Recommended Resources

Books that live on our shelves and in our lives

Coaching Skills- Life, Business, Leadership, Wellness & Transformational

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Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute of Life Coach Training by Patrick Williams and Diane S. Menendez
* The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-Performance Coaching Culture by Thomas G. Crane and Lerissa Nancy Patrick
* Co-Active Coaching, 2nd Edition: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and, Life by Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey-House, and Phillip Sandahl
* Evidence Based Coaching Handbook: Putting Best Practices to Work for Your Clients by Dianne R. Stober and Anthony M. Grant
* Becoming a Life Coach: A Complete Workbook for Therapists (Professional Professional) by David Skibbins
* Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change (Jossey-Bass Business & Management) by Sara L. Orem, Jacqueline Binkert, and Ann L. Clancy

Coaching - Life, Business, Leadership, Wellness & Transformational

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Coaching, Third Edition: Evoking excellence in others by James Flaherty
* Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart: A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges by Mary Beth O'Neill
* Coaching with the Brain in Mind: Foundations for Practice by David Rock and Linda J. Page
* Masterful Coaching by Robert Hargrove
* Executive Coaching for Results: The Definitive Guide to Developing Organizational Leaders by Brian O. Underhill, Kimcee McAnally, John J Koriath, and Richard J Leider
* The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching: 50 Top Executive Coaches Reveal Their Secrets by Howard Morgan, Phil Harkins, and Marshall Goldsmith

Highly Recommended Theory & Practice behind Whole Person Coaching
* The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization by Peter Senge
* Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donna H. Meadows
* The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung
* The Beginner's Guide to Jungian Psychology by Robin Robertson
* The Dark Side of the Light Chasers - Debbie Ford
* On Becoming a Leadership Coach: A Holistic Approach to Coaching Excellenc eby Christine Wahl, Clarice Scriber and Beth Bloomfield
* The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work by Joseph Campbell
* The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyer
* Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
* Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Specialty Coaching

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Soul Coaching by Denise Linn
* Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth by Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener
* Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions: A Tactical Playbook for Managers and Executives by Keith Rosen

    Social Entrepreneur Related (Marketing, Sales & Sustainability)

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    Mission, Inc.: The Practitioners Guide to Social Enterprise by Kevin Lynch and Julius Walls
    * Get Clients Now!(TM): A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants, and Coaches by C. J. Hayden
    * The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition by David Meerman Scott
    * Social Entrepreneurship : The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development by Peter C. Brinckerhoff
    * Secrets of Social Media Marketing: How to Use Online Conversations and Customer Communities to Turbo-Charge Your Business! by Paul Gilliz
    * How to Position Yourself As the Obvious Expert: Turbocharge Your Consulting or Coaching Business Now! by Elsom Eldridge Jr. and Mark L. Eldridg
    * Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation by Arthur C. Brooks
    * Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business by Erik Qualman
    * How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition by David Bornstein
    * Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port and Tim Sanders
    * Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day by Dave Evans and Susan Bratto
    * Get Slightly Famous: Become a Celebrity in Your Field and Attract More Business with Less Effort, Second Edition by Steven Van Yoder

     

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