Effective Modern Coaching: The Principles and Art of Successful Business Coaching

I really liked the ease and fluidity of the writing and messages about the actual practice of coaching. Having been an executive coach for 20+ years myself, reading this book helped seal my own beliefs and practices, as well as enabling me to continue developing my practice with even greater trust - in myself and the process of effective coaching. I would highly recommend all coaches and managers, including those aspiring and experienced ones, to treat themselves by reading this book.

A very clear and helpful guide for practitioners of the GROW model. Myles takes you thru all the key elements and, although a little prescriptive t times, his advice is pretty-much spot on. This book can also be read by managers who need to learn the art of coaching - so the book makes for a great 'gift' for the manager to go deeper into the structure of coaching than simple OTJ advice can normally give.

Great book very knowledgeable. A must have by your side

Was recommended this book prior to my coaching course, it is excellent, you can either read from cover to cover or just dip in when necessary, also good guidance for your coaching sessions.

The original was a classic - the updated version is another MUST have for coaches, managers and those who purchase coaching services.

I Really enjoyed it, will be starting a level 5 coaching course soon and think this will be very helpful!

Brilliant

A great build to an already masterpiece - well done Myles.

I really enjoyed this one - it is a great read for anyone interested in Coaching / Leading or Parenting. Below are some of my highlights: - The player does the thinking, not the coach. The coach’s job is to create an environment where the player can do their very best thinking. - The coach’s responsibility, therefore, is not to teach but to facilitate learning. - Coaching is the art of facilitating the performance, learning, and development of another. - The Indirect Approach - follow the Players’ interest - Loved the reference to how babies learn to walk as a model for thinking about how people learn best - Loved the Continue of attention: Unconscious Awareness, Noticing, Focused Attention, Absorption. - Loved the reference to so many other great works - Inner Game of Tennis /Mindset / Flow / Emotional Intelligence - I really liked the “Model T” approach for Expanding Focus - Power of Summarizing and Paraphrasing - The necessity of Feedback and how to do it effectively (non-judgmental) - The analogy of a float tank - sensory deprivation, being an effective tool for mindfulness and recovery; however too long in the tank (lack of feedback) and you hallucinate - Loved the analogy of coaching being similar to being on a double decker bus in London and seeing the traffic jam and how it could be solved - the job of the coach being to help the other Drivers - I appreciated how the author was clear that the GROW model is not prescriptive - coaches need to adapt as they see fit. I also appreciated how the author described when “giving advice or insight” is appropriate A team that is successful in reducing the interference will be characterized by the following: • An apparent absence of hierarchy in relationships • Listening and a desire to understand each other • Robust, challenging conversations • Clear feedback sought and given • The pursuit of ‘impossible’ goals • Focused activity • An intuitive sense of where each member is and how he is doing • Request and offers of help or support • Flexibility in the roles and a willingness to cover for each other • Creativity, imagination, and intuition as part of the toolkit • Team members caring for each other and each other’s well-being • Fun, joy, and the simple pleasure of being together • Silence and thoughtfulness before decisions and action • Mutual accountability for the achievement of goals. I am reminded of a wonderful gentleman who, while learning to coach, came to a critical point in his own learning. He was trying very hard to get it right, to do it by the book, until he realized that this effort of trying was getting in the way of focusing his full attention on the player. In his next coaching session, he focussed more fully on the player, and his and the player’s experience of coaching was transformed—it became a fluid and seamless conversation. His comment afterward was that the models and guidelines that we had been discussing up until that time were ‘for the discipline of the novice’.

Excellent, well-written, guide for coaching. Very complete and comprehensive - I strongly recommend this book.

Practical! Great introductory material for anyone who has just started in their journey of becoming a coach - or who has been coached and want to learn more about why everyone should have a coach!

Great book in coaching

Excellent book on coaching for those engaged in the profession.