Business Coaching: Achieving Practical Results Through Effective Engagement

258 Pages·2007·0.87 MB·English

by  Peter Shaw

BUSINESS
COACHING
Achieving Practical Results
Through Effective Engagement
Peter Shaw and Robin Linnecar

Business Coaching

BUSINESS
COACHING
Achieving Practical Results
Through Effective Engagement
Peter Shaw and Robin Linnecar
Copyright © Peter Shaw and Robin Linnecar 2007
First published 2007
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Shaw, Peter, CB.
Business coaching : achieving practical results through effective engagement / Peter Shaw and Robin
Linnecar.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84112-741-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Executive coaching. 2. Executives--Training of. 3. Leadership--Study and teaching. 4.
Management--Study and teaching. 5. Executive ability. I. Linnecar, Robin. II. Title.
HD30.4.S48 2007
658.4’07124--dc22
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Foreword xiii
Introduction 1
1 Effective Engagement 3
2 The Impact of Coaching 17
3 Coaching in Context: Changes in Leadership and Management
Demands and Expectations 33
4 What Makes a Good Coach? 47
5 What a Client Gets out of Engaging with Coaching 67
6 Different Formats for Coaching 85
7 Coaching Starts at the Top 101
8 Different Contexts where Coaching Can Make a Signifi cant
Difference 115
9 The Difference Between Coaching and Mentoring 133
10 Meeting Business Priorities 143
11 Introducing Coaching Programmes into an Organization 155
12 Running Coaching in Your Organization 183
13 The International Dimension 195
14 Engaging with the Future of Coaching 211
Annex 1: Introducing Coaching Programmes: Key Questions 223
Annex 2: Bibliography 227
Index 233
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