Coaching for Performance
by John Whitmore
The book that introduced the GROW model (goal, reality, options, will) and defined workplace coaching as asking rather than telling. Later editions add emotional intelligence and transformational material; the core is still the standard.
Read it if…
you manage people and want the foundational coaching method.
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Skip it if…
you want a quick read; see The Coaching Habit.
Try instead: The Multiplier Effect →
Three things you will actually use
- Ask; do not tell.
- Goal, reality, options, will.
- Awareness and responsibility are the point.
Do this first
Run one GROW conversation this week instead of giving advice.
Our verdict
The GROW original.
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