Tao of Coaching
The Tao of Coaching is Max Landsberg's short business book on how managers can develop the people around them instead of simply directing them. It is built around a fictional manager who learns to coach colleagues through everyday work problems, and it introduces coaching tools in bite-size chapters you can read one at a time. The best known of these is the GROW model - Goal, Reality, Options, Will - used to structure a coaching conversation. The tone is practical and workplace-focused rather than theoretical, aimed at busy people who want to pass on skills and build a stronger team.