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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 ...
