Book Review - The Life Coaching Handbook by Curly Martin

This is a book that I had planned to read for a while, however it did seem to make some relatively grandiose claims - the subtitle being : "Everything you need to be an effective life coach". So does the book live up to expectations and its own spin. Well basically yes !

Whilst I certainly wouldn't recommend setting up a life coaching business on the back of having read one book it certainly does cover (in varying levels of complexity) most of the main issues that an aspiring coach would come up against from business formation, to basic coaching principles to more advanced techniques and  finishing with sections on coach specialisation.

Whether you are an aspiring coach or simply - as most of my blog readers will be - a business person looking to improve their personal effectiveness in a number of areas I would recommend this book as a solid 'self help' tome. Indeed many of the principles and ideas might send you off to look for your own life or executive coach and I think that if the book succeeds on any level it's that it highlights some of the key areas we could all improve on and suggests some interesting starting points for further work and reading.

Curly Martin is a knowledgeable and confident writer and the book brims over with her enthusiasm for the subject - one of my personal 'key traits' is a positive mental attitude and this book certainly affirms that principle.