Download or read book Executive Coaching in Strategic Holistic Leadership The Drivers and Dynamics of Vertical Development written by Antoinette Braks and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces executive coaches to developmental psychology and stage leadership development as a measure of coaching effectiveness. It explains how they can transform themselves and their clients by applying a holistic system stage shift with 8 drivers of transformational change. The stages within adult development/vertical learning is one of the fastest growing trends in leadership development today yet there is no “go-to” book that provides a simple outline of the stages of development in terms of executive capabilities and role levels. There is also very little available on the drivers and dynamics of later stage development and how these can be leveraged through the course of executive coaching… until now. Executive coaching remains a growing field with little in the way of proven pathways to measurable outcomes. The “Figure-8 Holistic Energy Operating System Stage Shift”is inspirational. It is a highly innovative and integrative approach to stage development that liberates the mind, spirit and heart to realise our unlimited human potential.

Download or read book Executive Coaching in Strategic Holistic Leadership written by Antoinette Braks and published by Open University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces executive coaches to developmental psychology and stage leadership development as a measure of coaching effectiveness. It explains how they can transform themselves and their clients by applying a holistic system stage shift with 8 drivers of transformational change. The stages within adult development/vertical learning is one of the fastest growing trends in leadership development today yet there is no "go-to" book that provides a simple outline of the stages of development in terms of executive capabilities and role levels. There is also very little available on the drivers and dynamics of later stage development and how these can be leveraged through the course of executive coaching... until now. Executive coaching remains a growing field with little in the way of proven pathways to measurable outcomes. The "Figure-8 Holistic Energy Operating System Stage Shift"is inspirational. It is a highly innovative and integrative approach to stage development that liberates the mind, spirit and heart to realise our unlimited human potential.

Download or read book Better Business Better Future written by Elisabet Lagerstedt and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent read for entrepreneurs, corporate business leaders, board members, and strategists aiming to future-proof their business by integrating sustainability into the very core. This book offers a way forward, helps you understand the Sustainability Revolution, and provides valuable insights into the journeys and strategic choices of sustainability trailblazers such as Patagonia, Interface, Ørsted, Unilever, IKEA, Oatly, and others. Because you are not the first company to discover the potential in doing well by doing good, or as William Gibson said: "The future is already here - it's just not very evenly distributed". Still, many wicked problems urgently need innovative solutions. Solutions that the world of business is particularly well equipped to address through the ingenuity, creativity, collaboration, and resources that it can so often call forth more effectively and efficiently than other human organizations. Here and now, this requires a move beyond business as usual and a transformation into Better Business.

Download or read book Executive SOS written by Antoinette Braks and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Executive SOS shows you how you can transform your leadership capacity from high Achiever to inspiring Strategist and join the ranks of the top 5% of Executive Leaders. It shows you how to transcend conventional operating norms that have you stuck on a treadmill and break free to become an inspiring strategic leader. The book includes a series of case studies so that you can see what a transformational difference it made to seven senior executive coaching clients. Every intelligent, successful, regular Senior Executive has the latent capacity to operate as a strategic inspiring leader. It's just obsolete organizational operating processes and practices that are holding you back. Executive SOS shows you how you can rise above the noise and unlock your creativity, double your productivity, empower your people, engage your stakeholders, lift your profile and achieve breakthrough results!

Download or read book Executive Coaching for Results written by Brian O Underhill and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of executive coaching is growing at an astonishing rate. Corporations are increasingly turning to coaching as an intervention, as it offers leaders and managers both on-the-job learning and built-in follow-up. But how can you make the best use of coaching within your organization? Executive Coaching for Results helps this critical leadership development method come of age. This is not a “how-to-coach book”—there are already plenty of those—but rather a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact of coaching to bottom-line results. Underhill, McAnally, and Koriath draw on their rigorous original research (through Executive Development Associates) with Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies such as Disney, IBM, UBS, Unilever and many others, and combine that with their years of industry experience to advance the state of the art. Executive Coaching for Results includes topics such as: Integrating coaching into your organization's overall leadership development strategy Locating and screening coaches worldwide Developing an internal coaching program Deciding which coaching assessments and instruments are appropriate to your situation Measuring the impact and ROI of coaching Following up after coaching Throughout, the authors provide numerous examples from major organizations such as Dell, Johnson and Johnson, Intel, and Wal-Mart. Offering practical learning, best practices, and illuminating case studies, this is the first definitive guide to the effective use of executive coaching in the corporate environment.

Download or read book Becoming an Exceptional Executive Coach written by Michael Frisch and published by AMACOM/American Management Association. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business management.

Download or read book Leadership Revolution written by Lori Mazan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform the next generation of talent into capable and productive leaders In Leadership Revolution: The Future of Developing Dynamic Leaders, distinguished executive coach Lori Mazan delivers an exciting new approach to leadership development tailor-made for the 21st century. Drawing on lessons learned from coaching top executives for 25 years and from democratizing executive coaching by founding a cutting-edge scalable leadership coaching firm, you’ll learn how to attract and retain talent by accelerating and individualizing their professional growth and how to re-think leadership in the new remote and hybrid work environment. You’ll also discover how to help your staff flourish by relying on a sense of community and shared purpose, even when they’re working from a distance. The book includes: Concrete, hands-on strategies for becoming a leader who develops other leaders Ways to avoid the creation of a gap between the upper echelon of executives and high-potential managers and grow a diverse leadership pipeline Techniques for carefully considering a potential leader’s skills, experiences, and interests while moving them up the leadership ladder Deep understanding of how leadership coaching opens the door to breakthrough thinking and results How to move from the traditional focus on measuring activities to measuring and cultivating true developmental and organizational impact An invaluable and practical strategy guide for leadership and talent development, Leadership Revolution is the perfect resource for managers, executives, coaches, and other business leaders looking for proven ways to shape the next generation of leaders in their firms.

Download or read book Executive Coaching For Results written by Brian O. Underhill and published by . This book was released on 2008-12-03 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive guide to using executive coaching in organizations: based on the authors’ rigorous original research with dozens of leading companies; includes extensive case studies, examples of coaching tools, advice on measuring ROI and much more. The field of executive coaching is growing at an astonishing rate. Corporations are increasingly turning to coaching as an intervention, as it offers leaders and managers both on-the-job learning and built-in follow-up. Human resource and leadership development practitioners must wade through a wilderness of conflicting information about when to use coaching, how to do it well and how to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and success of any coaching intervention. Executive Coaching for Results helps this critical leadership development technique come of age. This is not a how-to-coach book—there are already plenty of those—but rather a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact of coaching to bottom-line results. Underhill, McAnally, and Koriath draw on their rigorous original research with Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies such as Dell, Sony, Johnson & Johnson, Disney, Unilever, Wal-Mart and many others to cover topics like coaching as part of an overall leadership development strategy; typical activities and instruments used during coaching; costs of coaching; development of an internal coaching program; selection of the right coach for the job; the ROI of coaching; follow-up after coaching; and much more. Offering practical learning, best practices and illuminating case studies, this is the first definitive guide to the effective use of executive coaching in the corporate environment.

Download or read book Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart written by Mary Beth A. O'Neill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart "In this book, O'Neill brings form and structure to the art of executive coaching. Novices are provided a path while seasoned practitioners will find affirmation." —Daryl R. Conner, CEO and president, ODR-USA, Inc. "Mary Beth O'Neill's executive coaching gave me the tools and clarity to become a far more effective leader and change agent. The bottom line was that we succeeded with a monumental organizational turnaround that had seemed impossible to accomplish." —Eric Stevens, former CEO, Courage Center "O'Neill writes in a way that allows you to see this experienced coach in action. What a wonderful way to learn!" —Geoff Bellman, consultant and author, The Consultant's Calling "Mary Beth brings a keen business focus to coaching by not just contributing insights but through helping me and my team gain the insights that we need to solve our own problems. She has the ability to see through the sometimes chaotic dialogue and personalities in order to help a team focus on the real issues and dynamics that can impede organizations from achieving their goals." —John C. Nicol, general manager, MSN Media Network "Effective leaders require courage, compassion, and initiative. O'Neill's systems-based coaching serves as a guide for both coaches and executives to better enable good decisions and good decision-makers." —Paul D. Purcell, president, Beacon Development Group "With Mary Beth O'Neill's coaching, I've become the kind of leader who balances both the needs to get results and to develop great working relationships. Since I started working with her, I've won accolades as the Top Innovator for my company, and as Professional of the Year for my industry. More important, I've been able to scope my job in a way that allows me to learn and contribute at the same time, all the while delivering great results to the bottom line." —Lynann Bradbury, vice president, Waggener Edstrom

Download or read book On Becoming a Leadership Coach written by C. Wahl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on coaching leaders in the context of the organizational systems within which they lead, drawing on the curriculum of the Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Certificate Program, one of the premier coach training programs in the world and the only one with this particular focus.

Download or read book The Source of Leadership written by David Traversi and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership is failing in many forums and failing at an increasing rate as technology accelerates and complicates our existence. Inside, you’ll discover the keys – the source – to embodying and performing the well known but highly elusive traits and functions, respectively, of the high-impact leader. You’ll learn how to develop eight personal drivers, energies deep within, each of which drives several of the traits and functions of the high-impact effective leader: •Presence, •Clarity of thought, emotion, and behavior •Openness •Intention •Personal responsibility •Intuition •Creativity •Connected communication With the burgeoning trend toward seeking a deeper grounding personally as a means of performing better professionally, The Source of Leadership is the early "defining voice" of this new leadership discipline. (See www.thesourceofleadership.com)

Download or read book Destined to Lead written by K. Wasylyshyn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a field that's crowded with how-to coaching books and academic tomes on organization/leadership behavior, Destined to Lead breaks away from the crowd with its specificity and candor on how real cases unfolded in the hands in one of the world's most respected pioneers of executive coaching.

Download or read book Effective Leadership written by Len Sperry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will interest clinicians who have wondered what professional practice would be like in the corporate setting and want to learn more about the psychological and organizational dynamics that 'drive' executive behavior. Based on the premise that leadership effectiveness is a function of both leader productivity and health, this book reviews the latest information and research data and offers case studies to illustrate specific strategies for maximizing executive health. Len Sperry has been consulting to executives and organizations for 30 years and has written numerous articles and several books on executives and workplace dynamics.

Download or read book Developing Leaders by Executive Coaching written by Andromachi Athanasopoulou and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Executive coaching is a professional and personal development intervention that organizations introduce to address and improve those areas in managers and leaders behavior, attitude, and interactions with others that do not allow him/her to work at full potential and also to further improve one's own strengths. The end objective, besides the development of the managers and leaders, is for the organization to benefit in the long-run from the coachee's improved performance. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the executive coaching field both in terms of practice and in terms of relevant research on executive coaching outcomes. It assesses the empirical research on executive coaching outcomes and links the executive coaching field with the fields of leadership and leadership development. The book will be of value to both practitioners (coaches, HR professionals, executives, consultants etc.), academics and researchers with an interest in coaching or leadership development.

Download or read book Coaching that Counts written by Dianna L. Anderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the field of business coaching has expanded and evolved over the last decade, many different approaches to business coaching have been created. The authors of Coaching that Counts have written a practical, readable guide for developing, delivering and measuring high value business coaching. Coaching that Counts, combines insights and practical experience about how to achieve transformational change through the strategic application and evaluation of leadership coaching. The book provides expert guidance and is organized into three sections: - -Part one looks at proven client-centered approach to coach leaders within an organization with a focus on creating value for the individual. -Part two shows how to effectively manage coaching as a business initiative. -Part three provides knowledge, ideas and tools to evaluate the monetary and intangible value of coaching.

Download or read book Powerful Executive Coaching written by John Mattone and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful Executive Coaching delivers a concise, but powerful look to how to coach current leaders and high potentials to their optimal success levels. Leaders can make or break a company—which is why coaches are so crucial. Effective coaching can ensure that executives reach their peak potential and drive organizational results. Powerful Executive Coaching delivers a concise, but powerful look to how to coach current leaders and high potentials. It goes straight to the core components of successful coaching: assessing and enhancing the essential inner-core attributes (i.e., resilience, empathy, creativity) and outer-core skills and competencies (i.e., decision-making, critical thinking, communication) required of excellent leaders. Including carefully selected worksheets and tools, Powerful Executive Coaching explains some of the most critical skills, such as how to: handle a coaching intervention • prepare individual development plans • structure and conduct coaching effectively • interpret feedback • deal with resistance • and promote self-awareness. It’s just what you need, and only what you need, to get started on high-impact coaching that will drive leaders to success.

Download or read book Advancing Executive Coaching written by Gina Hernez-Broome and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Advancing Executive Coaching "Rich in content, this book is an impressive and varied review of the field of coaching from a notable assembly of authors. It is thought provoking yet practical, and represents an important contribution to a fast-moving field. A must read for anyone interested in executive coaching and all organizations that want to implement coaching " —Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach and author of the New York Times best-sellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There "This excellent book on executive coaching takes the reader on an exciting journey of discovery and explores the link between practice and research. A great resource for HR professionals and coaches." —Professor Stephen Palmer, Ph.D., director of the Coaching Psychology Unit, City University, London, United Kingdom "If you are looking for a solid evidence-based book on leadership and executive coaching – look no further. From tools and techniques, to theoretical frameworks and practice advice on how to implement and measure leadership coaching – it's all here. A must-have for the novice and experienced executive coach alike. Enjoy!" —Anthony M. Grant, Ph.D., director, Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Sydney "The book offers both tested strategies and techniques and an exploration of emerging issues and new directions." —Cindy McCauley, Ph.D., senior fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership "The editors have compiled an 'all-star' roster of authors who tackle issues from implementing and evaluating coaching programs to maximizing the effectiveness of individual coaching relationships. This book will be a must have for anyone interested in world-class executive coaching." —Kurt Kraiger, Ph.D., 2010 SIOP President, Professor and Director of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Program at Colorado State University