Coaching Leaders is written for coaches who are in the challenging position of working with leaders and helping them excel as the top executives and managers in their organizations. The book is filled with illustrative examples from Daniel White’s practice as a successful executive coach. His clients’ stories reveal the human drama of becoming a leader and explore the courageous and fascinating accomplishments these individuals have achieved in order to grow professionally. These stories also clearly show how a skilled coach adjusts to meet an individual client’s personality and targeted challenge. Coaching Leaders includes a wide variety of effective coaching concepts and the information needed to guide leaders and help them maintain the motivation to change; battle anxiety, fear, and resistance; and achieve emotional intelligence.
Table of Content
Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xxi
The Author xxiii
Part One On Leaders and Leadership 1
Chapter 1 Why Coach Leaders? 3
Chapter 2 What Is Leadership? 11
Part Two The Practice of Coaching 59
Chapter 3 The Nature of Coaching 61
Chapter 4 The Process of Behavioral Change 75
Chapter 5 The Phases of Change 84
Chapter 6 Self-Knowledge 109
Chapter 7 Motives for Change 122
Chapter 8 Steps in the Coaching Process 130
Chapter 9 Coaching Skills and Techniques 154
Chapter 10 Coaching Perspectives 181
Chapter 11 Forces That Interfere with Growth 201
Chapter 12 The Timing of Learning and Change 217
Part Three Coaching Applications and Marketing 223
Chapter 13 Distinctive Approaches to Coaching 225
Chapter 14 Coaching Themes Familiar and Unique 240
Chapter 15 The Business of Coaching 281
Bibliography 290
Index of Cases 299
Index 303
About the author
Daniel White is the managing director of Discovery Consulting, a firm specializing in coaching and training leaders. He also leads a training group for new coaches and founded a learning group for senior coaches.
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