Executive coaching with backbone and heart : a systems approach to engaging leaders with their challenges / Mary Beth O'Neill.
By: O'Neill, Mary Beth
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BookSeries: Jossey-Bass business & management series.Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c2000Description: xxii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0787950165.Subject(s): Executive coachingDDC classification: 658.407124 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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If you've been looking for sound direction on how to coach top executives, here it is. In Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart, Mary Beth O'Neill outlines the dynamic approach to coaching leaders that she's developed over the course of a twenty-year career. Her unique perspective and sage advice, backed by a specific four-phase methodology, gives you the means to successfully manage the coach-client relationship and effect dramatic changes that ensure the business outcomes leaders' want. It's a one-of-a-kind guide for executive coaches--both aspiring and established--that fills a long-standing gap in coaching literature.
To read the preface from this book, click here.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index.
Part One: Core concepts: The coach's stance -- An introduction to executive coaching -- Developing a strong signature presence -- Systems thinking: Understanding challenges of the executive and coach -- The triangled coach: Being effective in the middle -- Part Two: The four phases of coaching -- Phase 1 - Contracting: Find a way to be a partner -- Phase 2 - Action planning: Keep ownership with the client -- Phase 3 - Live-action coaching: Strike when the iron is hot -- Phase 4 - Debriefing: Define a learning focus -- Part Three: Special applications -- Making a strategic transition to the role of executive coach -- Helping leaders effectively coach employees.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. xi)
- Acknowledgments (p. xix)
- The Author (p. xxi)
- Part 1 Core Concepts: The Coach's Stance (p. 1)
- 1. An Introduction to Executive Coaching (p. 3)
- 2. Developing a Strong Signature Presence (p. 17)
- 3. Systems Thinking: Understanding Challenges of the Executive and Coach (p. 41)
- 4. The Triangled Coach: Being Effective in the Middle (p. 67)
- Part 2 The Four Phases of Coaching (p. 89)
- 5. Phase 1--Contracting: Find a Way to Be a Partner (p. 91)
- 6. Phase 2--Action Planning: Keep Ownership with the Client (p. 115)
- 7. Phase 3--Live-Action Coaching: Strike When the Iron Is Hot (p. 133)
- 8. Phase 4--Debriefing: Define a Learning Focus (p. 149)
- Part 3 Special Applications (p. 171)
- 9. Making a Strategic Transition to the Role of Executive Coach (p. 173)
- 10. Helping Leaders Effectively Coach Employees (p. 189)
- Afterword (p. 207)
- Appendix 1 Assessing Your Coaching Effectiveness (p. 209)
- Appendix 2 Questions for Clients (p. 215)
- Appendix 3 Combining Coaching and Consulting for Powerful Results (p. 221)
- Notes (p. 231)
- References (p. 235)
- Index (p. 237)