Coach the Person, Not the Problem: A Guide to Using Reflective Inquiry Paperback – Illustrated, June 2, 2020

I am giving this book to my daughter who would like to start coaching, but first I read it. If you have friends or relatives, neighbors or co-workers who discuss their aspirations or fears with you, you will be able to use the tips in this book. They are so common-sensical, but you won't learn them in everyday life.

This book has a somewhat different approach to coaching. It feels very "color outside the lines" to me. I took many notes,and enjoyed re-reading many sections. I appreciated the whole "coach the person " thought process.No need to be overwhelmed with standard questions and patterns that do not get to the root person.Highly recommended

I had been trained to ask a lot of questions during coaching. Some of the books that I have read were specifically about coaching questions. Reynolds’ approach opened my eyes to coaching the person. The book taught me how to be more responsive.

In Coach the Person Not the Problem, Marcia Reynolds offers deeply thoughtful yet straightforward concepts to help improve your coaching. I have read other highly-rated coaching books but they sit on the shelf. This one I use repeatedly for guidance and inspiration, and the result is a smoother coaching experience and more satisfied clients.

I found this book to be an eye opener into the world of coaching, that offered an insight into what people need from a coach and how to allow people to arrive at their end goals naturally through self-reflection. This approach is refreshing in that it takes the pressure off of the coach to ask their clients the "magical question," and uses the client's own words to help them provide solutions to their own problems for themselves. As a new coach, this was a timely read that I will definitely recommend to others in the field. Thank you!

Recommended by someone in management at my job. Good Read.

I’m new to coaching (currently in the midst of ICF training) and found this book really helpful in crystallizing concepts that before had seemed too esoteric. Reynolds has a great writing voice, and I really like how the book was structured and laid out — easy to highlight, make notes, revisit. I especially like the three habits she explained at the end. Highly recommended!

Reynolds encourages us to go deep, in order to elevate our coaching skills. She has provided us the key components of crucial coaching practices that have not been explored in such depth previously—a true breakthrough for the field of coaching. Given her 25 years of coaching and developing coaches, she has made these coaching steps actionable with clarifying descriptions and true-life examples. Every segment is packed with nuggets of wisdom and insight to help build skills in reflective inquiry.With decades of both coaching and mentoring in corporate settings, I appreciate her focus that masterful coaches are as always learning and improving. She supports us to overcome some natural tendencies such as not wanting the client to be in discomfort, or adding our own meaning to what they have expressed. She encourages us to believe in our client’s own resourcefulness and potential. The coach’s role is to thoughtfully help open their perspectives in order to clear obstacles and see their own best path forward. This is a wonderful guide for taking coaching skills to the next level; I am most grateful to Reynolds for writing it.