The Coaching Bible is a practical and inspiring new book from the UK's top coaches Ian McDermott and Wendy Jago, authors of The NLP Coach and Your Inner Coach. Coaching has become an integral part of our lives, but people still need to know how to make the most of what coaching can offer. The Coaching Bible is the only book on coaching that you need. It offers unique, valuable and expert advice to help you if: you are thinking about getting a coach to help you become more effective; you commission coaching to develop other people; you are considering becoming a coach yourself; you are already a coach and want to extend your knowledge and your skills; and you want to learn how to adopt a coaching approach to your own life. This is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the key principles and techniques that make coaching one of the most powerful and exciting tools for furthering personal and professional effectiveness. It explains what works and why and includes a new model for coaching that will benefit everyone.