Top 9 Must Read Books On Group Coaching

9 Books for Every Group Coach

The process to become a group coach requires extensive training, introspection, and guidance. While completing a professional certification program is mandatory, coaches can benefit from a wealth of fantastic resources at any level of their career that will aid in their growth and development.

Here are the top 9 group coaching books that every aspiring or experienced leader in the field should read.

1. Effective Group Coaching

Effective Group Coaching was written by Jennifer J. Brittonn in 2010.Group coaching is quickly taking over as people and companies’ preferred coaching method. A practical, resource-rich, hands-on handbook for the group coaching facilitator in one of the disciplines with the fastest rate of growth is Effective Group Coaching.

Group coaching is an exciting and long-lasting paradigm and method for learning and growth that organizations, community groups, and individuals are learning about. This book offers tried-and-true approaches, resources, and advice for internal and external coaches, HR experts, trainers, and facilitators looking to expand their work into this field. The book serves as a useful road map and how-to manual for coaches of all levels as they create, carry out, and promote their own group coaching program.

Case studies show how group coaching programs are offered globally through business and government initiatives, both online and in person. Also available for download are materials and articles on the author’s dedicated website.

2. From One to Many: Best Practices for Team and Group Coaching

From One to Many was written by Jennifer J. Brittonn in 2013. Coaches and human resources leaders are searching for innovative ways to accomplish more with less money as professional development budgets at many firms stay stagnant or even decrease as a result of budgetary challenges. A solution to this developmental conundrum is provided by group coaching that spans both corporate and public contexts as well as team coaching that may cover intact teams, project teams, and virtual teams.

Sadly, there aren’t many useful materials out there that cover the best methods for team and group coaching. For coaches, leaders, and human resources professionals, From One to Many fills that void. The book teaches how to maximize the practice’s potential and how to integrate it into an organization.

• One of the few publications available that delves deeply into the associated themes of team and group coaching

• Written by the CEO of a performance consulting firm who is also a well-known speaker on the topic

• Includes fresh material created with coaches, human resources professionals, performance improvement specialists, and related professionals in mind.

3. Group Coaching: A Practical Guide to Optimizing Collective Talent in Any Organization

Group Coaching was written by Ro Gorell in 2013.Everything you need to run productive coaching sessions is in group coaching. This book provides tools, insights, ideas, various viewpoints, and simple templates based on 20 years of HR, consulting, and practical coaching experience.

Group coaching is a potent tool on its own, and when combined with your talent strategy, it becomes a method for maximizing collective talent in any business.

4. The Soul of a Team

The Soul of a Team was written by Tony Dungy on January 22, 2019.For most people, learning the art of collaboration is essential to finding success in life. Almost everyone is a member of a team, whether it be at job, school, church, or home. When a team works well, they may accomplish more than people working alone.

However, not every team is created equally. When a team isn’t working properly, people’s individual strengths and flaws can be highlighted, which is bad for the workplace. Tony Dungy is an expert in developing and bringing out the best in a squad as a former Super Bowl champion coach. This football parable outlines four key concepts that highly successful teams adhere to, drawing on the author’s years of coaching and collaboration with other leaders.

The Soul of a Team, which tells the tale of a fictitious NFL team searching for a turnaround, not only highlights some of the most prevalent problems that hold a team behind but also lays out a strategy for effective teamwork. The Soul of a Team will teach you how to contribute to a stronger, healthier, more effective team that is destined for success, regardless of whether your goals are to become a better leader or team player.

5. Group Coaching: A Comprehensive Blueprint

Group Coaching is written by  Ginger Cockerham in March 2011.A must-have must-read guide has been offered by my longstanding colleague Ginger Cockerham for all coaches who desire to start and succeed in a group coaching practice.

Even those who are weighing their alternatives would be wise to refer to this step-by-step plan, which comes with a wealth of case studies and examples. Everything is presented clearly and interestingly here. The undisputed authority and master of this coaching discipline is Ginger. Her dedication to learning, impact, and excellence in group coaching is reflected in her book. Ginger has done an outstanding job of developing a realistic and modern strategy for effectively coaching groups. She not only offers top-notch tools but also shares case examples that illustrate how to use them.

Whether you want to become a coach or just want to improve your coaching skills, Group Coaching can help you create a successful and sustainable business helping people, businesses, and organizations achieve their goals. Ginger Cockerham, an executive coach with an international group coaching business, shares how to develop and sharpen your coaching skills. You’ll discover

• distinctions between traditional leading and facilitating techniques and group coaching;

• techniques, equipment, and methods for growing and improving your competence;

• marketing techniques to draw on-going coaching groups.

You’ll learn how to foster collaboration as you examine various group coaching case studies and methods from seasoned coaches and coach teams.

6. Group and Team Coaching: The secret life of groups

Group and Team Coaching  is written by  Christine Thornton in 2016.The “hidden life of groups,” or the unconscious and non-verbal mechanisms by which people learn and interact in teams and groups, is seen from a fresh angle by group and team coaches. It will be crucial reading for coaches who work with groups and teams as well as leaders commissioning coaching.

The second edition has new guidance for leaders and managers, an updated introduction, and new expanded practical sections on working with teams, working on the phone, and supervising and being supervised. The author draws on key ideas from psychology, group analysis, and system theory.

• The unobservant group dynamics processes

• Team coaching pitfalls and how to prevent them

• Creating coaching interventions

• Common problems

• Oversight and morality

7. Polarity Management

Polarity Management is written by  Barry Johnson  in 1992.The ability to identify and handle such issues is crucial to becoming a successful leader. Some complex problems simply do not have answers.

You will be challenged to approach circumstances differently by the methodology and set of principles that Polarity Management delivers. Exercises to hone your abilities and case studies to start using the concept on your own intractable problems are also provided.

8. The Life Coaching Handbook

The Life Coaching Handbook is written by  Curly Martin  in 2001.This comprehensive introduction to life coaching explains what it is, how to effectively coach others and yourself, and how to establish and maintain a lucrative coaching business.

It features important NLP-based techniques that guide you through a thorough Advanced Life Coaching Skills program, such as: State Control Establishing Relations Continuum Coaching Meta-programs Meta-languages Milton’s Model. The Life Coaching Handbook is a vital resource for everyone interested in life coaching, as well as for NLP practitioners, human resources managers, trainers, counselors, and the general public.

9. Helping People Change

Helping People Change is written by  Ellen Van Oosten, Richard E. Boyatzis, Melvin Smith  in September 10, 2019.It’s excellent to assist people. As a manager, doctor, teacher, or coach, it’s frequently essential to your job. We virtually always concentrate on attempting to “fix” others, rectifying issues, or filling the gaps between where they are and where we think they should be, which can undermine even the best-intention efforts to help others.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t motivate persistent learning or constructive change very effectively, if at all. There is a better approach. Richard Boyatzis, a specialist in emotional intelligence, and colleagues Melvin Smith and Ellen Van Oosten from the Weatherhead School of Management offer a reassuring message in this potent, useful book.

According to them, the best way to support someone’s learning and change cannot be centered largely on solving issues but rather must relate to their positive self-image or a motivating ambition or goal they have long had. Great coaches accomplish this because they are aware that people get their motivation from their ambitions and visions, and that this motivation helps them persist in their efforts to change even when things are challenging.

Problem-centered strategies, on the other hand, cause physiological reactions that make a person defensive and less receptive to novel ideas. The authors demonstrate how this distinctly positive coaching style—what they refer to as “coaching with compassion”—allows people to think creatively and supports their learning and growth in meaningful and long-lasting ways using rich and moving real-life stories as well as decades of original research.

Helping People Change will forever change the way all of us think about and practice what we do when we try to help. It is full of thought-provoking questions and exercises that promote self-reflection.