Activating Your Ambition: A Guide to Coaching the Best Out of Yourself and Others - Hardcover

Mike Hawkins

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934812412 ISBN 13: 9781934812419

Publisher: Brown Books Publishing Group, 2009

Synopsis

It has long been said that you can do anything you put your mind to. Yet in this groundbreaking book, Mike Hawkins reveals the flaw in this traditional thinking. While believing you can do something is critical, it is insufficient on its own. Based on over twenty-five years of practical experience in executive coaching, leading people, consulting, selling, and now as a coach to coaches, Mike Hawkins explains what it truly takes to influence people, change behavior, and achieve sustainable results. By reading Activating Your Ambition, you will discover how easy it can be to learn new skills, overcome bad habits, and improve performance. You will find out how to conquer the primary obstacles to improvement, how to move outside of your comfort zone, and how to turn your ambitions into realities. The eight principles of Activating Your Ambition show you how to build confidence, be more successful at work, improve your health, and enhance your relationships. You will have clarity in your goals and be well on your way to focused improvement and long-term success. Whether you are coaching yourself, others, or simply looking for insight into what it takes to be successful in working with people, you will find this book an invaluable resource.

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About the Author

Mike Hawkins is a seasoned executive coach and expert in helping people reach their goals. He is president of Alpine Link Corporation, where he has become a respected practitioner, speaker, and thought-leader on self-improvement, business improvement, and leadership. He has a reputation for consistently leading organizations and individuals to higher levels of achievement. Prior to founding Alpine Link Corp., he developed his practical perspectives on behavioral change through his own personal victories in self-improvement together with his unique combination of experience in engineering, sales, and senior management. He has worked in many industries, including management consulting, information technology, financial services, manufacturing, construction, energy, telecommunications, utilities, and nonprofits. Throughout Mike's career, he has accepted the toughest assignments and excelled in overcoming challenging issues. He truly understands not just what to do and why to do it, but how to do it. In his executive coaching experience and in turning around underperforming businesses, he has uncovered recurring root cause issues that limit performance. As a result, Mike has refined several frameworks including Activating Your Ambition, The SCOPE of Leadership, and Peak Potential Selling to help organizations and individuals break through their limitations and achieve new levels of success.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brown Books Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934812412
• ISBN 13: 9781934812419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328