professionals. Clear, concise, hands-on and reader-friendly, this is a coaching guide written in a coaching style. Coaching for Performance digs deep into the roots of coaching, particularly transpersonal psychology, a useful model for personal development and in-depth coaching. There are new coaching questions and fresh chapters on emotional intelligence and high-performance leadership.Whitmore also considers the future of coaching and its role in the transformation of learning and workplace relationships, as well as illustrating how coaching can help in a crisis.




Electronic reproduction.
Askews and Holts.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781857884098 (ebook)


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