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Informationen zum Autor Robert Hargrove is chairman of Masterful Coaching, Inc., of Brookline, Massachusetts, and a former director of the Harvard Leadership Research Project. Hargrove focuses on inspiring and empowering executive leaders in business, government, and nonprofit sectors to make a difference in their world. He is the author of Masterful Coaching (from Jossey-Bass), Mastering the Art of Creative Collaboration , E-Leader , and other books. Michel Renaud is a senior partner in Masterful Coaching, Inc. He is the mastermind behind the acclaimed "Action Coaching" program, which is for people in groups. Klappentext Master the Process of Becoming an Extraordinary Leader "Imagine reading stories about extraordinary coaching conversations with leaders who have faced issues and problems just like yours-conversations that led to simple, powerful, but nonobvious solutions. Imagine the eye-opening insights and new openings for possibility and action that could be triggered in you as you read with your own commitments at stake . . . your own red-hot issues! We wrote this book with you in mind." - From the Introduction " Your Coach (In a Book) provides bang for the buck in terms of in-depth insights into the leadership, business, and career dilemmas that managers in all organizations face." - Tom Kaiser , president, Arch Insurance "You can read Your Coach (In a Book) cover to cover so as to simulate a year-long coaching program, or flip through it with your issues in mind and find the golden nugget and run with it. In either case it really delivers." - Richard Severance , senior vice president, ConocoPhillips "Robert Hargrove and Michel Renaud's Your Coach (In a Book) will make you feel like you have hired a masterful coach-at an affordable price-who will give you tremendous power and velocity in reaching your goals." - Debby Pindar , senior project manager, Khimetrics Inc. Zusammenfassung In this book acclaimed coach Robert Hargrove and his partner Michel Renaud engage the reader in a "conversation" about setting goals! making decisions! and taking action. Readers can follow along! as if they were attending regular "sessions" with their coach! or reference the information they need to deal with a particular situation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Our Leadership Manifesto- Better Leaders, Better World xi Introduction: Democratizing Coaching 1 1 What's the Opportunity in Coaching for You? 8 Part One: Your Extraordinary Business Challenge 23 2 Declare an Impossible Future- That Captures People's Imagination 39 Situation: How do you transform a climate of profound resignation into a climate of inspiration? What do you do with big aspirations and small resources? How do you shift from "running the business" to "creating the business"? Let us be your thinking partner here. 3 Face Reality- Identify What's Missing That, if Provided, Will Produce a Breakthrough 46 Situation: You declared your strategic intention and made great forward progress. Yet you have hit a wall and need to declare breakdowns to discover what is missing that will produce a breakthrough. Your masterful coach will offer you a powerful assist. 4 Create a Source Document- Vision, Major Milestones, Key Initiatives, Guiding Principles, and Methodologies 53 Situation: It was a terrific vision statement you came up with at the big meeting, but today it is just another good idea gone up in smoke. You keep asking yourself what's missing that will have impact. Your masterful coach has a great leadership tool to offer you. 5 Get Everyone to Formulate a Significant Business Challenge- Create Line of Sig...
