Customer Reviews
A practical, holistic manual for workplace coaches - By: Rolf Dobelli, 24 Jan 2008 
Ten years ago, coaches were essentially consultants who prescribed specific behaviors for clients strugglingin the workplace. These days, coaches have much more experience & expertise; the best of them relate to their clients "co-actively," as partners rather than as authority figures. In fact, Laura Whitworth, Karen Kimsey-House, Henry Kimsey-House & Phillip Sandahl contend that such coaching can facilitate fundamental changesin many aspects of a client's life, not just at work, & they outline the skills coaches need to accomplish this. The book includes a CD that explains the basic principles of their philosophy, & an appendix with forms & exercises for coaches & clients. getAbstract recommends it to managers & human resource professionals who want to brush up the softer side of their coaching skills.
A great introduction to coaching - By: Kerwin Hack, 09 Oct 2007 This book serves as a great introduction to coaching. It is the basis for the coaching training provided by the Coaches Training Institute. However, this book is useful for those people who want to make changesin their own lives, as well as for people looking for a careerin coaching. The style is accessible, with many examples & exercises to practice. With the second edition, there is a resources CD that contains forms (for those of you who don't want to mark your books!) as well as audio recordings of coaching sessions, which really bring the book to life. If you want to find out about becoming a coach, or just want to use the skills to improve your own life, this book is a great start.
Essential - By: C. Gordon-Barnes, 04 Oct 2006 I used this book to complement my in-person training with the Coach Training Institute. It's an invaluable reference tool, taking you through the key cornerstones, contexts, principles & skills of Coactive Coaching. I would highly recommend underlining, highlighting & scribbling on it as part of your continued professional development!
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A great model for coaching - By: Barry Zweibel, CPCC, GottaGettaCoach! Incorporated, 20 Aug 2003 For ANYONE looking to understand the power of coaching & how it works, this is THE book to own. Co-active coaching provides a beautiful model that's broad enough to use with all of your coaching clients & deep enough to enable truly powerful coaching. The book is based on the cirriculum of The Coaches Training Institute coach training program, & even though I earned my CPCC (certified professional co-active coach)certification several years ago, I continue to dog-ear, underline, & highlight this book every time I take it from my bookcase. It gets better with each new read!
A fairly interesting taster for aspiring coaches - By: jc@cracknellassociates.com, 22 Feb 2002 
This was the first book I read on the road to becoming a full time coach. It didn't help me take on my first client, but it wet my appetite for coaching & has some excellent tools that I use on a daily basis. It is a reader teaser, it flirted with this eager aspiring coach without ever quite satisfying him. A salad when I wanted a steak. Realistically, I think it is a text book for a course. Worth buying for the tools & an overview of the methods of another of the big US coaching colleges if you are looking for an accreditation course.
