Brief Coaching for Lasting Solutions (Norton Professional Books) Hardcover – October 17, 2005

I bought a new book and it came with dirt and scuffs on it. The outside package was perfectly fine.

A really good book about coaching.Must have.

This was the most amazing book I read. Once I have started I could not put the book down.Francien Pearson

New concepts and they make sense in the world of Affordable Health Act.

Es realmente increíble tener a la mano un libro que cuenta con la co-autoría de una de las fundadoras del enfoque centrado en soluciones. Este es un libro imprescindible para todo el que tenga interés serio en el enfoque.

The book is serving its purpose.

I wish every coach in the personal-growth industry adopted the solution-focused, efficient-coaching principles presented in this book. Long-term coaching relationships often benefit the coach more than the client. Today, the process of coaching with integrity is to collaborate with the client rather than promise to fix them. Through strategic conversations and negotiations, coaches can quickly focus on the solution, identify the client's current resources, and organize the most efficient and affordable road map for change. Whether that require one session or ten, Berg and Szabo teach coaches how to do this by placing the responsibility of results in the client's lap, while allowing the coach to act as guide--not guru.~ Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com editor

This is not really a book about coaching. There are many other books that assist coaches to learn about ways of assisting clients and they are actually written by experienced coaches. "Total Life Coaching" by Dr. Patrick Williams is just one example. Instead, the author-experts have taken a useful technique (solution-focused psychotherapy) and applied it to coaching. Readers will learn about the technique, but I think it has less to do with real coaching and more to do with therapists and book publishers cashing in on the latest trend in working with people who want to achieve their dreams.

For coaches and anyone seeking a better way to deal with their issues, this is an excellent book. It is full of practical ideas, well written and easy to read. I love the emphasis on focusing on positive solutions all the time and not getting into analysis. I love the simple idea of, "invite the client to do something different by asking what would be the simplest thing to start with, and what would be the easiest thing to actually do?"DaviI love this book now as I have always loved it. An inspiration! When I read the words, "People will go to a lot of trouble to learn French or physics or scuba diving. They have the patience to learn to operate a car but they won't be bothered learning how to operate themselves," it sparked the question in my mind: "just how do I operate myself?" It took me several years to find an answer, but once I had it a revolution took place in the way that I coach my clients and write about personal development.David Ferrers, author of SWAP, The Best Way to Make Your Dreams Come True

Very good book, it really helped me...

I am very happy that I found this book. It helped me a lot to develop and improve as a coach. The advice and examples are very practical and relevant. I would give six stars if possible.

He aprendido una aserie de herramientas que han mejorado notablemente mi coaching, haciéndolo mucho más eficaz y effective para mis clientes.