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Coaching for Leadership: Writings on Leadership from the World's Greatest Coaches, 3rd Edition

by Marshall Goldsmith, Laurence Lyons, Sarah McArthur

May 2012

Intermediate to advanced

352 pages

9h 37m

English

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Cover
Table of Contents
Title
Copyright
Foreword
Dedication
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments

About the Editors
Part I: Foundations of Coaching
Chapter 1: Coaching for Behavioral Change
Our “Pay for Results” Executive Coaching ProcessQualifying the Coaching ClientInvolving Key StakeholdersSteps in the Leadership Coaching ProcessThe Value of Behavioral Coaching for Executives
Chapter 2: Coaching at the Heart of Strategy
Observing the Coaching SceneThe Learning ExecutiveStriving for SuccessCoaching in PracticeExternal and Internal AgentsA Blueprint for Success
Chapter 3: Situational Leadership and Executive Coaching
Situational LeadershipThe Executive Coaching GuidePerformance Gap and Cause AnalysisLeading with QuestionsSummary
Chapter 4: Coaching and Consultation Revisited: Are They the Same?
Who Initiates the Coaching Relationship?Who Is Being Coached?In What Role Is the Client Being Coached?What Is the Actual Goal of the Coaching?Conclusion
Chapter 5: Demystifying the Coaching Mystique
What Can I Expect from My Coaching Experience?To Whom Can I Turn for My Coaching?Conclusion
Part II: Portrait of A Leader
Chapter 6: The Accomplished Leader
A Clear Focus on CoachingRequisite VarietyThinking Like a TheoristLearning by TheorySusan’s StorySystems Change AgentTheoretical FoundationsActing Like a ResearcherThe Hybrid Coach
Chapter 7: Writing for Leadership: Penning Your Leadership Voice
Where Do I Start?Music to Their Ears or Scratching Nails Across a Chalkboard?Conclusion
Chapter 8: Seeking Value in a Shattered World of Work
Generation WhyTalking About My Generation
Chapter 9: The Right Stuff of Leadership
Why Presence MattersCoaching for Leadership PresenceHow Leaders Can Practice Implementing Leadership PresencePerception of PresenceA Note on GenderPresence to PurposeCreating “Followership”Things to Do to Develop Your Presence
Chapter 10: The Purposeful Leader: A Purpose Checkup
Meaning Matters“What Gets You up in the Morning?”The Ultimate Test for Leadership: Success with Fulfillment
Chapter 11: When Leaders Are Coaches
Set Clear StandardsExpect the BestSet the ExampleIt’s About Caring
Part III: Challenges and Forces of Change
Chapter 12: Awareness Coaching for Men and Women
Coaching WomenCoaching Men
Chapter 13: Coaching to Empower
Coaching in the Sports ArenaCoaching in the Diversity ArenaThe Viability of Empowerment CoachingInitial Steps
Chapter 14: Leading Across National Boundaries
Chapter 15: Coaching for Governance
The Stormy Seas of Business LeadershipTough at the TopThe Governance ContextCoaching for GovernanceIdentifying NeedIdentifying Providers
Chapter 16: Leadership Insight: Going Beyond the Dehydrated Language of Management
A Leadership of PossibilityLeadership Insight: Seeking Wisdom Through ReflectionAspiring to Leadership That MattersReflection: Coming Back to Your Unique PerspectiveSources of WisdomPainting Leadership: Going Beyond the Dehydrated Language of ManagementStill Life: An Invitation to ReflectReality in Translation: Asking the Right QuestionsThe Fierce Urgency of Now
Part IV: Recognizing and Developing High-Potentials
Chapter 17: Coaching for Engagement and Retention
Chapter 18: Coaching Future Lawyer-Leaders: A Case Study
Elon’s Leadership Development Program
Chapter 19: Team Building Without Time Wasting
Steps in the ProcessWhy This Process Works
Chapter 20: Leaders Building Leaders: High-Potential Development and Executive Coaching at Microsoft
What Led Microsoft to Make the ChangeMicrosoft Bench Leaders Building Leaders—The New High-Potential Development ExperienceCoaching as a Primary Development Component for Hi-Po Development at MicrosoftConclusion
Chapter 21: The Care and Feeding of Hi-Po Leaders
The Hi-Po ParadoxHamlet for Hi-Pos: Its Relevance and Relationship to Situational Leadership®Meeting Them Where They Are
Chapter 22: Mentoring Is Circular
Part V: Into Action
Chapter 23: Effectively Influencing Decision Makers: Ensuring That Your Knowledge Makes a Difference
Chapter 24: From the FastForward Playbook: Successfully Transition into Bigger Roles
Moving Up: What Matters MostThe Leader’s JourneyAccelerating Success in New Roles: Actions You Can Take
Chapter 25: Strength in Numbers: The Advantage of Being a Top Team
Top Teams Versus High Performance TeamsDeveloping the High-Potential Leader
Chapter 26: Double Your Value
Chapter 27: Creating Winners in the Career Game: What Every Player and Coach Needs to Know
The Moves That Matter MostNow the Next Move
Part VI: Coaching Models and Tools
Chapter 28: Coaching Tools for the Leadership Journey
Leadership Is a JourneyThe Relationship Mapping ToolThe Leadership Point of ViewAn Inspirational Leader
Chapter 29: Try FeedForward Instead of Feedback
Eleven Reasons to Try Feed Forward
Chapter 30: Three Types of Hi-Po and the Realise2 4M Model: Coaching at the Intersection of Strengths, Strategy, and Situation
The Hard-Wired Hi-PoThe Hard-Working Hi-PoThe Humble Hi-PoHelping the Hi-Pos: The Realise2 Strengths ModelCoaching Hi-Pos with the Realise2 4M ModelThe 3S-P Model: Performance at the Intersection of Strengths, Strategy, and Situation
Chapter 31: Coaching High-Potential Women: Using the Six Points of Influence Model for Transformational Change
Ascending the Corporate LadderThe Six Points of Influence Model for Transformational ChangeGetting Started with the Six Points of InfluenceCase Illustrations of the Six Points Model at WorkConclusionA Call to Action
Part VII: Coaching For Leadership—Premium Web Content
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ABOUT THE EDITORS

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has recently been recognized as the most influential leadership thinker in the world in the Thinkers50/HBR global biannual study. He has also been described in American Management Association as one of the top fifty thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past eighty years; in the Wall Street Journal as one of the top ten executive educators; in Forbes as one of the five most-respected executive coaches; in the Economic Time (India) among the top CEO coaches of America; in Fast Company, called America’s preeminent executive coach. Marshall is one of a select few executive advisors who have been asked to work with over 120 major CEOs and their management teams. He is the ...

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