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Alexander and Russell, and the next question is . . .

Book Review: William Bergquist

I received and the next question is . . . in the mail for my review and set it aside to be read over the weekend. My wife, Kathleen, has just returned from an intensive two weeks of consultation and training. She sits down in our living room, exhausted. She sees the book lying there on the coffee table, picks it up, starts reading it. She grows more excited and seems much less exhausted. As Vice President for Coaching Services at a major consulting firm, Kathleen is always looking for tools that will assist the twenty-some coaches she supervises. This is it! A book that can be of practical assistance. She wants to order copies of the book for her staff!

With this introduction from my own wife, I decided that it will be quite a treat to prepare a review about a toolbox that can actually be of use in the everyday, challenging work of professional coaching. I very much like what I have read. In the foreword, Jan Efline suggests that this book is a source of assurance in the middle of chaos. I would suggest that this carefully-crafted and organized set of questions offers not just assurance but also guidance and balance. We need a kayak (not a canoe) in the “white water” world of contemporary chaos. Kayaks require that the occupant be centered and balanced. These questions can help provide clarification for the client, which in turn leads to this critical centering and balancing.

I like the fact that the questions are organized around themes. As a coach, I can ask what my client is concerned with right now and then readily turn to the questions related to this concern. I also like the wide range of questions Alexander and Russell are offering. Sadly, there is often a wide gap between strategies engaged when doing personal coaching, on the one hand, and doing organizationally-based coaching, on the other hand. There are questions related to both personal and organizational coaching in this book (there is a leaning toward personal coaching, but valuable organizational questions are to be found particularly in Chapters 3, 6 and 7).

I would also offer several suggestions concerning how a coach might make best use of and the next question is . . .  I find in my own coaching work that my clients tend to work in one of three domains: (1) information (where the client is right now, what she needs to know and what she already knows or thinks she knows); (2) intentions (where the client wants to be and how she will know when she gets there); and (3) ideas (how the client gets from where she is right now to where she wants to be).  Some clients like to linger in one of these three domains and need to be encouraged with questions to explore the other two domains. Some of the questions in Alexander and Russell’s book relate specifically to one of these three domains: (1) information [Ch 2/Distractions, Ch 2/Obstacles], (2) intentions [Ch 1/Values, Ch 5], and ideas [Ch 2/Outcome Planning, Ch 8]. Some sets of questions work systematically through all three domains [particularly Ch 2/GROW model].

I am also pleased that some of the questions concern the coaching relationship itself. The coach and client “meta-communicate” about their own working relationship [Ch 1, Ch 12]. In addition, some of the questions are divergent in nature (spirit-full) (moving the client upward toward inspiration and creativity) [Ch 4], while others are convergent (soul-full) (moving the client downward toward reflection and resolution) [Ch 1/Ponderings and Ch 9, 10 and 11]. Finally, I would suggest that a coach consider not just offering questions (making full use of the rich resources in and the next question is . . .), but also offer suggestions, metaphors and examples that provoke inquiry (what Argyris and Sch ö n call advocacy inviting inquiry).

The questions that Alexander and Russell offer can certainly be a wonderful start (and finish) to this rich process of coaching inquiry.

’And the Next Question is’ is available from all good bookstores worldwide including Amazon USA,  Barnes and Noble USA,  Amazon UK,  Waterstones UK,  Book Depository ( free delivery worldwide) and soon in all electronic formats.

Make New Year Resolutions and Keep Them Using NLP (Donna Blinston). The majority of us see the new year as an opportunity to make changes in our lives, and whether you have a formal new years resolution list, or just want to find a way to keep to a few specific things, this simple and practical book from Donna Blinston has worked wonders. Chris and Amazon reviewer comments  " I bought this book to help me get fit, I found it really easy to read and very beneficial. A lot of its contents are quite common sense when brought to your attention and without out them I believe I would still be where I was."

Make New Year Resolutions is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones. For other countries Book Depository  offer free delivery worldwide. The book is also available in ebook format including Kindle, Nook,  Kobo and iTunes (iPad/iPhone).

       

NLP For Parents and NLP For Children. Judy Bartkowiak's Engaging NLP series (which now includes Teens and Tweens) takes NLP and applies half a dozen to a dozen techniques to specific groups. Each book is 80-100 pages long and contains easy to implement methods to situations specific to the life stages involved. There are also books for New Mums, for Work, Teacher and others, and it is the NLP for Parents and NLP for Children books that are the most popular.

NLP For Parents is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones. For other countries Book Depository  offer free delivery worldwide. The book is also available in ebook format including Kindle, Nook and  Kobo.

NLP For Children is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones. For other countries Book Depository  offer free delivery worldwide. The book is also available in ebook format including Kindle, Nook and  Kobo.

Bangers and Mash. For any person dealing with cancer, family members and friends, Keith Hern's incredible moving book takes us on a journey with him as he battled throat cancer the first time around. Keith is a photographer so there are plenty of amazing pictures as well. With the aid of an NLP coach, Keith has beaten cancer twice, and is once again currently using a host of NLP techniques in his third battle against cancer. Keith is a leading advocate of the use of NLP with cancer patients and many hospitals have in fact changed their procedures after reading the book.

Bangers and Mash is available from all good bookstores including in the UK Amazon , Waterstones and Book Depository (free delivery worldwide) and in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon . The book is also available in ebook format including Kindle , iPad , Kobo and Nook .

Seeing Spells Achieving (Bendefy and Hickmott).

The #1 NLP book in the world for learning difficulties since 2006, the book is still in the UK top 20 NLP books and has helped turn around the lives of tens of thousands of people - mainly children - with a variety of learning difficulties such as dyslexia. When first launched is what seen as revolutionary - applying NLP techniques in this field - and six years later is regarded as the definitive book that many others have built upon.

Seeing Spells Achieving is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones. For other countries Book Depository  offer free delivery worldwide. 

Influencing The Interview

Getting a job in the challenging economy is extremely tough and Chris Delaney should know - he runs a recruitment business. Chris is also an NLP practitioner and in this book he shares all the secrets of maximising your influence in that all important job interview using a host of NLP and hypnotherapy techniques.

The 73 Rules of Influencing the Interview is available from all good bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Amazon and Waterstones. For other countries Book Depository  offer free delivery worldwide. 

Here are some recommendations for NLP books this christmas - ones that we ourselves will be gifting to friends and family. Some are for specific groups of people, but we kick off with one general one on New Year Resolutions.  Make New Year Resolutions and Keep Them Using NLP (Donna Blinston). The majority of us see the new year as an opportunity to make changes in our lives, and whether you have a formal new years resolution list, or just want to find a way to keep to a few specific things, this simple and practical book from Donna Blinston has worked wonders. Chris and Amazon reviewer comments "I bought this book to help me get fit, I found it really easy to read and very beneficial. A lot of its contents are quite common sense when brought to your attention and without out them I believe I would still be where I was."

NLP For Parents and NLP For Children. Judy Bartkowiak's Engaging NLP series (which now includes Teens and Tweens) takes NLP and applies half a dozen to a dozen techniques to specific groups. Each book is 80-100 pages long and contains easy to implement methods to situations specific to the life stages involved. There are also books for New Mums, for Work, Teacher and others, and it is the NLP for Parents and NLP for Children books that are the most popular.

Bangers and Mash. For any person dealing with cancer, family members and friends, Keith Hern's incredible moving book takes us on a journey with him as he battled throat cancer the first time around. Keith is a photographer so there are plenty of amazing pictures as well. With the aid of an NLP coach, Keith has beaten cancer twice, and is once again currently using a host of NLP techniques in his third battle against cancer. Keith is a leading advocate of the use of NLP with cancer patients and many hospitals have in fact changed their procedures after reading the book.

Seeing Spells Achieving (Bendefy and Hickmott). The #1 NLP book in the world for learning difficulties since 2006, the book is still in the UK top 20 NLP books and has helped turn around the lives of tens of thousands of people - mainly children - with a variety of learning difficulties such as dyslexia. When first launched is what seen as revolutionary - applying NLP techniques in this field - and six years later is regarded as the definitive book that many others have built upon.

Negotiation Mastery. We can all do with some help in negotiation, whether its in business or in our personal lives. This new book comes from the position of creating the 'win-win' and is getting incredible reviews. The author, Simon Horton, has even trained top hostage negotiators and his no-nonsense approach is very easy to follow.

Influencing The Interview. Getting a job in the challenging economy is extremely tough and Chris Delaney should know - he runs a recruitment business. Chris is also an NLP practitioner and in this book he shares all the secrets of maximising your influence in that all important job interview using a host of NLP and hypnotherapy techniques

And The Next Question Is? Getting the necessary information is all down to how good your questions are and this book has thousands of insightful questions that will live long in many coaches and practitioners toolkits.

Finally, a fun book that includes a chapter on NLP from one of the world's most fascinating mentalists - Joe Riggs. 'The Real Sherlock Holmes' is a book that explains the deductive techniques that con-artists and charlatans use to garner facts about people - many of which are used by the world's most famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. The title of the book comes from a major US newspaper reporter who, on witnessing Riggs's deductive skills, dubbed him 'the real Sherlock Holmes' and the name stuck.

Performance Strategies for Musicians by David Buswell at the top of the top twenty MX NLP books on Amazon Kindle USA….

#204,543  Performance Strategies for Musicians

#497,395  NLP for Teachers (Engaging NLP)

#517,686  Inside Out - Personal Excellence Through Self Discovey

#530,869  NLP for Children (Engaging NLP)

#550,630  NLP for Parents

#581,569  Going Mental: Reaching your Goals in Business and Sports

#618,417  Bridges to Success

#642,466  Recover your Energy

#666,207  Entrancing Tales for Change with Hypnosis and NLP

#676,383  Online Therapy - Reading Between the lines

#694,453  Bangers and Mash: How to Take on Throat Cancer

#713,150  NLP for Teens

#740,676  Inside Out: NLP and Hypnosis for Weight Loss

#765,706  Developmental Coaching

#773,936  Succeed in Sport

#827,169  Make New Year Resolutions

#833,371  And the Next Question is... 

#847,311  Negotiation Mastery

#858,045  LIFE

#862,903  PNL Pour les Enfants

NLP for Teachers by Judy Bartkowiak at the top of the top 10 NLP books from MX Publishing on Nook today.

#652,366  NLP For Teachers

#1,001,325  NLP For Children

#1,171,737  Going Mental

#1,171,736  NLP For Parents

#1,181,344  Succeed in Sport

Bangers and Mash

Inside Out - Personal Excellence Through Self Discovey

Inspiration - A Users Guide

Keep Walking - Leadership Learning in Action

Make New Year Resolutions and keep them using NLP

For a full listing of Nook NLP books check out the NLP Nook Books page on Pinterest.

5 books from Author Judy Bartkowiak in the top 10 on Kobo today!

#12  NLP for Parents

#13  NLP for Children

#18  Entrancing Tales for Change

#22  Online Therapy – Reading Between the Lines

#27 NLP for Teens

#37 Going Mental

#40  Passing the 11+ with NLP

#41  Inside Out

#42  Make New Years Resolutions and Keep them using NLP

#45  NLP back to Work