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Coaching : Evoking Excellence in Others
by James Flaherty
from Butterworth-Heinemann

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Excellent book!
  I bought this book for my girlfriend who is a literacy coach. She then asked me to buy three more so she could give them as presents to other coaches. 'Nuff said!

• Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others
  The book is extraordinarily concise, clear, comprehensive to deal with the issue of coaching, a concept difficult to explain. It has guidelines for different levels of preparation and competence. Excellent.
  In my case, I am an advertising officer, it served the purpose of helping me in communicating at the best of my skills.

• Very dry reading
  I must say that I was extremely disappointed by this book. Given all of reviews I saw/read before buying the book, I expected a very helpful tome. Instead, this turned out to be one of the driest books I've ever tried to read.
  There are much better, and more helpful, books out there on coaching.

• Good but hardly definitive
  Mr. Flaherty's book reveals the wide and disparate meanings we apply to the word "coaching." My primary focus is in the area of managing and coaching professional technology salespeople. I found this book to be uneven and at times even irritating. Too many references to Heidegger and other philosophers, which struck me as irrelevant appeals to authority with little relevance to coaching. I like a good discussion of philosophy, the nature of being, etcetera, but in this context it seemed out of place. At... more info

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