Coaching Leaders: Guiding People Who Guide Others
- 4h 26m
- Daniel White
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2006
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.
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.
In this Book
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Coaching Leaders—Guiding People Who Guide Others
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Foreword
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Preface
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Why Coach Leaders?
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What Is Leadership?
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The Nature of Coaching
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The Process of Behavioral Change
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The Phases of Change
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Self-Knowledge
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Motives for Change
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Steps in the Coaching Process
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Coaching Skills and Techniques
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Coaching Perspectives
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Forces That Interfere with Growth
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The Timing of Learning and Change
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Distinctive Approaches to Coaching
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Coaching Themes Familiar and Unique
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The Business of Coaching
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Bibliography
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Index of Cases
