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Coaching for Performance, 6th edition

The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership: Fully Revised Edition for 2024
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The #1 book for coaches, leaders, talent managers and professionals around the world. This is the definitive and fully updated new edition. Coaching for Performance provides a foundation for those who want to understand the potential and power of coaching. The Sixth Edition is a must-read... Read More
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Coaching for Performance, 6th edition

A fully revised new edition of the world's #1 coaching book, featuring the powerful GROW model.

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The #1 book for coaches, leaders, talent managers and professionals around the world. This is the definitive and fully updated new edition.

Coaching for Performance provides a foundation for those who want to understand the potential and power of coaching. The Sixth Edition is a must-read and a want-to-read; with updates, powerful case studies, and empirical evidence of coaching making a difference, having lasting impacts, and transforming societies." β€” Magdalena N. Mook, CEO, International Coaching Federation

An international bestseller, featuring the influential GROW model, this book is the founding text of the coaching profession. It explains why enabling people to bring the best out of themselves is the key to driving productivity, growth, and engagement. A meaningful coaching culture has the potential to transform the relationship between organisations and employees and to put both on the path to long-term success.

Written by Sir John Whitmore, the pioneer of coaching, this new edition has been fully revised by Tiffany Gaskell, Director at Performance Consultants, the global market leaders in performance coaching. This 6th edition has been updated throughout to reflect today's new world of work, and will revolutionise the traditional approach to organisational culture. Insightful real-world examples serve to champion inclusivity, alongside practical exercises which place an increased value on trust and responsibility. Critical new material has further been added to strengthen the process of measuring the benefits of coaching as a return on investment; all ensuring this contemporary new edition will remain at the forefront of professional coaching and leadership development.

"Timeless. The perfect handbook for you whether you're a new and aspiring manager or a seasoned leader, seeking to improve your team's performance levels. It is packed full of guidance on how to apply the GROW model to coaching high-performing teams within different scenarios, and comes with a helpful bank of coaching questions, dialogues, and a glossary." β€” Forbes

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399814904

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Business

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 188.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Sir John Whitmore

Sir John Whitmore was the pioneer of coaching in the workplace and Co-Founder of Performance Consultants International, the market leader in coaching globally. He was the first to take coaching into organizations in the early 1980s and creator of the GROW model, the most used coaching model in the world. Honoured for his lifetime's work with the President's Award from the International Coach Federation, Sir John's global contribution to coaching and leadership has helped to drive organizational transformation. Through his work he defined the principles of performance coaching and midwifed its birth from sporting excellence, transpersonal psychology, and emotional intelligence. Coaching for Performance is widely considered to be the bible of coaching and Sir John's vision, philosophy, and methodology has inspired millions of managers, leaders, and coaches across to bring the best out of themselves and others. Sir John died in 2017, his extraordinary legacy is continued by his colleagues.

Tiffany Gaskell

Tiffany Gaskell is the Director of Coaching and Leadership for Performance Consultants. She coaches senior leaders to improve the performance of global companies and is the creator of The Performance Curve, a model that helps organizations and leaders understand how their leaders impact performance.

Tiffany is a regular presenter and keynote speaker. She has a background in investment banking, having previously worked at Credit Suisse in New York and London. She has a BA (Hons) from Bristol University, an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Italy and is a PCC certified coach.

Performance Consultants International

Founded in the early 1980s by Sir John Whitmore, Performance Consultants' mission is to transform the relationship between organizations and employees. They partner with organizations globally on effective leadership development, coaching and culture transformation. Market leaders in their field, they invite organizations to improve performance through their leaders and thereby reap rewards for people, profit and planet. Their flagship development programme is named after this book and is considered the industry gold-standard. the programme has been delivered in over 40 countries and in 23 languages.

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