Coaching Into Greatness: 4 Steps to Success in Business and Life

288 Pages·2006·1.88 MB·English

by  Kim George

C OACHING INTO
G R E A T N E S S
4 Steps to Success
in Business and Life
Kim George, B.S.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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More Praise for
Coaching Into Greatness
“Kim George does a masterful job shattering the illusions that keep us
from becoming our best selves. This smart, practical book will help you
move from struggling with scarcity to living a life of abundance.”
— Daniel H. Pink
Author of A Whole New Mind
“Einstein said that ‘Things should be made as simple as possible, not sim-
pler.’ In this delightful book Kim George helps us bring clarity, wisdom,
and optimal simplicity to our complex lives.”
—Michael J. Gelb
Author of Discover Your Genius and How to Think Like Leonardo Davinci
“This is a wise and inspiring book full of wonderful stories and practical
lessons you can apply as a coach—or to your own life.”
—Anita Sharpe, Co-Founding Editor and Chairman
Worthwhile Magazine, www.worthwhilemag.com
“I love this book! Coaching into Greatness breaks new ground with the
concept of Abundance Intelligence ™ . For the fi rst time, we have a sys-
tem that pinpoints where and how we’re living in scarcity. By redefi ning
abundance in tangible, practical terms, Kim George gives us a powerful
roadmap for claiming the greatness that is already ours.”
—Dr. Joe Vitale
Author of way too many books to list here, including The Attractor Factor
www.mrfi re.com
“Amazing! This is what was missing in my coaching and in my life. Long
before reading the fi nal chapter, I was using the concepts with my cli-
ents and achieving incredible results.”
—Garry Schleifer, CPCC, President
ICF Toronto
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“ Coaching into Greatness is a must-read for any business professional
seeking to improve performance. In my experience, the most critical
issue that sabotages entrepreneurs is having a ‘scarcity’ mindset instead
of an ‘abundance’ mindset. With her clear examples and straightforward
style, Kim George will help business professionals position themselves
for success in an ever-changing world.”
—Mike Garrison, VP
The Referral Institute®
“Business owners and leaders need Coaching into Greatness. If your team
is not focused on the impact of scarcity on the bottom line, you are losing
money, performance, productivity, and leadership. Coaching into Great-
ness is a must-read for all leaders and managers. Practical and doable, it
will bring the concept of abundance alive within your business.”
—Jay Fulcher, CEO
Agile Software
“Kim George challenges us to be our great selves, and sets forth a real-
istic path to that goal. What I found most useful was the distinction
between conditioned patterns (that keep us bound to scarcity) and con-
scious patterns (that free us to move towards abundance)—these are
powerful models to reframe how you see (and act upon) your life.”
— Michael Bungay Stanier
Author of Get Unstuck & Get Going . . . On the Stuff That Matters, and 2006
Canadian Coach of the Year
“I love this book! Not only does Coaching into Greatness offer a new
paradigm for the future of the coaching industry, it will teach any
professional who’s responsible for the success of a team how to lead it
to greatness. Prepare yourself for some rather startling and marvelous
results.”
—Michael Port
Author of Book Yourself Solid, The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System
for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle
“Kim George has created the ultimate guide to stripping away our illu-
sions and maximizing our potential. Coaching into Greatness does a
great job of helping us truly live our joy.”
—Suzanne Falter-Barns
Author of Living Your Joy
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“This book works for coaches and at the same time it coaches all of us
with step-by-step ways to contact our immense greatness. I was especially
impressed with how Kim gave practical recommendations for dealing with
issues like control, caretaking, and fi nding ways to ‘fl ow.’ In doing so, she
is giving us a handbook for our personal and spiritual evolution.”
—David Richo
Author of The Five Things We Cannot Change: And The Happiness We Find by
Embracing Them
“Kim George’s four-step process is one of true greatness. Her simple and
easy approach produces amazing results. Whether you’re a coach, con-
sultant, client, or manager, Coaching into Greatness gives you the tools
to create abundance every day. Who wouldn’t want that?”
—Michelle Payne, Executive VP
Beyond Point B Consulting Group
“This book is a jewel! Coaching into Greatness teaches how to break
through all the illusions that have kept us bound from stepping into our
greatness.”
— Yasmin Davidds
Author of Take Back Your Power: How to Reclaim It, Keep It, and Use It to Get
What You Deserve
“Today’s smart clients want results they can measure. Coaching into Great-
ness will give you all the tools you need to serve your clients. Read this
book and absorb its message. It gives you the pragmatic and real world
insight you must have to bring your client’s highest visions to life.”
— Richard l. Reardon, President
R&R Business Development
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C OACHING INTO
G R E A T N E S S
4 Steps to Success
in Business and Life
Kim George, B.S.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
George, Kim.
Coaching into greatness : 4 steps to success in business and life / by
Kim George.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-78533-0 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0-471-78533-4 (cloth)
1. Success—Psychological aspects. 2. Success in business. I. Title.
BF637.S8G395 2006
158—dc22 2005037204
Printed in the United States of America.
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