John Brekke is one of the nation's most veteran executive coaches. He has worked with the top executives in some of the world's most prestigious companies including, 3M, General Growth Properties, Pfizer, Wells Fargo, Cigna, and Honeywell. But this was not always so.... John spent much of his youth working on a farm in Northern Minnesota plowing, seeding and bailing hay. Under the tutelage of his Uncle George he learned about more than just farming, he learned about life. Building on both his experience growing up on a farm and his many years of work with some of the nations top executives,...

John Brekke is one of the nation's most veteran executive coaches. With three decades of business experience, he has worked with the top executives in some of the world's most prestigious companies including, 3M, General Growth Properties, Pfizer, Wells Fargo, Cigna, and Honeywell. In this book John introduces the world of executive coaching. The professional coach will learn perspectives, values and methods which will help them become more effective. The "coach wanna be" will learn about the nature of executive coaching and will be better able to assess if it is for them. The senior...

Cot ton top - A person with hair so lightly colored so as to be mistaken for white. It's the 1950s, the cold war rages, the 4-H Spooktacular looms, and the piglets are in the garden again. Almost 14 year old John Lawrence "Cottontop" has been sent to live with his uncle and aunt after the death of his father. Here on the farm, he slops pigs, milks cows, goes fishing when it rains, and every month learns the words from the Reader's Digest "How To Increase Your Word Power." In this heartwarming tale Cottontop searches for truth at a time when truth has become uncertain. He is aided in his quest...