The Heart of Coaching: Using Transformational Coaching to Create a High-Performance Culture - Revised Edition - Softcover

Thomas G. Crane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966087402 ISBN 13: 9780966087406

Publisher: FTA Press, 2001

Synopsis

This "Revised Edition" reflects feedback from hundreds of readers and coaching workshop participants over the last several years. The new revised process model is more powerful and user-friendly than ever, and serves as a guide for establishing coaching relationships as well as HOW TO conduct the actual coaching conversation.

The premise of this book is simple: “As coaching becomes a predominant cultural practice...it will create a performance-focused, feedback-rich organization capable of creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.” This is the business case for coaching in today’s real world.

"The Heart of Coaching" introduces Transformational Coaching – a very powerful process for communicating performance feedback. It is a fundamentally different way of approaching how we work with others. It creates egalitarian, mutually supportive, high-trust relationships between people (Boss, Peers, and Direct Reports) that shifts from the traditional boss/subordinate/competitor roles to a partnership. “BOSSES" becoming "COACHES" forms the foundation for coaching to flow 360° throughout the culture.

Transformational Coaching is the requisite skill for today's leaders, managers, supervisors, and entire teams who choose to enhance their personal effectiveness and team performance.

About this title

From the Publisher

This book is destined to make an impact on the leadership styles and cultures of the leaders who read and apply this transformational approach. It will be an invaluable investment in developing contemporary leadership competencies in leading the three different generations working side-by-side in our organizations. Connecting with people to discover what makes them "tick" is a rich and underdeveloped source of genuine influence and power. Transformational Coaching provides the framework for creating this deeper level of trust and mutual support.

From the Author

In the years I have worked with leaders and their teams to create high-performance, no leaders have been more powerful and effective with people than the ones who have decided to become a coach. Shifting both mindset and skillset from being "The Boss" to being "The Coach" is one of the most powerful transformations a leader can make as they develop their capacity to lead.

THE BOSS pushes people for results, THE COACH lifts people to higher level of performance; THE BOSS tells people what to do, THE COACH asks questions to see what people feel should be done; THE BOSS unwittingly triggers insecurity, THE COACH consciously triggers creativity; THE BOSS knows the answers, THE COACH seeks the answers; THE BOSS wants to achieve compliance, THE COACH inspires commitment; THE BOSS is focused only on results, THE COACH balances focus on process and performance; THE BOSS tries to get the most from people, THE COACH works to get the best from people.

Edition details

• Publisher: FTA Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0966087402
• ISBN 13: 9780966087406
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224