Recommended Reading
Submitted by WPsite on March 21, 2009 – 2:14 amNo Comment
Coaches are committed learners which means we always have an appetite for new information, exciting discoveries and sources of wisdoms to share with our clients. ICF Greater Richmond collected recommended books from coaches over the last year. Find something that piques your interest, or add to the list if you have a great book to recommend.
| Author | Title | Recommended by | Why I like this book … |
| Marilee G. AdamsandMarshall Goldsmith | Change Your Questions,Change Your Life | Kate Murphy-Childs | … it suggests when we intentionally shift our internal questions; we also shift our thoughts and project ourselves on to a positive, possibility-focused path which leads to successful living. Uses her practical process called QuestionThinking and watch your clients think more productively rather than reactively, plus making wiser choices. WOW! |
| Bob Buford | Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan fromSuccess to Significance | Alix Miller | … Buford’s focus is on helping the aging baby boomers slow down, take stock, and find their center during the half-time of their life, so they can prepare for a powerful and meaningful second half. He encourages the reader to change his game plan from “success to significance.” |
| Marcus BuckinghamAndDonald Clifton | Now Discover Your Strengths | Bob Scudder | … it asks us to excel in our chosen fields of endeavor and in our lives, by deepening our understanding and appreciation for our strengths and suggests how we use them is critical. Has a companion book, Strengthfinders 2.0, with additional tools and insights. |
| Cherie Carter-Scott | If Life Is A Game, These Are The Rules | Don Miller | …its general, a quick read with 10 basic rules for living your life. It plays heavily on personal responsibility. |
| Susan Scott | Fierce Conversations | Gay-Lynn Carpenter | So many clients need an approach to confrontation that is more comfortable and natural to help them set emotion aside and get to a solution. The key to Scott’s process is that it’s clear and easy to retain. |
| Robert Fritz | The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life | Jean Gasen | …it presents an excellent overview of the distinction between moving away from something we want to change (reactive), versus moving toward a vision of what we want (creative). Been out for a while, but a real classic! |
| Kim H. Krisco | Leadership and the Art of Conversation | Denise Kasper | … its focus is on the behavioral aspects of conversations and what messages people send via their choice of words. It would also be useful with leaders who need to speak more about the present and future and less about the past. |
| Mike Krzyzewski and Donald T. Phillips | Leading with the Heart:Coach K’s Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business and Life | John D. Watt | The guy is a winner! And he did it by building teams who become family – with “five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride.” Share with corporate client’s who may otherwise have difficulty addressing “softer” skills a coach might want to explore. |
| Sara Orem,Jacqueline Binkert,and Ann Clancy | Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change | Bob Tschannen-Moran | …it’s a strength-based, large group change process, or a one-on-one coaching model. They answer the questions with clear reliance on the 5-D Cycle: Define (Getting Started), Discover (Reflecting and Celebrating), Dream (Articulating Potential), Design (Directing Attention & Action), and Destiny (Being and Becoming). |
| Barbara Sherwith Barbara Smith | I Could Do AnythingIf I Only Knew What It Was | Steve Farmer | …this book is about discovering or rediscovering your passion – offers a step-by-step guide for restructuring one’s life so it has meaning and is a life-changing sourcebook for you and your clients. |
| William Ury | The Power of a Positive No | Ann Deaton | …it’s excellent for the coach and/or client who are looking for clarity about their goals and priorities. It will, as a direct effect, teach us to say No to those activities, offers, and tasks not aligning with their vision. |
| Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl | 2nd EditionCo-Active Coaching | Sunni Southward | … it is required reading for Coaching Training Institutes (CTI) graduates, and it’s full of ‘new’ skills for coaching people toward success in work and life. 2nd edition has a bonus – a CD which includes coaching examples and forms. |
| David Whyte | The Heart Aroused | Joel Andrews | … any coach working with clients in the corporate world needs to connect with the writer’s message – “There are hundreds of thousands out in the work world who frequently …despair around keeping their souls alive …and who desperately need to reclaim a life they can call their own.” |
