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Linking Learning and Performance: A Practical Guide to Measuring Learning and On-the-Job Application (Improving Human Performance) (Improving Human Performance)
Published in Hardcover by Butterworth-Heinemann (2001-08-01)
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Maximize learning impact! This book presents how to do.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-02
Review Date: 2006-10-02
A must have "how to" book for HRD practitioners
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-12
Review Date: 2002-05-12
Toni has captured the critical conceptual and theoretical elements for effectively implementing practical training and employee performance improvement evaluation strategies. Her book should be required reading by all training evaluation specialists. It provides the fundamentals for designing, developing, and implementing valid and reliable learning assessment and performance measurement tools and methodologies. She provides easy to understand templates that can be tailored to any industry. It's comprehensive, well-thought out, and will be the standard textbook for my organization's program instruction on evaluation.
Toni Hodges on evaluating learning, reviewed by Mary L.Broad
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-05-06
Review Date: 2002-05-06
Toni Hodges brings a wealth of practical, easy to follow guidelines to the performance improvement practitioner, on how to approach, measure, and communicate about learning outcomes in organizational settings. She brings the reader step by step through the development, implementation, analysis, and communication processes to establish a credible and useful set of evaluation tools. Always linked to the day-to-day realities of organizational goals and pressures, she provides a handbook to move the practitioner into an effective and valued role as on-the-job evaluator of performance improvement interventions.
A must for your resource library
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-03-12
Review Date: 2002-03-12
This book is full of tips, tools and examples that practitioners will find very useful. The tools and examples are easy to find in the book and provide a great basis for customizing to your own requirements. Toni speaks with experience and authority.
See why Toni Hodges is the best training ROI person
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2002-01-16
Review Date: 2002-01-16
Linking learning and performance is filled with the kind of rigor that all of us Hodges-junkies have come to expect and look forward to. What Hodges maps out is not easy. It requires soul searching and a lot of work. But standing up in front of a CFO with a bullet-proof case for corporate learning makes it all worthwhile.
Living With Big Cats: The Story of Jungle Larry, Safari Jane, and David Tetzlaff
Published in Paperback by Izs Books (1994-11-01)
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From Thebookshelf.org
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-08
Review Date: 2000-06-08
Ever wonder what it is like to work everyday with wild animals? How about working everyday with wild animals like tigers, lions and leopards, that could seriously injure and even kill you? Sharon Rendell-Smock lets us in on behind the scene stories, secrets and anecdotes about life with wild and exotic animals in this nonfiction industry expose. In addition to the often frightening and sometimes hilarious accounts, this book includes interviews with industry experts, and offers some historical perspective. If you have ever been to a circus or zoo, and if you enjoy watching movies where animals play a prominent role, you will enjoy reading this book.
Great memories from Jungle Larry's days at Cedar Point
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-12
Review Date: 1999-08-12
Anyone who grew up watching Jungle Larry at Cedar Point will love this trip down memory lane. This book is a fascinating look at the entire Tetzlaff family's life with exotic animals.
An Interesting Read about an topic not often covered
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1997-11-18
Review Date: 1997-11-18
Sideroad Health columnist Shara Rendell-Smock
certainly has a way with words!
Though I thought her column was informative, I
was really intrigued to learn she had written
a book about tiger training.
I couldn't resist buying it. . .and I'm glad I did!
It's a really fascinating behind-the-scenes book
about a topic most of us don't ever think about
- how the heck DO they train those animals?
(Though that's not the only topic they cover!)
The insight into trainer David Tetzlaff is subtle but powerful
. Definitely one of the most intriguing non-fiction books I've ever read.
Anyone know if she's going to do a book on Health next???
certainly has a way with words!
Though I thought her column was informative, I
was really intrigued to learn she had written
a book about tiger training.
I couldn't resist buying it. . .and I'm glad I did!
It's a really fascinating behind-the-scenes book
about a topic most of us don't ever think about
- how the heck DO they train those animals?
(Though that's not the only topic they cover!)
The insight into trainer David Tetzlaff is subtle but powerful
. Definitely one of the most intriguing non-fiction books I've ever read.
Anyone know if she's going to do a book on Health next???
"The Cat Book of the '90s," Circus Report, Jan. 95
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1997-01-10
Review Date: 1997-01-10
by Mike Cecere [big cat and elephant trainer, asst. manager, Double M Ranch, Hastings NY]
This is the cat book of the '90s! Sharon Rendell has done an incredible job of putting together the exciting story of the Tetzlaffs. She's chronicled the legend of Col. Lawrence "Jungle Larry" Tetzlaff, his wife Nancy "Safari Jane" Tetlaff and their son David Tetzlaff, who many believe to be the top wild animal trainer in the U.S. today.
Not many others have been able to take the nuts and bolts of animal training and make it a story people would want to read. Or adequately describe the years of devotion this family has given to the education through entertainment with wild animals.
Sharon Rendell also takes great pains to interview the leading trainers and zoologists of today to get the real story of what the animal business is all about.
This book is a must for all collectors and circus fans, as well as animal people. Especially important for anyone who is doing battle with the Anti's as this book will give you the facts.
Once you pick it up, you won't stop til you've read it all the way through. A book you'll read again and again. Good job, Sharon!
The price is a mere $11.95 -- a deal at twice the price.
Take it from me, it's a good read!
Now I can hardly wait for the movie version!
This is a Great Book!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1997-11-18
Review Date: 1997-11-18
Living with Big Cats is one of the most informative and entertaining books we have ever read! The author not only tells her readers about the cats and their care, her love shows through with every word. If you are looking for reading material that will teach you and entertain you then read Living with Big cats. This book is a wonderful learning tool for all age groups!
Long Reining: The Saumur Method
Published in Hardcover by Trafalgar Square Books (2003-04-01)
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To the point and clear
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-15
Review Date: 2007-02-15
This book does a great job of getting to the point and letting you know what you need to do and what you should expect form your horse. There isn't any fluff that you need to short through to know what to do, and Karl doesn't skirt around training issues. Since he wrote the book in a nice progression of exercises any level of horseman can use this book and learn from it. I would recommend this book for those who are wanting to learn this technique of training your horse.
A great start to classical horse training.
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-09
Review Date: 2007-03-09
Such a simple and straight forward approach. I know that if I take a patient approach, these tools, as outlined by Phillipe Karl, will take myself and my horses far!
Tres Bien!
Tres Bien!
Long Reining As Art
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-25
Review Date: 2005-01-25
This book focuses exclusively on long-reining, and what a treat it is. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs throughout (all taken in France), beautiful, fit horses are worked through various exercises by Philippe Karl, impeccable in his uniform and coveted golden spurs (which have to be earned) of the Saumur, so the reader sees a master at work.
The first major chapter sets the stage for all work in dealing with the gymnastics of the horse, how he moves, his anatomy, sequence of footfalls, balance, bio-mechanics, all of which are well-diagrammed with line drawings. It is supported with quotes from many well-known masters of the past (de la Gueriniere, Raabe, Licart, Kerbrech, D'Auvergne, L'Hotte).
Equipment is dealt with in the opening chapters, and one thing the Europeans have over there which we don't are surcingles with the rings further down the side of the horse for a lower placing of the lines. Everything is clean, simple, and workmanlike, of quality.
Not only do we see basic work on the long reins, but also innovative exercises as well, with clear line drawings illustrating the movements described to break the monotony of the work and to develop the horse's agility and sharpen his response to the aids.
The Europeans believe in introducing horses to jumping as well, feeling that it produces a more all-around athlete, and in this book as well, a section covers work over fences fully illustrated with those beautiful photographs.
While the main focus of the book is the long reining, there are many photographs of mounted work with which to compare to the photographs of ground work so that the reader sees how each enhances the other and how the pieces fit together.
The piece de resistance is the end of the book, the dessert of the work, the piaffe(r) and passage in hand, as well as pesade. With Philippe Karl's detailed description of how to execute the exercises, I feel that I could teach my horse to do them, too.
While this book is a unique and valuable training tool, it is pretty enough to be a coffee table book as well. The photographs alone are enough to make the reader salivate, and I would go so far as to say some are works of art in themselves.
This book came out in 1992 and did not remain in print very long, but fortunately it has been reprinted.
The first major chapter sets the stage for all work in dealing with the gymnastics of the horse, how he moves, his anatomy, sequence of footfalls, balance, bio-mechanics, all of which are well-diagrammed with line drawings. It is supported with quotes from many well-known masters of the past (de la Gueriniere, Raabe, Licart, Kerbrech, D'Auvergne, L'Hotte).
Equipment is dealt with in the opening chapters, and one thing the Europeans have over there which we don't are surcingles with the rings further down the side of the horse for a lower placing of the lines. Everything is clean, simple, and workmanlike, of quality.
Not only do we see basic work on the long reins, but also innovative exercises as well, with clear line drawings illustrating the movements described to break the monotony of the work and to develop the horse's agility and sharpen his response to the aids.
The Europeans believe in introducing horses to jumping as well, feeling that it produces a more all-around athlete, and in this book as well, a section covers work over fences fully illustrated with those beautiful photographs.
While the main focus of the book is the long reining, there are many photographs of mounted work with which to compare to the photographs of ground work so that the reader sees how each enhances the other and how the pieces fit together.
The piece de resistance is the end of the book, the dessert of the work, the piaffe(r) and passage in hand, as well as pesade. With Philippe Karl's detailed description of how to execute the exercises, I feel that I could teach my horse to do them, too.
While this book is a unique and valuable training tool, it is pretty enough to be a coffee table book as well. The photographs alone are enough to make the reader salivate, and I would go so far as to say some are works of art in themselves.
This book came out in 1992 and did not remain in print very long, but fortunately it has been reprinted.
wonderful
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-23
Review Date: 2006-02-23
If you're working with a young horse or are unable to ride and want to keep up with your dressage training, buy this book. Although the book is short, the pictures and text are very clear. Karl teaches basic lunging and driving all the way to passage and piaffe. His methods are gentle to the animal. Lots of diagrammed arena exercises. The troubleshooting was great. I taught my mare shoulder-in on 3 and 4 tracks in one hour. I had to stop riding due to pregnancy but I have been able to keep up with my training.
Excellent
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2004-05-04
Review Date: 2004-05-04
Every lover of horses should read this book if they want to understand the art of perfect equine fitness. I am using it to help me train a mare recovering from a long illness. She cannot bear the weight of a rider on her back yet, but she can benefit greatly from the exercises shown in this book. The author is clear and direct; a very talented author and teacher. The photos are excellent. I have purchased many books on long reining, and this is by far the best.
Maximum Performance Basketball - In-Season Workout Book For Players 7th Grade - 12th Grade
Published in Paperback by E-BookTime, LLC (2006-10-12)
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A book for any basketball player
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-01
Review Date: 2008-05-01
Reviewed by Mazuba Shunamon-S. (age 14) for Reader Views (4/08)
"Maximum Performance Basketball: In-Season Workout Book for Players 7th Grade-12th Grade," by James E. Brown, is a book for any basketball player that wants to improve their skills. The author is a former pro-European basketball player, and he has coached a number of teams throughout the U.S.A. and Europe. This book helps with passing, dribbling, shooting, post moves, and even helps with time management. There are clear illustrations and numbered steps on how to execute each move perfectly, and good pictures showing how to do the drills. It also has a really good exercise workout schedule on a weekly calendar.
This book is an in-season workout book so it's better to have it with you on the court than for a quiet-time read. I would bring this book along with me to my practices, so I could read the drills then perform them. You should bring it every time you practice. It is easy to understand and even though it's simple, it still gives you a great workout.
I would recommend this book to any student athlete because it doesn't just help to improve your skills; it shows you how to manage your time, and balance homework and basketball evenly. You will find individual moves, workout schedules, and a list of students that excelled beyond the rest and reached their ultimate goals of getting scholarships, and even making it to the N.B.A. I liked this book and will use it myself, and I recommend Maximum Performance Basketball: In-Season Workout Book for Players 7th Grade-12th Grade" to any aspiring basketball player.
"Maximum Performance Basketball: In-Season Workout Book for Players 7th Grade-12th Grade," by James E. Brown, is a book for any basketball player that wants to improve their skills. The author is a former pro-European basketball player, and he has coached a number of teams throughout the U.S.A. and Europe. This book helps with passing, dribbling, shooting, post moves, and even helps with time management. There are clear illustrations and numbered steps on how to execute each move perfectly, and good pictures showing how to do the drills. It also has a really good exercise workout schedule on a weekly calendar.
This book is an in-season workout book so it's better to have it with you on the court than for a quiet-time read. I would bring this book along with me to my practices, so I could read the drills then perform them. You should bring it every time you practice. It is easy to understand and even though it's simple, it still gives you a great workout.
I would recommend this book to any student athlete because it doesn't just help to improve your skills; it shows you how to manage your time, and balance homework and basketball evenly. You will find individual moves, workout schedules, and a list of students that excelled beyond the rest and reached their ultimate goals of getting scholarships, and even making it to the N.B.A. I liked this book and will use it myself, and I recommend Maximum Performance Basketball: In-Season Workout Book for Players 7th Grade-12th Grade" to any aspiring basketball player.
Excellent Coach, Awesome Mentor
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-21
Review Date: 2008-01-21
Coach Brown knows from experience what it takes for you to become the best basketball player and student athlete that you can possibly be. He is annointed for what he does, that seperates him from the most coaches. He understands that in order to reach your full potential, you have to have a plan and be devoted to execute the plan. He illustates a schedule and indepth workout in his book to help you to become a very skillfull player.
Maximum Performance Basketball
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-10
Review Date: 2008-01-10
Coach Brown knows from experience what it takes to become a successful professional basketball player. It is wonderful that he has taken the opportunity to share his wisdom with junior high and high school students-in theory though this book and in practice with Maximum Performance Basketball School. I applaud his decision to include a sample schedule so that students can balance their many priorities. As a student and the former manager of a high school basketball team, I understand that this is a crucial aspect of success not just for sports but for life in general.
Concise and Straightforward
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-07
Review Date: 2008-01-07
Excellent book for middle school and high school players to use to make their own practice work more effective. Lots of kids will go out and shoot it around but those that are willing to organize their workout using a workbook like this will really improve their success at the sport.
The school coaches also love it when they see young players that have a plan for the work outside of practice.
The school coaches also love it when they see young players that have a plan for the work outside of practice.
Play Smarter, not Just Harder
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-17
Review Date: 2007-12-17
Maximum Performance Basketball
Written by: James E. Brown
ISBN: 1-59824-368-3
Reviewed by: James Edwards for ReviewYourBook.com
"James E. Brown was a professional basketball player and a coach. "Maximum Performance Basketball" is to teach young players to not only play harder, but to also play smarter."
4 stars
James E. Brown was a professional basketball player. He coached college ball, and he now is President of JEBBS, Inc., a minister, and a mentor.
"Maximum Performance Basketball" simplifies the basics of basketball. It does so with its concise instructions and basic drawings. A sample workout schedule is provided. Testimonies are provided from athletes James E. Brown has coached.
James E. Brown takes a holistic approach to coaching. His students testify to becoming better athletes and better people. James E. Brown now hosts a basketball school in Texas. Hats off to James E. Brown. To learn more about becoming a better basketball player, read "Maximum Performance Basketball".
Written by: James E. Brown
ISBN: 1-59824-368-3
Reviewed by: James Edwards for ReviewYourBook.com
"James E. Brown was a professional basketball player and a coach. "Maximum Performance Basketball" is to teach young players to not only play harder, but to also play smarter."
4 stars
James E. Brown was a professional basketball player. He coached college ball, and he now is President of JEBBS, Inc., a minister, and a mentor.
"Maximum Performance Basketball" simplifies the basics of basketball. It does so with its concise instructions and basic drawings. A sample workout schedule is provided. Testimonies are provided from athletes James E. Brown has coached.
James E. Brown takes a holistic approach to coaching. His students testify to becoming better athletes and better people. James E. Brown now hosts a basketball school in Texas. Hats off to James E. Brown. To learn more about becoming a better basketball player, read "Maximum Performance Basketball".
Mental Toughness Training for Sports: Achieving Athletic Excellence
Published in Paperback by Penguin (Non-Classics) (1986-05-06)
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Great for musicians, too...
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-12-15
Review Date: 2006-12-15
I'm a drummer and have always had some glitches in my performances when I thought the pressure was on. I've read this book once thru and am already thinking differently on the stage. I've read tons of music books on the subject of letting go of the chatter in your head, but this blows them all away with concrete exercises and evaluations to gauge your mental toughness.
a must read
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-06
Review Date: 2004-12-06
if you've decided to open up that can of worms that is sports psych, then you really should read this gem. it is vastly superior to all his other books.
Mastering the Mental side of sports
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2004-01-04
Review Date: 2004-01-04
This book was given to me a few years ago by one of my coaches. This book is possibly the most helpful book that I have ever read. I am a goalie in ice hockey (15 years old) and have always been regarded as the hardest worker that people have ever seen. But when it came to big games, I clearly wasn't always my sharpest. Many coaches say that sports is 90% mental, but how can you improve your mental skills? Improving mental skills is not very physically demanding, but it does take commitment. Read this book and take this seriously! It could turn around your sports journey, or journey through life. It has for me and it is less than 200 pages! I highly recommend this book for any serious athletes of any age.
the bible
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-09-28
Review Date: 2001-09-28
suggested to me by a world cup winning athlete who owns and old out of print copy covered in tape to hold it together, this book is brilliant. my career as an elite athlete jumped a number of levels whilst reading it. his more recent book is nothing compared to this. go to your library and photocopy it, no one will sell it to you. it is the best.
The ultimate guide to mental control for sports!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-02-23
Review Date: 2001-02-23
James Loehr's book deserves 10 stars!
After reading many books on sports psychology and not getting anywhere, Mental Toughness Training for Sports guided me down the road to sporting success.
James Loehr explains what happens mentally to athletes during both great and terrible performances. You are then guided along analysing your own performances and gradually you gain more and more control over your mental and ultimately your physical performances.
This book is for the serious athelete, who has the patience to take the necessary steps required for success.
If you feel you are not producing your best in play due to mental obstacles, then this is the book for. It will change your life and give you control you thought only your opponents possessed.
Mentoring and Supervision For Teacher Development
Published in Paperback by Allyn & Bacon (1997-10-07)
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Fairly complete textbook & ref on Supervision & Mentoring
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1998-11-24
Review Date: 1998-11-24
This book is a fairly complete compendum of the history of teacher supervision, theories and recent practices. It is very well organized and informative for the researcher and practitioner alike. A good reference for experienced and novice field-supervisors and their mentee teachers.
Up tp date! Great layout, I liked the portfolio suggestion
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 1998-11-13
Review Date: 1998-11-13
I used this book to teach prospective supervisors of student teachers at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. This book has many features I found inviting to the learner. It has biographies of leaders in education--generally 1-2 pages in length followed by great reflective question. It has an introduction and a summary for each chapter that gains reader interest and reviews learnings as well. It has contemporary issues presented in a way that allows the reader to draw professional judgements--I did not feel I was being "told" what to think, nor did I feel "preached to". Great text!!
Excellent resource on mentoring for educators
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1998-11-29
Review Date: 1998-11-29
I used this book as a resource in a graduate level course on mentoring. It proved to be a comprehensive text on adult learning and learning theory in general. The case studies were poignant and highlighted the theories being discussed. The book does point out the need to reflect on one's practice which is often forgotten in the education field. This book comes highly recommended as an excellent textbook for mentoring classes at the graduate level in education. Even though it is comprehensive and therefore lengthy, the text is well indexed and can be easily used as a topical reference.
Great Resource Textbook for Field Supervisors & Mentors
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1998-11-26
Review Date: 1998-11-26
This book has a fairly complete background and history about teacher supervision and mentoring. Its academic and practical approach allows access for the classroom setting, field supervision scenario and practical tips for mentors and their mentees. It is both a research tool and practical tool for learning how to supervise, be a mentor and what the current thinking is on participatory action research & mentoring. The authors have brought together a workable blend of insightful case studies with theory. The result is a useful reference for field supervisors and their induction phase teachers.
Practical and helpful. A must for your mentoring library!
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 1998-12-01
Review Date: 1998-12-01
This book serves better as a handbook or manual for mentors or those interested in becoming mentors. It is not necessary to read the entire book unless you want to know more about the history and background of teacher development and its trends.
What I liked most about this book was that you can refer to any given part of the book that was of interest for guidelines and suggestions in mentoring. The authors provide you with various Development Activities to use with your mentees. Also, things that you can put together in your professional portfolio as a teacher or mentor.
There's a great move to using the Coaching Plan in supervision. There's a sample plan included. A plan of action is included along with follow-ups with dates. You can also assign special assignments or readings for mentees as a suggestion to improve certain skills.
The use of journal writing is highly encouraged and promoted. Various formats are provided. It is suggested that at the end of the month, you go back to reread your entries to look for ideas, themes or feelings that surface from these entries. It's a good way to reflect on your practice through this type of analysis of your journal entries.
The Mindful Coach: Seven Roles for Helping People Grow
Published in Hardcover by Ivy River Press (2004-04)
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Savor this book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-23
Review Date: 2007-03-23
I heard Doug speak. Then I read his book. As the title suggests, he helps us be mindful as we embrace opportunities to serve others. As a business coach, I found this book provocative. His drescriptions of 7 parts/ roles is insightful. And his wisdom flows deep, with applicable tips that you can use with others. I urge you to read this book slowly, and to discuss it with others.
Doug Gray, PCC, author of Passionate Action: 5 Steps to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work
Doug Gray, PCC, author of Passionate Action: 5 Steps to Extraordinary Success in Life and Work
Insightful and Practical Guide
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-07
Review Date: 2004-07-07
Doug has provided a clear and integrated model to assist people in understanding and applying some of the important skills in mindfulness and coaching. As a Global Executive Coach and mindfulness practitioner, I believe that executives from diverse backgrounds who are concerned with people development will find The Mindful Coach an insightful and practical guide.
Coaching as a True Profession
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-07
Review Date: 2004-07-07
Silsbee's writings challenge any coach to take his or her work to a whole new level. His system is profoundly ethical and personally demanding, ensuring gain for both the coach and the client. The more "coaching" rises to this level, the more honesty there will be in coaching as a true profession...and the more businesses would likely search for coaches skilled in Silsbee's methods.
Coaching As An Act of Service
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-06
Review Date: 2004-07-06
Doug Silsbee offers a rare perspective in writing for a business context. He speaks from a deeply personal experience of his own journey and how helping others must begin with looking at self.
This is a powerful book because it is written with a commitment to personal honesty, truth telling, and service. Doug makes a very strong case that this is what coaching is and should be all about.
This book breaks coaching out of the formula!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2004-07-07
Review Date: 2004-07-07
I love this book because instead of putting coaching into a series of formulas and canned techniques, Doug presents a holistic approach to coaching as a unique human interaction. The seven coaching roles he describes are useful and practical without being prescriptive, and the exercises really invite you to understand and know yourself as a canvas upon which the coaching conversation can happen.
Doug has written an important new perspective on coaching that all coaches, consultants, and managers can learn from. I highly recommend this book!
Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs
Published in Paperback by Kinship Communications (2002-12)
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Life-saving resource
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-03
Review Date: 2008-06-03
Our puppy was a serious resource guarder from day 1. Initially we couldn't get near her when she had anything, but now we easily "trade," even when she has something she loves. This book describes a nonconfrontational protocol for your dog to respect you and see you as the giver of good things, not as a threat.
Excellent
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-10
Review Date: 2007-01-10
It arrived very quickly and was brand new. I would order from this seller again.
great
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-17
Review Date: 2007-10-17
The book arrived faster than expected and in perfect shape. The information in the book has been just what we needed for the puppy we adopted. She had some of the worst resource guarding ever. In days you could a big improvement. She went from snapping and snarling at everyone over her food to being able to chew on a kong next to my other dog.
The only and the best book written on resource guarding
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-18
Review Date: 2007-04-18
Resource guarding, dogs growling or biting when food, toys, specific locations, etc. are approached is an extremely common problem. Jean explains in easy to understand terms how to modify this problem behavior. A must have for any professional trainer or any owner of a dog that resource guards.
Mine!: A practical guide to resource guarding in dogs
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 21 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-26
Review Date: 2005-01-26
I am so glad I finally found this book! It's a bit smaller than I would like but worth getting.
The Ministry of Motherhood: Following Christ's Example in Reaching the Hearts of Our Children
Published in Paperback by WaterBrook Press (2004-01-20)
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Jennifer
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Review Date: 2008-03-19
Review Date: 2008-03-19
I've read many books on parenting and motherhood. By far, the best one I have read. A must read for every mom, especially if you are feeling overwhelmed or insecure about motherhood. Very practical and easy to understand how to pass on these wonderful gifts to your children.
Great Book
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Review Date: 2008-02-08
Review Date: 2008-02-08
I'm really enjoying this book. It goes a little deeper than most parenting books. I think it's a great book for Christian Mothers.
Excellent, as usual
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-27
Review Date: 2007-03-27
This book is not only an encouraging and inspirational read, but also a great tool to add the the toolbag of every christian mom whose children are still home. So many parenting books inadvertently make the reader feel immensely guilty about their present parenting skills (or lack thereof), this is NOT one of those books! At the end of each section I felt incredibly uplifted and inspired to take their simple but profound "GIFTS" (Grace, Inspiration, Faith, Training, Service)and begin working in the lives of my children in new ways. I highly recommend this book as well as all of Clay and Sally Clarksons other works.
Life changing
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2004-06-20
Review Date: 2004-06-20
This book is a must have for moms who are seriously concerned and committed in raising their children. I love her approach to parenting as she helps you understand just why our children were created and the calling God has placed on their lives as well as your own. I had goals and proirities set for our family, and this book was instrumental in teaching me that my desires were, yes, admirable, but God wanted so much more. It taught me so so much.
A beautiful, inspiring book
Helpful Votes: 22 out of 22 total.
Review Date: 2004-02-06
Review Date: 2004-02-06
This is a beautiful book, full of inspiration. If your intention is to follow Jesus in your parenting as in other aspects of your life, but wonder what that would look in the day to day of parenting, that's what this book is all about. An experienced, thoughtful mother, Sally is full of encouragement from a mother who has been there and done that. When we feel, as mothers, that we can't give any more, Sally reminds us of the One who has gone before us and in Whom we find encouragement. She has many ideas for making a family lifestyle that incorporates Christian acts of hospitality, service, charity, prayer, discipleship and more. A lot of Christian parenting books are long on how to control your child and short on how to model a vibrant, meaningful Christian life that involves your children in ways they can understand. That's one of the many strengths of this book.
Moderate Drinking - Naturally!: Herbs And Vitamins to Control Your Drinking
Published in Paperback by People Friendly Books (2006-06-30)
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Alternative medicine works for alcohol abuse
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Review Date: 2008-02-24
Review Date: 2008-02-24
And this book proves it. Finally someone has let the cat out of the bag that alternative medicine has been used for centuries to conquer alcohol craving and alcohol abuse.
I'm happy drinkers have more options with this book. Now, in addition to cutting down or stopping, they can get a little extra help with the herbs and supplements in this book. Every drinker should own this book.
I'm happy drinkers have more options with this book. Now, in addition to cutting down or stopping, they can get a little extra help with the herbs and supplements in this book. Every drinker should own this book.
this book sends an important message . . .
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Review Date: 2007-08-10
Review Date: 2007-08-10
that message is we have to start thinking out of the box when it comes to
alcohol abuse treatment. i gave this book to a friend of mine who has a
drinking problem but was dead against stopping or going to AA. he was
receptive to this book because it gave him some organic alternatives to
drinking less. in other words it got him started doing something about
his drinking.
some people just need a little shove to do something about their drinking
and this book provided that little shove.
alcohol abuse treatment. i gave this book to a friend of mine who has a
drinking problem but was dead against stopping or going to AA. he was
receptive to this book because it gave him some organic alternatives to
drinking less. in other words it got him started doing something about
his drinking.
some people just need a little shove to do something about their drinking
and this book provided that little shove.
Brilliant! Why hasn't anyone written about this before?
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-20
Review Date: 2006-07-20
I'm a drinker who has struggled on and off with booze for years and I'm ecstatic someone has finally written about a more organic approach to problem drinking. This book gave me a different perspective. I was especially interested in how chinese and ayurvedic medicine treat drinkers and the concept of "balancing" my life so booze becomes less important and I drink less.
This book opened my mind up. I guess no ones written about alternative medicine to address alcohol abuse because the disease concept and AA are so deeply ingrained in the US.
This book opened my mind up. I guess no ones written about alternative medicine to address alcohol abuse because the disease concept and AA are so deeply ingrained in the US.
This Book Cuts Alcohol Cravings Without Prescriptions!
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-31
Review Date: 2007-07-31
I am so happy I came across this book at amazon. It's the only book I've
found that talks about how other alternative medicines and other cultures
view alcohol abuse and how to treat it. I was thinking about getting
prescription medication to cut the desire to drink but after reading this
I don't need to. There are lots of herbs to do that at the natural food
store. I've read Cornett's other book, 7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking:
How to Effectively Moderate Your Alcohol Intake, and she always covers
interesting things.
For me the vitamin and supplement part was the best. It talks about things
you can buy over the counter to cut craving. The Chinese and Ayurveda
medicine parts were really interesting too.
I realize this is only one take on problem drinking. But if you take these
suggestions in the book, along with her program in her other book to
improve your drinking habits you can cut craving and consumption without
prescription medicine.
found that talks about how other alternative medicines and other cultures
view alcohol abuse and how to treat it. I was thinking about getting
prescription medication to cut the desire to drink but after reading this
I don't need to. There are lots of herbs to do that at the natural food
store. I've read Cornett's other book, 7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking:
How to Effectively Moderate Your Alcohol Intake, and she always covers
interesting things.
For me the vitamin and supplement part was the best. It talks about things
you can buy over the counter to cut craving. The Chinese and Ayurveda
medicine parts were really interesting too.
I realize this is only one take on problem drinking. But if you take these
suggestions in the book, along with her program in her other book to
improve your drinking habits you can cut craving and consumption without
prescription medicine.
Unique Book!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2005-11-29
Review Date: 2005-11-29
This is one of the most interesting books I've read about alcohol abuse - it really offers a different take on problem drinking and how to fix it. It's the first book I've found which discusses how different alternative medicine approaches have treated alcohol abuse for centuries - long before AA came along.
Homeopathic, Chinese and Ayurvedic and western herbs are covered - explaining how each of these systems views alcohol abuse, how it develops and the best ways to treat it. Another major theme of the book is balance. If one's life is a balance of physical, mental and spiritual components, the less need there is for alcohol. Truly a fascinating read and helpful to me personally.
Homeopathic, Chinese and Ayurvedic and western herbs are covered - explaining how each of these systems views alcohol abuse, how it develops and the best ways to treat it. Another major theme of the book is balance. If one's life is a balance of physical, mental and spiritual components, the less need there is for alcohol. Truly a fascinating read and helpful to me personally.
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Starts explaining how to conect learning objectives with business' performance objectives. Explains how to develope learning objectives, design learning measures, check measures reliability and validity. Makes a clear, nice and easy to understand transition to how to analyze learning data, presenting several techniques to collect and process data. Designs job performance measures, and explains how to collect and analyze it. The whole book contains detailed examples, and from the beginning to the end are presented three case studies: 1. technical training program, 2. sales/customer service training program, 3. leadership development program. In each chapter, after presenting new concepts, the three case studies are developed based on the new concepts introduced.
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