Our Summer Book List for Coaches

Here is our list, in no particular order at all. This list is only a starting point. We’d love to hear from you about books that have made a difference in your coaching journey! Please feel free to share below, or on Educators With Heart. 

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Coaching for Performance

by John Whitmore

A New Earth: Awakening Your Life’s Purpose

by Eckhart Tolle

The Way of Zen

by Alan Watts

The Future of Coaching

by Hetty Einzig

Evocative Coaching: Transforming Schools One Conversation at a Time

by Bob Tschannen-Moran and Megan Tschannen-Moran

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children

by Shefali Tsabary

The Life Coaching Handbook: Everything You Need to be an Effective Life Coach

by Curly Martin

The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-performance Coaching Culture 

by Lerissa Nancy Patrick and Thomas G. Crane

Life Strategies Workbook

by Philip Mcgraw

Coach Yourself to Success, Revised and Updated Edition: 101 Tips from a Personal Coach for Reaching Your Goals at Work and in Life

by Talane Miedaner

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari

Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones

by James Clear

Tribes

by Seth Godin

Whatever You Think Think the Opposite

by Paul Arden

Co-active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and Life

by Laura Whitworth

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen Covey

Thinking Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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We deliberately didn’t link any of these books to a website or seller. There are a multitude of places where you can buy books these days, but we recommend supporting your local and BIPOC-owned bookstores instead of one large conglomerate.