Coaching for performance [Book] : GROWing human potential and purpose : the principles and practice of coaching and leadership / John Whitmore.

Includes bibliographical references.

What is coaching? -- The manager as coach -- The nature of change -- The nature of coaching -- Effective questions -- The sequence of questioning -- Goal setting -- What is reality? -- What options do you have? -- What will you do? -- What is performance? -- Learning and enjoyment -- Motivation and self-belief -- Coaching for meaning and purpose -- Feedback and assessment -- The development of a team -- Coaching teams -- Overcoming barriers to coaching -- The multiple benefits of coaching -- The challenge to leaders -- The foundation of leadership -- The qualities of leadership -- Emotional intelligence -- Tools of transpersonal psychology -- The future focus of coaching.

This major new edition is totally revised and updated with new material on coaching in a crisis and leadership for a difficult future. Coaching for Performance is the bible of the industry and very much the definitive work that all coaches stand on. This new edition explains clearly and in-depth how to unlock people s potential to maximise their performance 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. It 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.