Coaching for performance : Growing human potential and purpose : the principles and practice of coaching and leadership / John Whitmore.
2009
331 W616
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331 W616
Title
Coaching for performance : Growing human potential and purpose : the principles and practice of coaching and leadership / John Whitmore.
Language
English
Author
Edition
4th ed.
Imprint
Boston : Nicholas Brealey, c2009.
Description
vi, 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
[Publisher description] Completely Revised 4th Edition of the 500,000 Copy Bestseller! Coaching is a way of managing, a way of treating people, a way of thinking, a way of being. Coaching has matured into an invaluable profession fit for our times and this fourth edition of the most widely read coaching book takes it to the next frontier. John Whitmore Good coaching is a skill that requires a depth of understanding and plenty of practice if it is to deliver its astonishing potential. This extensively revised and expanded new edition of Coaching for Performance clearly explains the principles of coaching and illustrates them with examples of high performance from business and sport. It continues to follow the GROW sequence (Goals, Reality, Options, Will) and clarifies the process and practice of coaching by describing what coaching really is, what it can be used for, when and how much it can be used, and who can use it well.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note
What is coaching?
The manager as coach
The nature of change
The nature of coaching
Effective questions
The sequence of questioning
Goal setting
What is reality?
What options do you have?
What will you do?
What is performance?
Learning and enjoyment
Motivation and self-belief
Coaching for meaning and purpose
Feedback and assessment
The development of a team
Coaching teams
Overcoming barriers to coaching
The multiple benefits of coaching
The challenge to leaders
The foundation of leadership
The qualities of leadership
Emotional intelligence
Tools of transpersonal psychology
The future focus of coaching.
The manager as coach
The nature of change
The nature of coaching
Effective questions
The sequence of questioning
Goal setting
What is reality?
What options do you have?
What will you do?
What is performance?
Learning and enjoyment
Motivation and self-belief
Coaching for meaning and purpose
Feedback and assessment
The development of a team
Coaching teams
Overcoming barriers to coaching
The multiple benefits of coaching
The challenge to leaders
The foundation of leadership
The qualities of leadership
Emotional intelligence
Tools of transpersonal psychology
The future focus of coaching.
ISBN
9781857885354
185788535X
185788535X
Location
Library Reading Room 331 W616
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