Recommended Reading for Coaches


ILM Level 5 Reading List
Briggs Myers, I. and Myers, P.B. (1995), Gifts Differing: understanding personality type, Davies-Black Publishing: Palo Alto, California.

Buzan, T. (2005), Embracing Change, London: BBC Worldwide Learning.

Downey, M. (1999), Effective Coaching, Orion, London.

Flaherty, J.  (1999).  Coaching: evoking excellence in others, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.

Goffee, R. and Jones, G. (2006).  Why Should Anyone be Led by You?  Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Goleman, D. Boyatzis, R. and Mckee, A.  (2002). The New Leaders, London: Little Brown. 

Goleman, D. (1995), Emotional Intelligence, New York: Bantam Books.

Graves, G. (2010), Presenting Yourself With Impact, England, Book Shaker.

Hawkins, P. and Smith, N, (2006), Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy, Open University Press.

Honey, P. and Mumford, A.  (1992).  The manual of learning styles.  Maidenhead, UK: Peter Honey.

Jarvis, J, Lane, DA and Fillery-Travis, A, (2006), The Case For Coaching.  Making evidence-based decisions on coaching, London, CIPD.

Knight, S. (2002).  NLP at Work, London: Nicholas Brealey.

Laborde, G.Z. (2003).  Influencing with Integrity, Wales: Crown House Publishing Ltd. 

Lee, G.  (2003), Leadership Coaching, London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Molden, D. and Parker, D. (2002), Beat Your Goals, London: Pearson Education.

Parsloe, E. and Wray, M. (2000), Coaching and Mentoring, London: Kogan Page.

Rogers, J. (2004), Coaching Skills, Buckingham: Open University Press.

Rose Charvet, S. (1997).  Words that Change Minds, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.

Senge, P.M. (1990).  The Fifth Discipline, London: Century Business.

Stober, D and Grant, A (eds).  Evidence Based Coaching Handbook, New Jersey: John Wiley. 

Whitmore, J. (2002), Coaching for Performance: Growing People, Performance and Purpose, London: Nicholas Brealey.