Self-Coaching Leadership - Simple Steps From Manager to Leader

Informationen zum Autor ANGUS MCLEOD PhD is a renowned and well respected coach and author of Performance Coaching: The Handbook for Managers, HR Professional and Coaches (2003), Me, Myself, My Team: How to Become an Effective Team Player Using NLP (2000) and numerous journals articles. Angus continues to influence the coaching profession through his on-line mentoring service 'Ask Max' and leadership of The Coaching Foundation, an organization that offers career development opportunities to professional coaches. He is a competitive rower, an advanced trainer in motorcycling and a passionate cook. For more information please contact Klappentext Generally, leadership is about influencing people to make big things happen. Management is a process of organizing people to get things done. They are different skills, but equally critical to success in today's workplace. The key is to know which approach works best in which situation.Written in a clear, simple style, Self-Coaching Leadership redefines and demystifies the journey to leadership. Angus McLeod's no-nonsense thinking, straightforward approach and practical tools enable readers to more easily identify when a leader is needed - and coach themselves toward improved influence, performance and effectiveness. Zusammenfassung Generally, leadership is about influencing people to make big things happen. Management is a process of organizing people to get things done. They are different skills, but equally critical to success in today's workplace. The key is to know which approach works best in which situation.Written in a clear, simple style, Self-Coaching Leadership redefines and demystifies the journey to leadership. Angus McLeod's no-nonsense thinking, straightforward approach and practical tools enable readers to more easily identify when a leader is needed - and coach themselves toward improved influence, performance and effectiveness. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations xi About the author xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxiii PART ONE LEADERSHIP OF SELF 1 1 Time 3 Lock-in syndrome 5 Fire-fighting 7 Busy heads 12 The step back 12 Busy bodies 13 Silent time for reflection 20 2 Life balance 27 Where there is a will, there is a way 28 Honoring jobs done 34 3 Personal goals 37 The pre-goal method 37 The Stretch Zone 42 4 Wheel of work 47 Segments of the wheel 47 5 Solution thinking 55 Deep Thought solutions 57 Flexible thinking and the multiple intelligences 59 6 Applying personal changes 63 Reducing work time 64 PART TWO INFLUENCE: LEADERSHIP OF OTHERS 67 7 Widening and narrowing attention 69 Further questions 69 Changes: Overt motives made clear 73 8 Rapport skills and building trust 75 Rapport skills 76 Beginnings, middles and ends 77 Honoring and celebration 82 Mindsets for rapport and trust 84 Trust 86 9 Relationship building: putting it together 89 10 Leadership qualities 93 Traits, trust factors and people skills 93 Trust factors 94 Trait: Clear communicator 96 Trait: Straight-talker 100 Trait: Flexibile 101 Trait: Reliable and consistent (TF) 104 Trait: Accepts responsibility (TF) 106 Trait: Discrete (TF) 108 Trait: Credible 108 People skill: Listens intently 119 People skill: Understands others 136 People skill: Supportive (TF) 137 People skill: Interested in me (TF) 139 11 Other influencing skills of the leader 141 Accommodation, compromise and collaboration 142 12 Mindsets for leaders 153 13 Motivation 155 ...

List of contents

List of illustrations xi
 
About the author xiii
 
Preface xvii
 
Acknowledgments xxiii
 
PART ONE LEADERSHIP OF SELF 1
 
1 Time 3
 
Lock-in syndrome 5
 
Fire-fighting 7
 
Busy heads 12
 
The step back 12
 
Busy bodies 13
 
Silent time for reflection 20
 
2 Life balance 27
 
Where there is a will, there is a way 28
 
Honoring jobs done 34
 
3 Personal goals 37
 
The pre-goal method 37
 
The Stretch Zone 42
 
4 Wheel of work 47
 
Segments of the wheel 47
 
5 Solution thinking 55
 
Deep Thought solutions 57
 
Flexible thinking and the multiple intelligences 59
 
6 Applying personal changes 63
 
Reducing work time 64
 
PART TWO INFLUENCE: LEADERSHIP OF OTHERS 67
 
7 Widening and narrowing attention 69
 
Further questions 69
 
Changes: Overt motives made clear 73
 
8 Rapport skills and building trust 75
 
Rapport skills 76
 
Beginnings, middles and ends 77
 
Honoring and celebration 82
 
Mindsets for rapport and trust 84
 
Trust 86
 
9 Relationship building: putting it together 89
 
10 Leadership qualities 93
 
Traits, trust factors and people skills 93
 
Trust factors 94
 
Trait: Clear communicator 96
 
Trait: Straight-talker 100
 
Trait: Flexibile 101
 
Trait: Reliable and consistent (TF) 104
 
Trait: Accepts responsibility (TF) 106
 
Trait: Discrete (TF) 108
 
Trait: Credible 108
 
People skill: Listens intently 119
 
People skill: Understands others 136
 
People skill: Supportive (TF) 137
 
People skill: Interested in me (TF) 139
 
11 Other influencing skills of the leader 141
 
Accommodation, compromise and collaboration 142
 
12 Mindsets for leaders 153
 
13 Motivation 155
 
Motivation: Under- and over-managing 156
 
Motivation: Mentoring and coaching 160
 
The 1-2-1 meetings 179
 
Facilitating all 1-2-1s 180
 
New staff 1-2-1 192
 
Understanding stress 195
 
Probing the Wheel of Work 197
 
14 My Own 1-2-1 209
 
15 Influencing peers and bosses 213
 
16 Strategic influence 217
 
What I need to communicate 217
 
The strategy for action 222
 
17 Managing meetings 223
 
Agenda frames for behaviors and outcomes 223
 
Meetings: Factoring for success 226
 
18 Developing Talent 233
 
Organizational character overview 234
 
PART THREE SELF-LEARNING FOR LEADERS 237
 
19 The Real Thing at work 241
 
Being and doing 244
 
Recalibrating authenticity for work 248
 
Maintaining progress 254
 
20 Self-awareness for leaders 255
 
Feedback for leaders 256
 
21 Emotional Intelligence 263
 
Working to improve EI 266
 
Epilogue 275
 
References 277
 
Index 279

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"Angus McLeod has produced a Master Companion for every executive. Leadership can be learned and this book is a highly effective and easy way to learn it." (Richard Denny, CEO, The Richard Denny Group)
"This book is a 'must read' for busy people interested in being better leaders, managers or in improving their overall quality of life." (Edward Fahy, Senior Manager, DuPont, Wilmington, DE)
"Dr McLeod's book is brilliant in its simplicity and packed with no-nonsense thinking and common sense." (Will Thomas, author of 'Coaching Solutions' and 'Coaching Solutions Workbook')
"Angus has written a rich and practical book that brings together a great breadth of knowledge, understanding and experience while making sure that there is much that the reader can take away and do. For anyone at all interested in the sort of Leadership that actually makes a difference this is a 'must read'." (Myles Downey, founder of The School of Coaching and author of 'Effective Coaching')
"Angus McLeod offers strategies for challenging and or supporting the key governors of growth and development in the organization." (Judith DeLozier, co-founder of NLP)
"...so many new models and processes to use it felt like Christmas." (Karen Donley, HR Director, MBDA, BAe)
"Comprehensive, compelling and readable." (Michael Byrne, CEO, QBC., Eire)
"McLeod has done it again, he has produced a self-improvement guide for leaders which is as simple as it can be but no simpler." (Professor David Megginson, Professor of HRD, Sheffield Hallam University)

Product details

• Authors: MCLEOD, Ai Mcleod, Angus I McLeod, Angus I. McLeod, McLeod Angus I.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2007
• EAN: 9780470512807
• ISBN: 978-0-470-51280-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Ratgeber Wirtschaft, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Business Self-Help, Wirtschaft /Ratgeber