Business Coaching (PDF)

The aim of this book is primarily to enable those wanting to invest
in coaching to be able to do so in the most effective way whether
they are doing this as an organisation or as an individual. It
illustrates the impact coaching can have and identifies changes in
leadership and management demands and expectations. We consider
what a coachee gets out of coaching, different formats for coaching
and its potential value at Board level, including for the Chief
Executive Officer, and for other individuals or groups such as new
recruits or those who have just been promoted. We look at the
difference between coaching and mentoring and the potential
benefits that both can have, especially in combination. We look at
how coaching programmes can be introduced effectively and how a
leader might introduce coaching in their organisation. We address
the international dimension with many organisations looking to
ensure that leadership is based on similar values throughout its
global reach. This book is unashamedly about business coaching.
Quality coaching engagement will impact into an individual's wider
life priorities and use of time and energy. But the effective
delivery of business priorities has to be at the basis of
introducing business coaching.

Chapter headings:

* Effective Engagement

* The Impact Coaching Can Have

* Coaching in Context: Changes in Leadership and Management
Demands and Expectations

* What Makes a Good Coach

* What a Coachee Gets Out of Engaging with Coaching

* Different Formats for Coaching

* Coaching and the Chief Executive

* Different Focuses of Individual Coaching

* The Difference Between Coaching and Mentoring

* Meeting Business Priorities

* Introducing Coaching Programmes in a Whole Organisation

* Running Coaching in Your Organisation

* The International Dimension