Developing as a Truly Confident, Professional Coach

As part of our commitment at MRA to ‘professionalising the profession of coaching’ we encourage you to read, watch and listen to a range of CPD resources beyond those provided directly to you as part of your EMCC accredited, Level 5 Coaching with Confidence qualification.  Below is a summary of additional resources to ensure you maximise your investment in your learning and become a truly confident, professional coach.

To Read:

• Blakey, J & Day, I. (2012). Challenging Coaching
• Bungay Stanier, M. (2016). The Coaching Habit
• Bungay Stanier, M, (2020). The Advice Trap
• Cope, A. & Whittaker, A. (2012). The Art of Being Brilliant
• Dweck, C. (2006). Mindset
• Green, S & Palmer, S. (2019). Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice
• Kline, N. (2011). Time to Think
• Passmore, J (2021). The Coaches’ Handbook
• Rock, D. (2009). Your Brain at Work
• Scott, K. (2017). Radical Candor – How to get what you Want By Saying What You Mean
• Starr, J. (2017). Brilliant Coaching
• St John-Brooks, K. (2014). Internal Coaching. The Inside Story
• Watts, G & Morgan, K. (2015). The Coach’s Casebook
• Whitmore, J. (2009). Coaching for Performance
• Clear, J (2021). Atomic Habits
• Grant, A (2022). Think Again
• Clutterbuck, D. (2017). Powerful Questions for Coaches and Mentors (EMCC)
• Brown, P & Brown, V (2012) Neuropsychology for Coaches
• Passmore, J (2021) The Coaches Handbook
• Kirby, A & Smith, T (2021) Neurodiversity at Work
• Hougaard, R & Carter, J (2021) Compassionate Leadership – How to do Hard Things in a Human Way
• Clark, T,R (2020) The 4 stages of Psychological Safety
  

Harvard Business Review:

A fantastic resource for leadership and coaching articles including:

• Power of Listening
• The Authenticity Paradox.
• Designing Work that People Love
• Build Your Reputation as a Trustworthy Leader – Values

MRA blog:

A range of articles relating to coaching and leadership are available through the MRA Blog

Useful websites:

• EMCC
• MHFA England  Scotland’s MHFA and MHFA International
• MBTI – The Myers Briggs Company
• Neuroscience for Coaches

To Watch:

• MRA YouTube Channel
• HBR (2015)  The Trust Equation,
• TED talk – Bungay Stanier, M, (2020). How to tame your advice monster.
• Ibarra, H. (2018). The Authenticity Paradox.
• Scott, K. (2017). Radical Candor

To Listen:

• The Advice Trap – Brené Brown podcast in conversation with Michael Bungay-Stanier –
•  Making Positive Psychology Work. Including Compassionate Leadership, and Receiving Feedback
• Coaches Rising Podcast
• Decoding Culture – Dr John Curran
• The Undiscovered You
• The Coaching Crowd

We recognise that this isn’t an exhaustive list but one we will be regularly updating!  Please do contact us with any of your own recommendations either through your course tutors or email us directly: [email protected]