This really is the only coaching book you will ever need. Before now, coaching was a muddle of single-model approaches,so finding the right model to get the best results was never assured. In Performance Coaching,Dr Angus McLeod brings together the fundamentals of ALL the best practice in coaching and builds up from there. Unlike so many of the coaching books already on the market,this book is for the coaches ,not for the clients. Fast,accessible and clearly written, Performance Coaching is comprehensive and rich in real examples of real executives achieving real success in real-life situations.Dr Angus McLeod is a well-known and respected coach through his practice with individuals,teams and professional coaches.He is widely published in the United States and Europe on coaching and team development issues.Angus continues to influence the coaching profession through his on-line mentoring service 'Ask Max ' and leadership of The Coaching Foundation,a not-for-profit organisation that offers career development opportunities to professional coaches. With this book Angus Mcleod sets a high standard of teaching.His examples of coaching dialogues serve so well to illustrate how to skillfully handle many coaching situations.Before now, coaching was a muddle of single-model approaches, so finding the right model to get the best results was never assured. In Performance Coaching, Dr Angus McLeod brings together the fundamentals of ALL the best practice in coaching and builds up from there. Unlike so many of the coaching books already on the market, this book is for coaches, not clients. Fast, accessible and clearly written, Performance Coaching is comprehensive and rich in real examples of real executives achieving real success in real-life situations.Dr Angus McLeod is a well-known and respected coach through his practice with individuals, teams and professional coaches. He is widely published in the United States and Europe on coaching and team development issues. Angus continues to influence the coaching profession through his on-line mentoring service ‘Ask Max' and leadership of The Coaching Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that offers career development opportunities to professional coaches.''Coaching has long been a required skill for leaders, managers, trainers, consultants and business advisers. Of late, coaching has emerged as a viable, stand-alone discipline and is currently undergoing something of a revival.''Angus McLeod is well known in NLP circles and his book on coaching, like NLP aspires to be, is elegant and very well put together. The book does not slavishly adhere to every NLP mantra and intelligently incorporates what NLP has to offer within the growing coaching profession.''Bruce Grimley.B.Sc (hons). M.Sc. C.Psychol. AFBPsS.Chartered Psychologist. Accredited Coach. Trainer in NLP.