water-the-flowers Title Water the Flowers not the Weeds
Author Fletcher Peacock
Publisher Open Heart Publishing (out of print but copies available through Amazon.co.uk)
ISBN 978 0 9688 10200
Usefulness 5/5
Sometimes I think we are subtly seduced by complication, and since coaching has developed as a major management discipline, hundreds if not thousands of titles have proliferated to satisfy the interests of a large market.

Theory, academic texts and case studies all have their place, however it’s refreshingly delightful once in a while to come across a book that has no pretensions, doesn’t present the basics of coaching as some complicated science and is written from the heart.

Water the Flowers is one such book: simply written and immediately appealing. The few but important principles are beautifully illustrated, and get to the heart of what coaching others is all about. Their impact loses nothing in this translation from Peacock’s original French text.

Reading this book reminds you that coaching isn’t a reserved right for a trained “master” or coaching specialist, but may often be applied
most powerfully by those who take its “helping others” approach to heart.

Water the Flowers is an inspiring introduction to the principles underpinning solution focused coaching and, for that matter, solution focused living. Thoroughly recommended.