This book updates and expands the original CfL by revising existing chapter contributions, adding contributions to reflect changes in practice, offering well-researched best practices, and providing additional guidance and tools from the greatest leadership coaches from around the world. Where the original CfL did a great job of offering initial thoughts on the nascent field of coaching leaders, this new edition not only brings the field up to date, it shares much-needed best practices both emerging and well-known practitioners. In addition to expanding the foundation of research and theory by top thinkers from the first book — including Schien, Ulrich, and Hersey, this book will feature a lot more of what works and what doesnt. In addition, each chapter will address a proven application, offer key principles of practice, as well as key learning points. In addition to revising and updating key chapters from the original, this new edition covers new concepts, such as: Addresses reasons for the rise of leadership coaching . Discusses who a coach should be to clients. Shows when coaching is necessary and when it will help the most. Explains what the different coaching styles are and what the various practices entail. Shows how coaching applies in different situations in businesses today. Describes how to engage HR professionals in the process. Demonstrates how to manage leadership coaching programs. Illustrates how to make leadership coaching align with key OD values, such as dignity and collaboration. Shows how to articulate the Return on Investment conversation between HR and Finance Shows in great detail how to make Process Consultation work in leadership coaching. Also, this new edition features contributions from the best emerging practitioners. Designed to provide authoritative, tried and tested how-to-do-it guidance, it is packed with best practices, sample scenarios, case studies, and hands-on tools.
Book Details:
- Author: Marshall Goldsmith
- ISBN: 9780470332481
- Year Published: 2006
- Pages: 288
- BISAC: BUS030000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Human Resources & Personnel Management
About the Book and Topic:
This book updates and expands the original CfL by revising existing chapter contributions, adding contributions to reflect changes in practice, offering well-researched best practices, and providing additional guidance and tools from the greatest leadership coaches from around the world. Where the original CfL did a great job of offering initial thoughts on the nascent field of coaching leaders, this new edition not only brings the field up to date, it shares much-needed best practices both emerging and well-known practitioners. In addition to expanding the foundation of research and theory by top thinkers from the first book — including Schien, Ulrich, and Hersey, this book will feature a lot more of what works and what doesnt. In addition, each chapter will address a proven application, offer key principles of practice, as well as key learning points. In addition to revising and updating key chapters from the original, this new edition covers new concepts, such as: Addresses reasons for the rise of leadership coaching . Discusses who a coach should be to clients. Shows when coaching is necessary and when it will help the most. Explains what the different coaching styles are and what the various practices entail. Shows how coaching applies in different situations in businesses today. Describes how to engage HR professionals in the process. Demonstrates how to manage leadership coaching programs. Illustrates how to make leadership coaching align with key OD values, such as dignity and collaboration. Shows how to articulate the Return on Investment conversation between HR and Finance Shows in great detail how to make Process Consultation work in leadership coaching. Also, this new edition features contributions from the best emerging practitioners. Designed to provide authoritative, tried and tested how-to-do-it guidance, it is packed with best practices, sample scenarios, case studies, and hands-on tools.
Since the release of the CfL, coaching has dramatically increased in popularity and emerged as a field in which leaders around the world are engaged as both as coaches and as coachees. The understanding of what executive coaching is and how it can increase leaders effectiveness has not grown, however, as fast as the application of this process. While there is no one “best approach” to coaching, there are some proven techniques and tools that the best coaches use. In addition to revising popular existing chapters — and adding new ones to reflect changes in the field of practice — this new edition offers best practices, tools, and prescriptive guidance to help practitioners coach leaders.
Update on a Classic Text: The original Coaching for Leadership was invaluable and timeless compilation of theory and thoughts from some of the world’s best thinkers. Each author offered something that helped coaches, leaders, and executives alike understand what coaching is and what it can become. This revised edition brings the same audience up to date with emerging trends and new learning in the field, such as coaching styles, HR engagement, managing the process, alignment with key OD values, Return on Investment, and applying Process Consultation to leadership coaching. Makes Practical the Theoretical: This new edition not only updates and expands the original text, it gives readers a genuine understanding of how coaching works, why it works, and how leaders can make the best use of the coaching process with case studies from proven applications, prescriptive guidance, and tools to help implement programs. Best Practices with a Twist. For either internal or external coaches, this book features great coaching examples — from change management to career development, from working with Human Resources to coaching for staff development. While others best practice titles research different approaches to their topic and then select a best practice or benchmark, this book actually discourages the reader from simply copying something that worked for someone else somewhere else. The expert contributors not only share their best work, they have their clients indicate the benefits. In addition, each contribution provides distilled principles of best practice and an understanding of where and how to apply these principles. In addition to examples and guidance, this new edition offers acuity. Coach for Coaches. There is no one “best approach” to coaching, but there are some proven techniques and tools that the best coaches use. Using the organizing structure of the best-selling original, this new edition aims to helps coaches choose, plan, and implement proven techniques and methods. It works like a “coach for coaches.” Leadership Coaching is Hot. As so many leaders will be retiring over the next several years — especially in the U.S. and Canada — the need for an updated, comprehensive, “best-in-field” guide to coaching leaders will be more important than ever. Big International Upside. There is massive hunger for good material across Europe, which is about two years behind the US and is ready for this new material now. This new edition brings in top European authors to contribute chapters and case studies. Biggest Names in Field. The contributors list features internationally-known experts, including: Edgar Schein, Jim Kouzes, Barry Posner, Chip Bell, David Ulrich, and Beverley Kaye.
About the Author
Marshall Goldsmith is a world authority in helping successful leaders achieve positive, measurable change in behavior: for themselves, their people and their teams. The American Management Association has recently named Marshall as one of 50 great thinkers and business leaders who have influenced the field of management over the last 80 years. He was featured in: The Wall Street Journal as one of the top ten executive educators, Forbes as one of five most-respected executive coaches, the Economist as one of the most credible consultants in the new era of business, The Business Times (of Asia) as one of 16 major thought leaders in his field and Fast Company as America’s preeminent executive coach. Marshall is a founding director of A4SL – The Alliance for Strategic Leadership, the world’s most successful leadership coaching network. He is a founder of the Russell Reynolds executive advisors network. He is a partner with Hewitt Associates in providing global executive coaching. He served as a member of the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation for ten years. Aside from his corporate work, Marshall donates substantial time to non-profit organizations. He has been selected as an American Red Cross “National Volunteer of the Year.” He has published 18 books, including: The Leader of the Future (a Business Week “Top 15” best-seller), The Organization of the Future (a Library Journal “Best Business Book” award winner), The Leadership Investment (won a Choice award as an “Outstanding Academic Business Book. He resides in Ranch Santa Fe, CA. Laurence (Larry) Lyons specializes in coaching directors and senior executives. Lyons was described by Henley Management College as a leading authority on organizational development, and by the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development as an internationally renowned expert on technology, business and work. A former technical director at Digital, Lyons brings over twenty years industrial and commercial experience to his coaching practice. Larry Lyons is editor and co-author of the widely acclaimed landmark coaching book Coaching For Leadership: How The Worlds Greatest Coaches Help Leaders Learn. He is also co-author of the best-selling book Creating Tomorrows Organization and has written for journals and books including Leader to Leader and The FT Handbook of Management. Lyons is a sought-after public speaker, and is frequently quoted in the media. Dr. Lyons is a member of associate faculty at Henley Management College (UK) where he is Director of Research of the Future Work Forum. He is a member of The Drucker Foundation Thought Leaders Forum and is a partner at The Learning Partnership, Ltd. He resides near London, UK.