"The Coaching Manual is the most current, comprehensive, practical, best-illustrated coaching source I have ever seen."
Dr Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
This is the practical, readable guide to the skills, insights and perspectives of a highly effective personal coach!
Whether you’re new to coaching, or have been practicing for some time,
The Manual is packed with information that will develop your coaching skills.
The Manual provides expert guidance on both what to do and how to do it, right from the start. From simple routines for starting new coaching conversations and asking great questions, to how you can practice letting your mind go quiet. You’ll also find examples of potential coaching situations and sample dialogue so that you get a clear picture of what’s important during coaching conversations. Step by step exercises will help you practice and improve your skills – during coaching sessions or before you even start. It’s the definitive guide that no coach will want to be without.
We all have some coaching ability, maybe you’re a good listener, conversationalist, or perhaps you know instinctively when something isn’t ‘right’. So why not use knowledge you already have as a foundation to build on? By using practical guidelines, great examples and straightforward exercises, this book will support you to develop your coaching skills further. So whether you think of yourself as a coach or not, get reading and enjoy coaching!
"In a Knowledge Worker age, coaching is mainstreamed. The Coaching Manual is the most current, comprehensive, practical, best-illustrated coaching source I have ever seen. It compellingly teaches the mindset of keeping the responsibility on the coachee combined with a powerful, realistic skillset". Dr. Stephen R. Covey, ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’
"I really value this book. I found it to be written with wisdom and integrity and full of practical sound advice and guidelines. There are many books on coaching and if you have to choose I would say go for this one. It is comprehensive but above all easy to read and use and written by someone who walks the talk." Sue Knight, Author of ‘NLP at Work’
"It’s unlikely that there’s a better book for coaches on the market. Julie Starr is so obviously a people person because her passions for your personal fulfilment shines through and you can’t help but want to become a better coach just to please her!" Anglo American Books, 03/03.
"It’s wonderfully supportive in tone. At times Starr’s advice becomes almost Zen-like. Overall, this is a powerfully written book by a self-confident author who is passionate not only about coaching, but also about providing a service with integrity. It is rare for the personality of a writer to come through so strongly in a non-fiction text" People Management, Dec 2002
It offers new insights and fresh ideas to the established coach and an easy to follow, step-by-step approach for the beginner." Overall Rating ***** (Max 5 stars each for categories of Useful, Well Written, Practical, Inspirational, Value for money), Personnel Today, Feb 2003
"A wealth of information and practical exercises to improve the skills of any coach" UK College of Life Coaching, Jan 2003
