Becoming a Coach: The Coach U Approach

by Thomas J. Leonard

Book Overview

This is a book about what coaching is, what a Coach does and how one becomes a Coach, from the Coach U perspective. You will learn some of the key skills that coaches use effectively with clients. You... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929668015
• ISBN13: 9781929668014
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Coach Univ
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

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I found this book to be very informational. Some may see it as promotional material for Coach U, a virtual university for coaches, but that does not detract from the fact that the first 56 pages describe the who-what-where-why-when of the coaching field. In addition, the appendix is full of resources for personal development. I will admit that I became a Coach U student not long after reading this book, but the book did not sell me on Coach U, it sold me on coaching (there are other coach training organizations in addition to Coach U, which I researched well before making my decision). Before this book, I had a small idea of what coaching was. After reading it I KNEW what coaching was and was grateful to find this field, thanks to the book.Recommendation: If you haven't the vaguest idea what coaching is, don't buy this book. If you are intrigued about the coaching field and want to know if it is a job/field for you, this book will lay out the nuts and bolts and the potential of this career before you. You will get alot out of it, regardless of whether or not you decide to attend Coach U.