The Coach’s CoachAlison Hardingham with Mike Brearley, Adrian Moorhouse and Brendan Venter (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Sept 1, 2004)Reviewed by admin Mon 24 Nov 08 Bob's Rating: The Coach’s Coach is a book for professional coaches. The authors set out to achieve two aims – firstly to help coaches coach better and secondly to help people find more and better coaching for themselves. The first goal is highly relevant and achievable. The second is more problematic. I liked the structure of The Coach’s Coach. It is logical and easy to follow. Divided into five parts, it starts with the relationship between coach and coachee moving onto tools and techniques and concludes with the coaching context. Each chapter commences with a brief, yet instructive overview enabling the reader to quickly gain a sense of what they can achieve. The main author, Alison Hardingham, is a very experienced and knowledgeable personal coach and her expertise is evident throughout the book. Even for people with loads of coaching experience, there is still something to learn in The Coach’s Coach. For example, the chapter on Mapping Tools provides a range of tools that can be adopted and adapted to suit the style of any coach. As an informative resource on coaching, The Coach’s Coach should be added to every coach’s library. My only criticism is that when I first read the title “The Coach’s Coach”, I expected to be coached through the book in a modelling way. This was not the case as it is more informative than instructive. I’m not sure if the authors achieved their second goal of helping people find more and better coaching, although if a potential coachee first read this book, they would certainly be very well educated about the role and purpose of coaching. |
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