Coaching for Leadership

Coaching for Leadership This is a significant addition to the authors' earlier works, and comes at a most timely point in the continuing evolution of corporate leadership. The complexities of today's business challenges are prompting leaders at all levels to seek out professional coaching support, and this book does a great job in exploring the options, insights, and practices. -Jon R. Katzenbach, founding partner, Katzenbach Partners LLC, and author, Why Pride Matters When it was published in 2000, Coaching for Leadership became an instant classic in the field of executive coaching. This second edition updates and expands on the original book and brings together the best executive coaches who offer a basic understanding of how coaching works, why it works, and how leaders can make the best use of the coaching process. This thoroughly revised edition reflects recent changes in coaching practices, includes well-researched best practices, and provides additional guidance and tools from the greatest leadership coaches from around the world. Each chapter in this important volume addresses a proven application, offers key principles of practice, and highlights critical learning points. A timely book, Coaching for Leadership covers important new concepts and Shows when coaching is necessary and when it is needed most Explains how different coaching styles embrace various practices Shows how coaching applies to different situations Describes how to engage human resource 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 negotiate the return on investment conversation between human resources and finance Details how to make process consultation work in leadership coaching. The second edition of Coaching for Leadership is a practical resource that is filled with best practices, sample scenarios, case studies, and hands-on tools.