The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

In Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact. Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples' potential. He unpacks sevenessential coaching questions to demonstrate how--by saying less and asking more--you can develop coaching methods that produce great results. Get straight to the point in any conversation with The Kickstart Question Stay on track during any interaction with The Awe Question Save hours of time for yourself with The Lazy Question, and hours of time for others with The Strategic Question Get to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge with The Focus Question and The Foundation Question Finally ensure others find your coaching as beneficial as you do with The Learning Question A fresh innovative take on the traditional how-to manual, the book combines insider information with research based in neuroscience and behavioural economics, together with interactive training tools to turnpractical advice into practiced habits. Witty and conversational, The Coaching Habit takes your work--and your workplace--from good to great. "Coaching is an art and it's far easier said than done. It takes courage to ask a question rather than offer up advice, provide and answer, or unleash a solution. giving another person the opportunity to find their own way, make their own mistakes, and create their own wisdom is both brave and vulnerable. In this practical and inspiring book, Michael shares seven transformative questions that can make a difference in how we lead and support. And he guides us through the tricky part - how to take this new information and turn it into habits and a daily practice." --Brené Brown, author of Rising Strong and Daring Greatly"Michael Bungay Stanier distills the essentials o... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 0978440749
  • ISBN: 0978440749
  • Brand: Ingramcontent
  • Manufacturer: Box of Crayons Press

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

  • ASIN: 0809230410
  • ISBN: 0809230410
  • Brand: McGraw-Hill Companies
  • Manufacturer: Contemporary Books

7 Keys To Being A Great Coach: Become Your Best and They Will Too

7 Keys To Being A Great Coach: Become Your Best and They Will Too

Discover the keys to coaching greatness! Regardless if you're just starting out as a young coach or you have a wealth of years in experience, this is one book you certainly can't afford not to read! McCaw's new book, "7 Keys To Being A Great Coach - Beyond the Xs & Os of Athletic Coaching", provides every coach and leader with the 7 keys to success in the sports and performance coaching game. World-renowned Sports Performance Coach & Keynote speaker, Allistair McCaw condenses the wisdom he's gained through more than 22 years of experience having worked with numerous Olympians, Grand Slam winners and World Champion athletes. "7 Keys to Being a Great Coach" includes an array of fascinating stories and examples from his own personal journey in competitive sports and coaching, what he's learned from working with some of the world's best athletes and coaches in the business, as well as insights into his methods of coaching. In his book, McCaw reveals the 7 vital keys he feels are the most important to being a great coach and leader. McCaw won't only motivate and inspire you to review and upgrade your coaching methods, but your lifestyle habits too! A highly recommended read for all coaches out there who aspire to be great! TESTIMONIALS: A great coach is not only someone who is knowledgeable and inspirational, but someone who can adapt to the individual and understand them. Allistair is one such coach.” – Jack Green (Olympic British Team 400m hurdler & European u/23 Champion) “I am happy to say that Allistair was a part of my career and had a great way of always making me believe in myself more.” – Dinara Safina (Former World #1 ranked Tennis player) “I try to emulate Allistair’s professionalism and standards everyday. He is a world-class performance coach and sports mentor.” – Delaney Collins (3x IIHF World Champion in Women’s Hockey & current Coach of Canadian National team programs) “This book is a must for any coach who wants to improve!” – D... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 0578179520
  • ISBN: 0578179520
  • Manufacturer: Allistair McCaw

Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life

Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life

REAL CHANGE IN REAL TIME—THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO WORKING WITH PEOPLE’S STORIES IN COACHINGThis is a rare book; it is grounded in both a deep academic rigor and a deep personal understanding of how people change. It is a treasure chest of information and insights based in over twenty years of experience. It will enable you to get to the crux of people’s issues in less time and help them make significant shifts in the moment. This book is an indispensable resource for anyone who works with people’s stories and wants to develop themselves so they have more impact.The tools and models are presented in simple and clear language. However, there is a depth here that offers a limitless guide for your learning. Narrative Coaching is timely because it works at the level of identities, addresses the collective narratives that shape our stories, and expands the roles and modalities we can use to bring about transformational change with individuals and teams.What is new in this edition:It goes deeper into attachment theory and applied mindfulnessIt offers design thinking as a framework for adult developmentIt shows how change is a naturally human and integrative processIt offers more examples and cases, e.g., how to coach without goals This book will both challenge you and inspire you to think in new ways about what is possible in your life and in your practice.

  • ASIN: B0779T2S1C
  • Manufacturer: CNC Press

Coaching Questions: A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills

Coaching Questions: A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills

The single most important skill in coaching is asking powerful questions. In this volume, master coach trainer Tony Stoltzfus joins with 12 other professional coaches to present dozens of valuable asking tools, models and exercises, then illustrates these coaching strategies with over 1,000 examples of penetrating questions. Covering the gamut from basic techniques like options and actions to advanced concepts such as challenge and reframing, Coaching Questions is a book that will find a home on any coach's short list of handy references. Coaching Questions: A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills includes: 1. Dozens of asking tools, models, and strategies. 2. The top ten asking mistakes coaches make, and how to correct each one. 3. Nearly 1200 examples of powerful questions from real coaching situations. 4. Destiny discovery tools organized in a four-part life-purpose model . 5. Overviews of 15 popular coaching niches, with a tool and examples for each. 6. A schedule of training exercises to help you become a "Master of Asking".

  • ASIN: 0979416361
  • ISBN: 9780979416361
  • Manufacturer: Coach22 Bookstore LLC

You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life

You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life

NFL head coach Mike Smith lead one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NFL history. In the season prior to his arrival in 2008, the Atlanta Falcons had a 4–12 record and the franchise had never before achieved back-to-back winning seasons. Under Smith’s leadership, the Falcons earned an 11–5 record in his first season and would go on to become perennial playoff and Super Bowl contenders earning Smith AP Coach of year in 2008 and voted Coach of Year by his peers in 2008, 2010 and 2012. You Win in the Locker Room First draws on the extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon—consultant to numerous college and professional teams—to explore the seven powerful principles that any business, school, organization, or sports team can adopt to revitalize their organization. Step by step, the authors outline a strategy for building a thriving organization and provide a practical framework that give leaders the tools they need to create a great culture, lead with the right mindset, create strong relationships, improve teamwork, execute at a higher level, and avoid the pitfalls that sabotage far too many leaders and organizations. In addition to sharing what went right with the Falcons, Smith also transparently shares what went wrong his last two seasons and provides invaluable lessons leaders can take away from his victories, success, failures and mistakes. Whether it’s an executive leadership team of a Fortune 500 company, a sports team, an emergency room team, military team, or a school team successful leaders coach their team and develop, mentor, encourage, and guide them. This not only improves the team, it improves the leaders and their relationships, connections, and organization. You Win in the Locker Room First offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at one of the most pressure packed leadership jobs on the planet and what leaders can learn from these experiences in order to build their own winning team.

  • ASIN: 1119157854
  • ISBN: 1119157854
  • Brand: WILEY
  • Manufacturer: Wiley

Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

Unlocking Potential: 7 Coaching Skills That Transform Individuals, Teams, and Organizations

To get the best from your employees, you need to be more than a manager. You need to be a coach.You’re a leader because you possess expertise in your field. You have the training and experience. You understand your business…but can you fully motivate and engage your team?Michael K. Simpson, a senior consultant to FranklinCovey, has spent more than twenty-five years training executives to become effective coaches, mentoring and guiding leaders and managers to encourage and develop the talent of their people—the most important asset in any organization. In this guide, you will acquire the skills to coach your personnel from the ground up, maximizing their potential on a personal level, as members of the team, and as contributors to the organization as a whole.Transform your business relationships (and your business) with this comprehensive tool for optimizing productivity, profitability, loyalty, and customer focus. Don’t just manage. Energize. Galvanize. Inspire. Be a coach.

  • ASIN: B00IO7QAI2
  • Manufacturer: Grand Harbor Press

Best Self: Be You, Only Better

Best Self: Be You, Only Better

New York Times Bestseller Foreword by Dr. Phil McGrawAsk yourself…are you truly who you want to be? Is this the life you really want? Are you living each day as your best self? What can you change, today?How would you answer those questions? Think about your daily life. Are you thriving, or going through the motions? Are your days full of work, relationships and activities that are true to your authentic self, or do you feel trapped on a treadmill of responsibility? If you dream of a better life, now is the time to turn your dream into reality. And the tools you need are within your grasp, to design a life that is fulfilling on the deepest levels. Best Self will show you how.Mike Bayer, known to the thousands of clients whose lives he has changed as Coach Mike, has helped everyone from pop stars to business executives to people just like you discover the freedom to be their best selves. By asking them and leading them to ask themselves a series of important but tough questions—such as “What are your core values?”  “Do you go to bed each day more knowledgeable than when you woke up?” and “Am I neglecting some aspect of my physical health out of fear or denial?”—he helps them see what their Best Selves and Anti-Selves really look like. As a mental health specialist, a personal development coach, and an all-around change agent, Mike has seen the amazing ways in which lives can improve with honesty and clarity.  He understands our struggles intimately, because he’s faced—and overcome—his own. And he knows that change is possible. By working through each of the Seven SPHERES of life—Social, Personal, Health, Education, Relationships, Employment and Spiritual Development—Best Self is an accessible and interactive book that distills all of Coach Mike’s wisdom into a compact, focused guide that will ignite anyone’s desire for change. Chock full of revealing quizzes, and full of provocative questionnaires, Best Self will empower you to embra... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 0062911732
  • ISBN: 0062911732
  • Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

Coaching for Breakthrough Success: Proven Techniques for Making Impossible Dreams Possible

Coaching for Breakthrough Success: Proven Techniques for Making Impossible Dreams Possible

A powerful new coaching method from Chicken Soup for the Soul co-creator Jack Canfield! Conveying his one-of-a-kind insight in the friendly, supremely organized way that has made him a household name, Canfield teams up with development guru Peter Chee to deliver the 30 top coaching principles you can put to use right away. Coaching for Breakthrough Success introduces the groundbreaking Situational Coaching Model, which provides coaches the flexibility they need to navigate seamlessly from one coaching paradigm to another.

  • ASIN: B00C4BDRB2
  • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Education

Live the Best Story of Your Life: A World Champion's Guide to Lasting Change

Live the Best Story of Your Life: A World Champion's Guide to Lasting Change

CHANGE CAN BE EASY. CHANGE CAN BE FAST.Do you want a new story? Most of us do. We are all looking to shift the stories in our lives. But the question remains: How?This book is the how. A result of thousands of hours of research from the best minds in the field of human potential, Live the Best Story of Your Life harnesses the power of your personal story and provides a guide to creating positive shifts in any area of your life.Bob Litwin, a leading performance coach on Wall Street and a World Champion tennis player, brings you 33 personalized coaching sessions that will help you reach new levels of success on every level of your life. Where therapy fails, his brand of storytelling is a faster, more effective way to lasting change.Live the Best Story of Your Life does not shift what we do, it shifts who we are. It will also show you how to:• Get clear on your old stories and learn to leave them in the past.• Discover the excitement and energy of your new story.• Access the 33 strategies followed by people who always seem to win at life.Are you on the cusp of a brand new story? If you can feel change brewing, if you want that change to be painless and almost instantaneous, Live the Best Story of Your Life is your hand to hold, your private coach, the map you’ve been waiting for to live the best story of your life.

  • ASIN: B01EE08NQY
  • Manufacturer: Hatherleigh Press