The Complete Corporate Coaching Toolkit: The Quintessential Guide for 21st Century Business Coaches and Leaders Paperback – 23 Mar. 2022

This is an excellent book covering all aspects of the non technical side of being up an executive coach, what you might call the 'soft skills'. Executives may arrive at their high level posts precisely because of such technical skill, but to work with people and get things done is a different matter. This book will help the executive and their coach alike. It covers a wealth of topics such as leadership, effective communication, emotional intelligence, stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation, personal efficiency and effectiveness and life balance. This last point is crucial - executive success is built on a foundation of personal wellbeing, which is essential. What really sets this book apart is the provision of many coaching tools that can be customised to the coach's brand and used in coaching assignments, with comprehensive instructions on how best to use them. I have the Kindle version, which you can see in the pictures, one on a kindle device and the other on my phone. This works very well.

I have become incredibly discerning regarding the books I both read and recommend to others, especially about executive coaching, and leadership. It is always refreshing to find book that is both useful for the coach and for the clients they are working with. The Complete Corporate Coaching Toolkit is one such book.The book is designed for both professional coaches and executives who may prefer their own developmental route. In either case the reader will benefit from the wealth of information contained within the pages. Although described as a toolkit, this could easily be described as a field book too.The first part of the book looks at the fundamentals of coaching before moving onto the key elements of the toolkit itself. Looking at many of the most important aspects of executive coaching/development and leadership, including emotional intelligence, effective communication, leadership, teams, and stakeholder management to name but a few, the book provides both an overview and a range of exercises for development. Each of these is well explained and allows the reader or facilitator to utilise the exercises and activities for the benefit of themselves or their clients.I found the use of colour throughout the book to be incredibly refreshing as well as making for an easier read. Graphics are well explained and the use of quotes throughout the book provides additional food for thought. There are also blank pages for completion of exercises as well as gathering your own thoughts and feelings.The appendix section provides additional questions that can be used in a coaching engagement and the resources section includes a link to download the tools from the book, though this is a subscription option.The copy that I reviewed was a hardback edition and I would certainly recommend to my clients purchasing the paperback version, simply for ease of use. If I had one request for the 2nd edition, it would be the inclusion of an index.If you are an executive or leadership coach or if you are looking to develop your management, leadership, and executive skills, then I would recommend this book to you.

Having known Monica for many years, I was delighted to find that she has shared her knowledge and experience with others. Working in the international corporate world identified to her what was missing and her years of experience as a corporate coach has given her the opportunity to share something very special.Many coaching books have one or two particularly good sections, but with this book; you can start at the beginning and every page is of value.Splitting it across seven sections – Leadership, Effective Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Stakeholder Management, Influencing and Negotiation, Personal Efficiency and Effectiveness, and Life Balance – takes you on a personal and professional path of growth, while giving you the skilfulness to utilise the right tool each time you are coaching/working with someone else.The tools in this book can be used in many ways. You can use them for your own personal and professional development and growth, as well as used by you within your corporate sphere: helping others in their personal and professional development and growth.While this book focuses on Corporate Coaching, coaches who are working in a different niche can also benefit from this toolkit.This is the archetypal guide for 21st Century corporate coaches and business leaders.

This book is a toolkit in the true sense of the word.Having read it (twice now), you can tell the author has crafted her genuine no-nonsense message in a refreshing and honest way that makes the broad topic of business coaching and leadership easily accessible to any reader. That’s got to be a good thing when so many books today are filled with jargon and nouveau terms, that I seem to spend too much of my time googling the terms rather than absorbing the content and applying the themes.One of the real strengths of this toolkit lies in the way the author expertly takes such broad, all-encompassing subjects and skillfully communicates the material so that it’s instantly actionable. It’s for this reason that I’m not sure it’ll ever make it onto my bookshelf, as I’m keeping it conveniently located on my desk as an instant go-to reference source.Lastly, for me, the uncomplicated graphics throughout the toolkit reinforce the well-balanced narrative, making the main themes quick and easy to grasp, whilst the quotes work as solid affirmations that enhance the author’s strong message.I will absolutely be recommending this toolkit to my experienced, as well as less experienced colleagues.