Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance

We are all looking for answers to the challenge of building talent in our organizations and enhancing the performance of our team members. Finding the solution to this complex puzzle begins with Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance and the Coaching TIPS²TM Model developed by CMOE.

Whether you are in the private or public sector, or work in a for-profit or not-for-profit organization, leaders are essential in engaging people, unleashing their motivation, and helping them live up to their potential. Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance demystifies coaching by immersing you in the specific skills that are required of all world-class coaches and explains what you need to do to get started on enhancing your own coaching skills.

Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance provides you with the fundamentals of business coaching and teaches you how to apply the skills quickly in your own organization. You won t read about how a tennis, soccer, or golf coach achieves results, or about how you can apply the latest parenting trend at work. Instead, Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance offers simple and timeless truths about how leaders and managers should talk to their team members, employees, or colleagues about business results and job performance.

The basis for this book, CMOE's Coaching TIPS²TM Model, is a proven process for coaching others effectively in the workplace. The Model developed out of years of research on the habits and behaviors of the most successful coaches working in challenging job environments. Drawing on our decades of inquiry and investigation, we designed our Coaching TIPS²TM Model to be a concise, easy-to-understand, highly applicable guide for navigating through all kinds of coaching interactions.

Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance is a compact read with sound and practical advice for today s fast-paced world. If you are uncomfortable coaching others or feel confused about how and who to coach (and what to coach on), the examples, case studies, and specific, actionable steps contained within this book will leave you feeling more at ease and motivated to begin the coaching process with your team members. Some of the coaching principles explored in this book will validate what you already do well in your coaching interactions; others may surprise and enlighten you. Regardless of your position in the organization or the industry in which you work, you will be able to clearly see the path to success by coaching others to improve their performance and results using Coaching for Results: The 5 TIPS that Drive Performance and CMOE's Coaching TIPS²TM Model.

Dr. Steven Stowell is the Founder and President of the Center for Management & Organization Effectiveness (CMOE). Founded in 1978, CMOE specializes in management, leadership, and organization-development services. Steve has designed and delivered workshops and customized learning experiences for many of the world s largest companies, non-profit and government agencies, in over 30 countries. He spends much of his time helping leadership teams become strategically and operationally aligned.

Steve's expertise is in facilitating, training, and delivering high-impact learning experiences that are designed to help senior-leadership and executive-leadership teams develop the skills required to transform organizations into high-performance, team-oriented entities; assist leaders with defining their strategic direction; and improve relationships among teams that face serious challenges and issues. Steve also spends time coaching senior leaders and executives on a one-on-one basis to help them further develop their leadership skills and maximize their levels of performance on the job. He has co-authored nine other books. Steve and his wife Debbie live in Salt Lake City, Utah and have four children.

Cherissa Newton has spent her career developing results-focused training programs, conducting research on leadership topics, and designing assessments and simulations for delivery in workshops and learning experiences. Cherissa comes from a dual corporate and clinical background, and the intersection between her experience with business and psychology affords her a unique perspective on developmental and performance improvement coaching.

In addition to the Coaching TIPS²TM workshop that is based on the principles in this book, Dr. Stowell and Cherissa have co-designed leadership-development workshops on many other topics, including courses on Executive Coaching, Mentoring, Train the Trainer, Leading Innovation, Training and Developing Employees, and Stress and Change Management. Cherissa lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with her husband Bret and their three children.

Eric Mead is a Senior Facilitator and Consultant at CMOE and specializes in delivering customized learning and development solutions, executive coaching, and strategy for organizations of all sizes and across many industries. With over 20 years of experience in organization development and effectiveness, Eric has facilitated retreats and workshops across the globe on a wide variety of topics: Strategic Thinking, Coaching Skills, Building High-Performance Teams, Managing Conflict, Personal Effectiveness, and Leadership.

Eric is especially passionate about one-on-one leadership development and executive coaching. In addition to his consulting work, Eric assists with the design and development of organizational case studies, leadership and employee assessments, and training materials that help individuals and leaders at all levels. His primary focus is helping leaders, team members, and organizations find their edge, increase their capacity for results, and provide tools and resources that make operational and strategic success a reality. Eric lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife Stephanie and their three daughters.