Coaching

Trillion Dollar Coach is a biography of Bill Campbell, Silicon Valley’s most influential business coach, written by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle. After a successful career leading technology companies, Campbell dedicated his later years to mentoring top leaders like Steve Jobs, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt — helping them sharpen their own leadership skills as they built companies worth trillions. This book distils the management lessons that cemented his legacy as the guiding force behind some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies. ...

The GROW model is a simple, powerful framework for coaching conversations, widely credited to Sir John Whitmore’s Coaching for Performance. GROW stands for Goal, Reality, Options, and Will - four stages that guide a person to first Identify what they want (the Goal), then explore the current situation (the Reality), Consider what could be done by generating possibilities (the Options), and finally Committing to action (the Will). Using the step-by-step GROW process helps structure conversations that move people forward, whether you’re a manager, coach, or simply helping a colleague think something through. By focusing on questions rather than advice, the GROW model encourages ownership, reflection, and clarity - making it one of the most enduring and accessible coaching tools in use today. ...