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Summary: STOP MANAGING START COACHING
Review: I started reading this new book by Terri Levine the minute it arrived, STOP MANAGING START COACHING!
This turned into several evenings of reading and making some notes, of how this information will impact my Private Coaching and the way interviews and instruction will be conducted with my students of Natural Nutrition.
This book is a WOW Value and of Great Benefit to Company or Corporation with multiple levels of managenment and supervisors and for all Organizations that have any structure in place or no structure in place.
Terri has outlined the way to identify the What is Right..., The What is Working and the What is not quite Right .... in a easy and concise way and then outlined a very easily implemented process to work towards a What is Right and Working situation for the now and the future. The ECM Program, "Extraordinary Coaching Methods" is a five step program that will work.Well worth reading and using as a Resource in all areas of Professional and Personal Lifestyles from the norm to the unique individual, corporations and organizations. Kudos to Terri Levine and her publisher CCU!
Rating: 
Summary: Caveat Emptor: 58 pages of big type and thin content
Review: I'd love to write a glowing review of this book. Even a glimpse at the CONTENTS will quickly show you why I cannot...
CONTENTS:
Endorsements & Foreword (11pp)
Ch 1: Origins of Terri's program (3pp + 1 blank page)
Ch 2: Philosophy: Let's call ourselves coaches instead of managers to boost morale (3.5pp)
Ch 3: First: Be honest and meet regularly with employees (6pp)
Ch 4: Second: Develop teams so all employees feel listened to (3.5pp)
Ch 5: Third: Focus on employees' thoughts and feelings; use positive thinking (4pp)
Ch 6: Four: Give positive feedback, praise (2pp)
Ch 7: Five: Try Job Shadowing (2pp)
Ch 8: Get rid of negative employees; they're too hard to make positive (2pp)
Ch 9: Regularly survey employee dissatisfactions (3.5pp)
Ch 10: Make employee evaluations into celebrations of their strengths (2.5pp + 1 blank)
Ch 11: Take steps to make your company feel like a community (2pp)
Ch 12: Get volunteers to organize "fun" activities for parties, birthday recognition, special dress up days, etc. (2.5pp + 1 blank)
Ch 13: Make meetings shorter and more efficient (4pp)
Ch 14: Hire an outside coach (Terri, for example) for your executives (11pp + 1 blank)
Ch 15: There you have ECM(TM) - Extraordinary Coaching Methods(1.5pp)
Ch 16: Thoughts about 9/11 (7pp +1 blank)
Ch 17: Notes from the coach (1pp + 1 blank)
Bibliography (1pp)
Index (3pp)
Ads for Terri (5pp) Terri cites organizational research and Gallup Polls as proving that employees who have poor morale are less effective and productive and that corporate bottom line suffers. She therefore developed and trade-marked her "coaching model," focusing on enhancing company morale, proclaiming that it is "not just another management model." Three positive reviews piqued my curiosity, so I got a copy from Amz. I wondered how a "108pp" book could accomplish so much - and HAD to know. When it arrived I found that it was actually only *79* pages! Huge type. Fifteen abbreviatd chapters, filled out with blank pages (plus some introductory endorsements and concluding pages of ads). Hey - I believe I could author a book like this. Actual pages of content (total the pages above) is *58*! Truly a breakthough in publishing efficiency.
Reading the book was also expedited since there was NO novel idea to challenge the mind. It's all been said and written thousands of times by writers who actually flesh out the principles with corporate examples, interesting stories, and details on exactly how to implement these changes.[...]
I agree that every one of the issues that is covered as a chapter in this book is an important issue for effectivement business management. NONE of them however can be covered in the *THREE* pages that are the average length of a chapter here! What in the world? What WAS she thinking?
I am guessing that Terri is VERY dynamic presenter and coach. Probably she hoped that her dynamism would come through on these pages. Unfortunately, without her physical practice we need some ACTUAL CONTENT to make a book useful to us. [...]
Rating:
Summary: Caveat Emptor: 58 pages of big type and thin content
Review: I'd love to write a glowing review of this book. Even a glimpse at the CONTENTS will quickly show you why I cannot...
CONTENTS:
Endorsements & Foreword (11pp)
Ch 1: Origins of Terri's program (3pp + 1 blank page)
Ch 2: Philosophy: Let's call ourselves coaches instead of managers to boost morale (3.5pp)
Ch 3: First: Be honest and meet regularly with employees (6pp)
Ch 4: Second: Develop teams so all employees feel listened to (3.5pp)
Ch 5: Third: Focus on employees' thoughts and feelings; use positive thinking (4pp)
Ch 6: Four: Give positive feedback, praise (2pp)
Ch 7: Five: Try Job Shadowing (2pp)
Ch 8: Get rid of negative employees; they're too hard to make positive (2pp)
Ch 9: Regularly survey employee dissatisfactions (3.5pp)
Ch 10: Make employee evaluations into celebrations of their strengths (2.5pp + 1 blank)
Ch 11: Take steps to make your company feel like a community (2pp)
Ch 12: Get volunteers to organize "fun" activities for parties, birthday recognition, special dress up days, etc. (2.5pp + 1 blank)
Ch 13: Make meetings shorter and more efficient (4pp)
Ch 14: Hire an outside coach (Terri, for example) for your executives (11pp + 1 blank)
Ch 15: There you have ECM(TM) - Extraordinary Coaching Methods(1.5pp)
Ch 16: Thoughts about 9/11 (7pp +1 blank)
Ch 17: Notes from the coach (1pp + 1 blank)
Bibliography (1pp)
Index (3pp)
Ads for Terri (5pp) Terri cites organizational research and Gallup Polls as proving that employees who have poor morale are less effective and productive and that corporate bottom line suffers. She therefore developed and trade-marked her "coaching model," focusing on enhancing company morale, proclaiming that it is "not just another management model." Three positive reviews piqued my curiosity, so I got a copy from Amz. I wondered how a "108pp" book could accomplish so much - and HAD to know. When it arrived I found that it was actually only *79* pages! Huge type. Fifteen abbreviatd chapters, filled out with blank pages (plus some introductory endorsements and concluding pages of ads). Hey - I believe I could author a book like this. Actual pages of content (total the pages above) is *58*! Truly a breakthough in publishing efficiency.
Reading the book was also expedited since there was NO novel idea to challenge the mind. It's all been said and written thousands of times by writers who actually flesh out the principles with corporate examples, interesting stories, and details on exactly how to implement these changes.[...]
I agree that every one of the issues that is covered as a chapter in this book is an important issue for effectivement business management. NONE of them however can be covered in the *THREE* pages that are the average length of a chapter here! What in the world? What WAS she thinking?
I am guessing that Terri is VERY dynamic presenter and coach. Probably she hoped that her dynamism would come through on these pages. Unfortunately, without her physical practice we need some ACTUAL CONTENT to make a book useful to us. [...]
Rating: 
Summary: To The Point
Review: Stop Managing and Start Coaching gets right to the point. Anyone leading or owning a business should read this book and utilize its concepts. It's a common sense process and could change a corporate culture creating a better managed and more profitable organization.
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Summary: What a Great READ!!!
Review: Terri has done it again!. She takes the key skills of coaching and brings them into the workplace. She shows you step-by-step how to implement the changes needed to improve employee morale, decrease turn-over and support employees in helping themselves and the company. Her Extraordinary Coaching Method (ECM) not only makes sense, it will make a difference in how your employees feel and how your company will perform in the future. This book is a must read for all employees at every level of any organization.
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Summary: Read this book if you want to be happier working with others
Review: This book is a great guide to getting along with others.
Terri's advice to focus in on what is working instead of what is not working is a refreshing new approach and it really works to change what is happening! I reccomend this book to anyone that wants to stop getting the results with others that they dont want and wants to start having more fun and more success in working with others!
Sharon Wilson
CEO Coaching from Spirit
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Summary: Stop managing, start coaching and OPTIMIZING!
Review: This book is a step above most positive thinking books and is a GREAT read. It takes you past mediocrity. If you want to OPTIMIZE and stop managing, then read Optimla thinking: How To Be Your Best Self too. Optimal Thinking is the mental tool to optimize any situation, be your BEST and bring out the BEST in others. Why manage when you can optimize?
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Summary: Boost Morale and Have Happy Employees
Review: This book is quick and easy to implement for immediate changes in an organization. The lessons are right to the point and can be applied by individulas or teams for fast results. The ideas are different in that they apply coaching in an organization that has been proven to work and create long lasting results. A must read for improving morale, and boosting productivity.
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Summary: Great manual to improve your business!
Review: This book meets today's employees -- and managers -- where they live every day, and helps them see ways to begin valuing each other and thereby improving the workplace. Today's workers want to contribute and be creative -- if only their managers would let them! And this manual shows how. The transformation from command-and-control to an environment of mutual respect has begun!
Marcia Bench, Director, Career Coach Institute
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Summary: An absolute must for those struggling in Corp. America
Review: This is a powerful book typical of Terri's style with simple, lucid yet powerful, effective and poignant presentation. It is laser focussed to concerns present in all areas of the global industry including poor motivation and lack of ownership leading to poor service delivery. The book is so engaging that immediately upon receiving the book I could not put the book down and finished the book in one sitting. I am reading it for the second time................ The concept is universal and can be used to improve dynamics within multiple areans
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