Patty McManus (2006), Coaching People: Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges book, is a resourceful coaching guide that enables leaders to perform as coaches within the work environment. People often confuse managing with coaching and this book provides insight on the differences of these two managing approaches. This book is a brilliantly summarized guide for effectively coaching individuals with optimal outcomes. In this small, concise book, the readers find abundant material on how to become successful coaches. All the content and the resources provided are geared to a judicious and instant application, so the textbook provides valuable material from the very initial pages. The difference concerning what is, and what is not, coaching is a good start and lays the platform for what comes after. Coaching is not behavior modification or a job task. Coaching is more like a reciprocal involvement to aid individuals or businesses attain their goals and increase their success. …show more content…
However, coaches must always be eager to listen, share information, and work collectively with the individual to develop an action plan that will aid the individual through the modification process. Also, the coach has a responsibility to maintain his coachee accountable for the progress being made throughout the coaching process. Moreover, McManus (2006), includes several useful worksheets that allow the coach to measure the level of success of both the coach and the coachee. Many individuals struggle with differentiating the difference between managing and effective coaching. The approach on both of these two styles of management is distinctive. As time goes by and the business world gravitates to new and improved technology old managing styles become