Books
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Constructivist coaching
This is an enjoyable and informative book. It explores various tools and techniques whilst setting Constructivist Coaching firmly in its theoretical context.
Constructivist Psychology
An excellent little volume chock full of tools and techniques that also explores Constructivist Coaching and its links to other coaching models (e.g. solutions focus, systemic, etc.).
Building Top-Performing Teams: A Practical Guide
The best way for a business to succeed is through its people. While there are gains to be had from streamlining processes, reducing costs or making a strategic change, the biggest potential for success comes through how humans collaborate. Specifically, the greatest gains are achieved through high performing teams, and teams of teams.
Legacy
Legacy is a unique, inspiring handbook for leaders in all fields, and asks: What are the secrets of success sustained success? How do you achieve world-class standards, day after day, week after week, year after year? How do you handle pressure? How do you train to win at the highest level? What do you leave behind you after you re gone?
The Arbiter Institute “Leadership and Self Deception: getting out of the box”
This is one of those, potentially, life changing books that will help you recognise when you are not being true to yourself and what you can do to change your attitude and hence improve your communication and relationship with other people. It uses the metaphor of a “box” to explain how we can trap ourselves in limiting and negative thinking which then reduces our options, confidence and self worth
Bob Bates The little book of (big) coaching models
This book “does what it says on the tin” and is full of useful models to help you coach yourself and other people in becoming more effective in their life. In fairness it also includes my Process of Transition as one of the models.
Robin Hills “The authority guide to emotional resilience in business”
This is an excellent little book that provides help, hints and tips in how to deal with the pressure of work, and life, in a more effective way. I highly recommend it, although, I may be a little biased, as it includes my Process of Transition as one of the techniques to help you develop your resilience.
A Theory of Personality: Psychology of Personal Constructs
This original theory of personality is based on the concept that there are many workable ways by which individuals can construct their world. George Kelly’s starting point and basic premise is that people’s processes are psychologically channeled by the ways they anticipate events rather than by the ways they react to them.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
In The 7 habits, Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centred approach for solving personal and professional problems. I rate this more and more as time goes on.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook
With the same clarity and assurance that Covey’s readers have come to know and love, the workbook helps readers further understand, appreciate, and internalize the power of the 7 Habits.
Playing the Project Manager
Playing the Project Manager is written for practising managers, to help them understand their performances as managers, and how they may advance their capabilities and their careers.
Invitation to Personal Construct Second Edition
This ′invitation′ focuses on questions of personality in everyday life that intrigue and puzzle us. In this way, we are introduced to both the principles and the fascinating methods of the psychology of personal constructs.
Essential Practitioner’s Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology
This is a concise paperback version of the authoritative International Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology, focusing on the practical elements of that volume. Ideal for the individual practitioner, this selection of chapters covers the basic theory of personal constructs; the many skills and tools used by personal construct psychologists.
Walking A Mile In Someone Else’s Shoes: Vocational Grieving, Transition and Recovery
A must for any coach (life or business). This is a fascinating book that uses my Process of Transition to explore the feeling people have around career and life changes. It looks at the implications for people using their own stories and ties this into various psychological models to help people manage their life journey.