Coaching Skills

Coaching is a critical leadership and management competency. Good coaching skills can enhance employee performance, productivity, commitment and retention:

The following resources are appropriate for individuals and managers interested in advancing their people skills:

Action Coaching: How to Leverage Individual Performance for Company Success
Author: David L. Dotlich, Peter C. Cairo

Coaching Evoking Excellence in Others
Author: James Flaherty

Coaching for Development
Author: Marianne Minor, M.S.W.

Co-Active Coaching
Author: Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, Phil Sandahl

Effective Coaching
Author: Frederic M. Hudson, Ph.D.

Everyone's a Coach
Author: Ken Blanchard, Don Shula

Executive Coaching: From Locker Room to Boardroom
Author: Russell P. Beale, Ph.D.

Leader As Coach: Strategies for Coaching & Developing Others
Author: David B. Peterson, Mary Dee Hicks

Masterful Coaching
Author: Robert Hargrove

The Handbook of Coaching
Author: Frederic M. Hudson, Ph.D.