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Coaching Resources

As you become involved with coaching you'll want to know more about the process you're going through.

Coaching for Purpose™ recommends the following links and books to learn more. Also, don't forget your Public Library!

Links

What the Bleep Do We Know Study Guide (pdf). Click HERE.

International Coach Federation - the is the group that has helped define coaching over the last 10 years. They are at the forefront of accreditation for coaches as well as providing standards that all coaches should follow.

Books

Co-Active Coaching: new Skills for Coaching People Towards Success in Work and Life, Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, Phil Sandahl. A book written for coaches, but a great and thorough introduction to coaching.

Coaching, Evoking Excellence in Others, James Flaherty. A philosophically grounded book about coaching. Again, focused on coaches, but a great reference for someone interested in knowing the basis for good coaching.

Sacred Practices for Conscious Living, Nancy J. Napier. A fantastic book that combines meditative practice with great ideas about how to address daily living.

Emotional Intelligence, Daniel Goleman. A book that explores the physiological bases for emotion, and how emotion can affect our lives in a positive (or negative) way and how to make it work for us.

Authentic Happiness : Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment, Martin Seligman. Another book by the author of Learned Optimism, focusing on positive psychology. A good read.

Taming Your Gremlin (Revised Edition): A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way, Rick Carson. A book that focuses on how to deal with self-defeating behaviors.

Coach Yourself: Make Real Change in Your Life, Tony Grant, Jane Green. I know, it seems weird for a coach to recommend a self-coaching book, but it's worth a read to see how powerful coaching can be.

The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-Performance Culture (2nd Edition), Thomas Crane, Lerissa Patrick. Although I haven't gotten to this one yet, it is rated 5 stars by all reviews on Amazon. Might be worth a look.

Teacher's Pet: Clarity, Choice, and Action in Your Career by Miriam Bamberger, Heather Bradley. A book highly recommended for people interested in seeing how the coaching process works.

Bringing order to your life can help you focus on what's most important.