Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach: Use Your Knowledge, Experience, and Intuition to Help Leaders Excel
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814437583 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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“…gives all coaches at whatever level fresh ideas about how to improve their skills, also provides business leaders a good understanding of what to expect from an executive coach.” --Kansas City Leadership Examiner "if you are thinking about pursuing a career in this field, Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach is a great resource” --Love to Know Jobs & CareersSelected by Ready to Manage as one of the Top 20 Best Books on Coaching and Mentoring 2012
Refreshingly open perspective There are many books on coaching. Yet, to me the most immediately valuable aspect of this book was the concept of creating your 'Personal Coaching Model' - the thing which differentiates you from millions of other practitioners out there. Also, in accepting that there are several different types of executive coach and discussing a rationale for segmentation of the market, where you may fit and why.Contrast this with many books which provide only the author's solutions and are really designed to sell methodologies in a licensed business model.Further, the book. A great resource for coaches I have plodded through too many coaching articles and books that are dry and academic, or that are too elementary. This book holds your interest in the stories the authors provide from their own coaching and supervision experiences, and through their insights on how to motivate change.There are many tips and ready-to-use tools. I enjoyed the tips on delivering feedback and the tool for heightening self-awareness of diversity and how that impacts coaching.This is a book I will turn to repeatedly in my own consulting practice.. Diane Ducat said For the novice and seasoned coach. For the novice coach, Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach is clearly a valuable resource. Its description of coaching reflects the authors' years of experience and deep knowledge about the field. They give a clear picture of the coaching process, showing what it takes to have a successful coaching engagement and how to steer clear of the many pitfalls that can derail it. For the more seasoned coach, this book functions well as a kind of self-assessment tool for your current practice. The topics range from practical matters, such as how to design effective
Tools include charts, development plans, contracts, and more, plus ongoing discussion of the role of coaching in organizational contexts.. The book begins with the foundation for executive coaching: definitions, competencies, and topics. Exceptional coaches draw on their professional experience, knowledge of organizationally relevant topics, strong helping skills, coaching-specific competencies, and most important, their ability to use their own intuition in the service of the client. Readers will examine the core content areas crucial in any coach's work, from engagement and goal setting to needs assessment, data gathering, feedback, and development planning-and then learn how to combine that knowledge with the unique perspective they bring to the table as individuals in order to achieve maximum coaching effectiveness. Coaching is more than simply learning a process and set of skills. Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach is the first book that brings all of these elements together to guide readers in developing their own personal model of coaching. Each chapter includes a case study that brings the practice of coaching to life