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Coaching for Leadership: The Practice of Leadership Coaching from the World's Greatest Coaches, 3rd

Coaching for Leadership The Practice of Leadership Coaching from the World's Greatest Coaches, 3rd Edition

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  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 9780470947746
  • Published In: April 2012
  • Format: Hardback , 352 pages
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    Praise for Coaching for Leadership

    "What a resource! In Coaching for Leadership, the world's best coaches come together to present an advanced tutorial on the art of coaching. Anyone interested in becoming an executive coach, either as an individual practice or within his or her organization, must immediately buy and read this essential hands-on guide"
    Sally Helgesen, author The Female Vision and The Web of Inclusion

    "This exceptional book is a must read for individuals at all levels of organization. Coaches, HR managers, and executives hoping to become coaches will benefit greatly from the concepts, practices, and techniques brought to light in Coaching for Leadership."
    Vijay Govindarajan, professor at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth; best-selling author of The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge

    "This book is very important and valuable for executives who are reaching retirement and moving into another important area of contribution: coaching others to become effective executives. It is no less significant for corporate HR executives who are increasingly called upon to manage coaching interventions on behalf of their companies' leaders."
    D. Quinn Mills, professor, Harvard Business School

    "Coaching for Leadership explores powerful new ways to motivate your entire organization. Individuals at every level of the company will benefit from the concepts in this book."
    Ken Blanchard, author, Leading at a Higher Level and The One-Minute Manager

    "It's the single best collection of writings and writers on executive coaching."
    Warren Bennis, distinguished professor of business administration, University of Southern California, author, On Becoming a Leader, and coauthor, Geeks and Geezers

  • Foreword xiii

    Dedication xxi

    Preface to the Third Edition xxiii

    Preface to the Second Edition xxvii

    Preface to the First Edition xxxi

    Acknowledgments xxxv

    About the Editors xxxvii

    PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF COACHING 1

    1 Coaching for Behavioral Change 3
    Marshall Goldsmith

    2 Coaching at the Heart of Strategy 10
    Laurence S. Lyons

    3 Situational Leadership and Executive Coaching 24
    Paul Hersey and Roger Chevalier

    4 Coaching and Consultation Revisited: Are They the Same? 35
    Edgar H. Schein

    5 Demystifying the Coaching Mystique 44
    Dave Ulrich and Jessica K. Johnson

    PART II: PORTRAIT OF A LEADER 55

    6 The Accomplished Leader 57
    Laurence S. Lyons

    7 Writing for Leadership: Penning Your Leadership Voice 71
    Sarah McArthur

    8 Seeking Value in a Shattered World of Work 78
    Nathan Lyons

    9 The Right Stuff of Leadership 88
    John Baldoni

    10 The Purposeful Leader: A Purpose Checkup 96
    Richard J. Leider

    11 When Leaders Are Coaches 102
    James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner

    PART III: CHALLENGES AND FORCES OF CHANGE 111

    12 Awareness Coaching for Men and Women 113
    Sally Helgesen

    13 Coaching to Empower 121
    R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.

    14 Leading Across National Boundaries 131
    Dr. Terence H. Kwai

    15 Coaching for Governance 138
    Anna Bateson

    16 Leadership Insight: Going Beyond the Dehydrated Language of Management 148
    Nancy J. Adler

    PART IV: RECOGNIZING AND DEVELOPING HIGH-POTENTIALS 163

    17 Coaching for Engagement and Retention 165
    Beverly Kaye and Beverly Crowell

    18 Coaching Future Lawyer-Leaders: A Case Study 172
    John Alexander

    19 Team Building Without Time Wasting 180
    Marshall Goldsmith and Howard Morgan

    20 Leaders Building Leaders: High-Potential Development and Executive Coaching at Microsoft 186
    Shannon Wallis, Brian O. Underhill, and Carol Hedly

    21 The Care and Feeding of Hi-Po Leaders 204
    Paul Hersey

    22 Mentoring Is Circular 210
    Frances Hesselbein

    PART V: INTO ACTION 215

    23 Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference 217
    Marshall Goldsmith

    24 From the FastForward Playbook: Successfully Transition into Bigger Roles 223
    Patricia Wheeler

    25 Strength in Numbers: The Advantage of Being a Top Team 229
    Lawrence S. Levin

    26 Double Your Value 238
    Mark C. Thompson and Bonita S. Buell-Thompson

    27 Creating Winners in the Career Game: What Every Player and Coach Needs to Know 244
    Stephen A. Miles and Nathan Bennett

    PART VI: COACHING MODELS AND TOOLS 251

    28 Coaching Tools for the Leadership Journey 253
    Ken Blanchard, Madeleine Homan Blanchard, and Linda Miller

    29 Try FeedForward Instead of Feedback 264
    Marshall Goldsmith

    30 Three Types of Hi-Po and the Realise2 4M Model: Coaching at the Intersection of Strengths, Strategy, and Situation 270
    Professor P. Alex Linley and Nicky Garcea

    31 Coaching High-Potential Women: Using the Six Points of Influence Model for Transformational Change 279
    Barbara Mintzer-McMahon

    PART VII: COACHING FOR LEADERSHIP—PREMIUM WEB CONTENT 291

    The following materials are available for download from www.pfeiffer.com/go/GoldsmithCF3

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    32 Ten Suggestions for Successful Peer Coaching
    Robert M. Fulmer and John E. Brock

    33 Coaching Executives for Succession: A Three-Phase Approach
    Linda D. Sharkey

    34 Why 360s Don’t Work and How They Can
    Marc Effron and Miriam Ort

    35 Leadership and Power: Where Responsibility Makes the Difference
    Bruce Lloyd

    36 Coaching Executives: Women Succeeding Globally
    Nancy J. Adler

    37 Coaching the Coaches
    Dave Ulrich

    Notes 293

    Index 303

  • Marshall Goldsmith, Ph.D., is one of a select few executive advisors who have been asked to work with over 120 major CEOs and their management teams. A million-selling author, his books include the New York Timesbestsellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There, a Wall Street Journal #1 business book and Harold Longman Award winner for Business Book of the Year.

    Laurence S. Lyons, Ph.D. specializes in global change initiatives and director coaching in large organizations. A former technical director at Digital, Lyons brings over 20 years hands-on industrial and commercial experience to his coaching practice. He is the author of this book's companion edition, The Coaching for Leadership Case Study Workbook, which features Dr. Fink's Leadership Casebook and includes A Guide to Organizational Life which presents a new management paradigm that is applicable to the 21st Century.

    Sarah McArthur is founder of *sdedit. With nearly two decades of experience in the publishing field, she is an expert in the field of management, leadership, and executive coaching writing. She is co-editor of the Choice Top 10 Leadership Title, The AMA Handbook of Leadership.

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