Coaching for Performance

Book review by Martin Haworth

Recommended Management Book Review

from Super Successful Manager!™

 

When John Whitmore worked with Tim Gallwey (regarded by many as the modern father of coaching), he recognized that the opportunity to share and expand the possibilities of this skill in a business context.

‘Coaching for Performance’ is the outcome, regarded by many as the best – and simplest coaching book available. Moving past awareness and responsibility as a key starting point, Whitmore quickly introduces the 4-stage coaching model used by those coaching everywhere (albeit sometimes with a different mnemonic).

In easy to read, logical, chapters, Whitmore works through the GROW model effortlessly, providing examples and activities that are easy to adopt by any manager wishing to expand their capabilities to get the most from their people.

To aspiring coaches, of particular use are the example questions, providing a good template to help shape a valuable coaching conversation.

The most up to date version looks closely at purpose as well as the whole coaching activity, for coaching always needs a reason. Linking purpose to the activity fully values the integration of the skill in management.

It’s beauty is that it is such a simple book with tools that are easy to use right away, delivering 100% of the coaching skills any manager will value in their toolkit. It’s ideal for anyone, so why make matters any more complicated?

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