Are you someone who is in the corporate world and looking for a concise book that will identify pointers to help you get ahead? Looking for a book that will guide you in the right steps to take to get on the path to improvement? Then Corporate Coach Approach: A Systemic Guide to Career Development by Nicole Fronek is going to be a book you’ll want to check out.
Corporate Coach Approach is a very niche-driven book, as you probably guessed based on the title and subtitle. This book primarily focuses on those who are in the corporate world and who are looking to improve their standing in it. Now, while this may be true, there can be something for others outside of the corporate world if you’re willing to give this book a chance.
Corporate Coach Approach doesn’t dazzle the readers’ eyes with bright colors and fancy graphics. No, it’s a rather simple cover with a lot of grays, black, and muted colors. The cover is dominated by a half-circle platform where a black scale sits. Readers will notice that the scale is perfectly balanced. On one side are 6-7 books ranging in size. On the other side is one book – Corporate Coach Approach.
Now, we know what you’re thinking. Is the author implying that Corporate Coach Approach is equal to multiple other books about corporate and career development? If that is what author Fronek is saying…how true is this? Well, while we can’t speak to the overall validity of this subtle claim, we can say that this book has some good information.
Corporate Coach Approach starts off with a foreword and an introduction that aims to give readers some idea as to what they can expect from author Fronek. The foreword will warm readers up for how impactful this book can be through the eyes of someone who has “been there, done that.” The author of the foreword shares the influence that author Fronek has had on them through her expertise.
As Corporate Coach Approach moves forward into the introduction, this is where readers will begin to connect with author Fronek herself. In the introduction, author Fronek shares some information about herself and what drove her to write this career development guide. Author Fronek reveals how she would receive requests for insight and ways to make improvements from people all around her.
Interestingly enough, as she looked around she discovered, through the feedback from others, that other publications failed to be short and concise for what you need in the moment. So, the idea and inspiration was born to write Corporate Coach Approach. Author Fronek saw an opportunity and seized it. What resulted is a short but concise book that has targeted chapters to help readers make surgical improvements to advance themselves and their careers.
The introduction sets the stage for what readers can expect to get from this book. The introduction of Corporate Coach Approach also lets readers know at the tail end that you don’t have to read the entire book from cover to cover. See a chapter that you feel is more along the lines of what you need and are looking for? Feel free to turn there and dive right in! It’s all broken down in a way that lets you pick and choose what you need to discover right now.
Corporate Coach Approach is broken down into ten core chapters. Each chapter focuses on a specific element of the corporate world. Author Fronek kicks things off by talking about “personal branding”. Whatever path you find yourself on in life, this chapter is probably one that everyone can relate to in some form or another. Author Fronek takes time to point out the importance of an individual’s personal brand and how it can enhance your profile or damage it.
From there, author Fronek goes on to speak on Resumes. If you’ve ever had to make one of these (which would be most of us at some point and time in our lives) then you already know the importance of this. Author Fronek shares some pitfalls that she herself experienced in her younger years and how she learned to overcome them.
As author Fronek states in the introduction of Corporate Coach Approach, the first three chapters in help to set the groundwork in best establishing a professional identity. So, no matter who you are there is something for you in this book. So don’t let the title full you into thinking that this book’s complete target audience is those who are in the corporate world.
While we say that as Corporate Coach Approach proceeds forward, the book does become more concentrated and targeted towards those who are in the corporate world. Now, there might be a chapter here and there that pivots outside of the being solely “corporate” focused, but the majority remains just that.
Each chapter contains a healthy amount of information where the author shares her knowledge, and sprinkles in some of her own experiences. While we would have liked more of author Fronek’s personal experiences, she works to keep Corporate Coach Approach focused and relatively streamlined.
Overall, one could easily say that Corporate Coach Approach is a fresh take on the usual corporate collective of information. Author Fronek works to give readers exactly what they need without overwhelming them and getting bogged down in the minutia. The level of enticement this book yields up to readers is subject to personal preference. But the potential help it can offer is definitely there for those who wish to improve themselves.
If you are someone who is looking to make improvements without having to slog through book after book that leaves you more confused than the last, then Corporate Coach Approach just might be what you’re looking for. With less than 200 pages, easy to jump to the chapter that you feel fits you best in the moment, it comes off as a potential winner. If you know someone who is about to graduate and begin making their way into the corporate world, you can’t go wrong with passing this book on to them to give them a leg up in what’s ahead.
Pros:
- Easy to navigate.
- Informative
- Has engaging moments through shared experiences.
- List of best practices at the end of each chapter.
- While having a targeted audience does have some chapters that can help any who choose to pick this book up.
Cons:
- Has a mostly targeted audience since it is highly focused on the corporate world.
- Some grammatical errors
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