The Naked Coach: Business Coaching Made Simple

ISBN-13: 9781841127569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 312 str.

David Taylor

Opis

Bestselling author David Taylor returns with his take on business coaching. No fuss. No jargon. Just great ideas. The Naked Coach is the back-to-basics book on coaching that will make sense of coaching and place it back at the very heart of the business agenda. It will make understanding, learning and teaching coaching simple. The Naked Coach tells real, practical, fun, exciting and above all else relevant stories that you can apply straightaway. David Taylor strips away the hype, jargon and mystery to give coaching a clear definition in all its forms, including mentoring, training, facilitation and interventions of every kind. The Naked Coach explains coaching without being patronising, defines without being arrogant, and does it in a fun, accessible way. It is coaching from a different perspective - yours. The fundamental principle of The Naked Coach is to be yourself - always. Find what works for you, and do it, again and again and again. Remember. No fuss. No Jargon. Just great ideas.

Spis treści

Prepare .

One: Coaching from a Different Perspective Yours.

1 You, Here, Now.

2 The Obvious Secret.

3 The Deal, the Decision and the Day–to–Day.

4 Hit or Myth?

Two: Self–Coaching Applying The Formula to You.

1 Know Where You Want to Go.

2 Know Where You Are Now.

3 Know What You Have to Do, to Get to Where You Want to Go.

4 Do it!

Three: Your Coaching Relationships.

1 Finding a Coach for Yourself.

2 You as Coach.

3 Coaching Upwards (Including CEOs).

4 One Team, One Vision.

Four: Be a Truly Authentic Organization.

1 The Future Not What it Used to Be.

2 The Next Business Age An Agenda of Hope.

3 Ten Challenges A Thousand Choices.

4 The Perspectives.

Five: Coaching the World.

1 Life s Most Persistent Question.

2 The 21 Days.

3 It Starts .

4 The Answer s Yes What s the Question?

Six: Fulfi lling the Promise of Your First Few Seconds.

Hazel s Journey.

Index.

O autorze

For over 20 years, David Taylor has worked with people from all walks of life; from Chief Executives to professional golfers, FTSE 100 teams to charities, and with community and international leaders. David has a host of credits to his name, including Visiting Professor of Leadership at Warwick Business School and Business Ambassador to The Prince′s Trust. He has spoken at some of the world′s most prestigious events, from the Institute of Leadership and Management to the Mandela Foundation. He has run in–house events for companies ranging from Shell to SmithKline Beecham and Cisco to Tesco.
David has a circle of trust of many CEOs, HR Leaders and business leaders in the UK and in many countries across the world. He has a truly global reputation and his books have been translated in 14 languages. David has made regular TV and radio appearances, including 5Live, BBC1 and the Today programme. Please visit nakedleader.com for more information.

Blurb

David Taylor′s mission is simple. The Naked Coach is the back–to–basics book on coaching that will make sense of coaching and place it back at the very  heart of the business agenda.

It will make understanding, learning and teaching coaching simple. The Naked Coach tells real, practical, fun, exciting and above all else relevant stories that you can apply straightaway. David Taylor strips away the hype, jargon and mystery to give coaching a clear definition in all its forms, including mentoring, training, facilitation and interventions of every kind. The Naked Coach explains coaching without being patronising, defines without being arrogant, and does it in a fun, accessible way. It is coaching from a different perspective – yours.

The fundamental principle of The Naked Coach is to be yourself – always. Find what works for you, and do it, again and again and again.

Remember. No fuss. No Jargon. Just Great Ideas.