Coaching for High Performance: How to Develop Exceptional Results through Coaching

  • 1h 11m
  • Sarah Cook
  • IT Governance
  • 2009

Coaching for High Performance is intended to inspire IT managers with practical advice and tips on how to create a coaching environment in their department. Applying coaching skills in the IT workplace will help create an environment of high performance. Coaching enables people, improves performance and enhances the quality of work. Furthermore, it is a skill that is readily usable by all. It is a set of behaviors which can be used during a five- minute chat with a colleague or a direct report, during a one-to-one meeting, a performance review or as part of an IT project meeting.

About the Author

The author, Sarah Cook is the Managing Director of The Stairway Consultancy Ltd. She has 15 years' consulting experience specializing in executive coaching, leadership and change and a background in industry. Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, with an MA from Cambridge University and an MBA. She is an accredited user of a wide range of psychometric and personal diagnostic tools.

In this Book

  • Coaching for High Performance—How to Develop Exceptional Results through Coaching
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • What Is Coaching?
  • The Skills and Styles of Coaching
  • Models of Coaching
  • Effective Feedback
  • Contracting and Goal-Setting
  • Listening and Questioning Skills
  • Generating Options and Encouraging Change
  • Introducing Coaching to Your Environment
  • Bibliography
  • ITG Resources
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