Coach Me! Your Personal Board of Directors: Leadership Advice from the World’s Greatest Coaches is an ebook that offers an invaluable source of advice for managers, executives, and business leaders. It is a collection of contributions from 52 of the world’s leading management thinkers, each exploring a critical issue in leadership, covering topics like self-awareness, communication, interpersonal relationships, emotional intelligence, delegation, coaching, change management, transition management, execution, and career development.
In this book, readers will find 50 stories of real-world leaders who had to transform their company’s business model, their organization, or themselves to achieve success. Each concise, actionable chapter lets readers be a fly on the wall of a successful leader demonstrating a solution to a commonly encountered leadership problem.
Coach Me! Your Personal Board of Directors also provides thorough introductions to self-examination and self-awareness, including maximizing the impact of feedback and proven techniques to ensure your leadership measures up. It also offers comprehensive explorations of communication and interpersonal relationship skills, including treatments of authenticity and cultural fluency, practical discussions of emotional intelligence, including the management of out-of-control feelings and conflict management, and in-depth examinations of change and transition management, including explorations of the first 100 days as a new leader and how to lead teams through crises.
One executive stated, “If you have coaching done well, you change your life, and your life as a business leader. If you have the right coach with the right fit, he or she can make a tremendous impact, and a good coach can get you there.” And by the way, the stories in Coach Me! end well for Steve, Rosita, Marco, and Bruce – and all the rest of them. This ebook is perfect for managers, executives, and business leaders of all kinds, and it will also earn a place in the libraries of coaches, consultants, and other professionals who work with leaders in government, business, and the nonprofit sectors.
Coach Me! Your Personal Board of Directors: Leadership Advice from the World’s Greatest Coaches includes 33 sections, each covering a different aspect of leadership. These sections include:
- Part I of this book explores self-insight, including self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-development. It covers a wide range of topics such as confidence, commitment, courage, identity, and feedback, among others. The authors offer insights and practical tips on how to become a better leader by understanding oneself better and developing necessary skills to lead effectively.
- Part II of this book focuses on communication skills that are essential for leadership, such as authenticity, cultural fluency, and effective listening. The authors discuss the importance of communication in building relationships, managing conflicts, and leading teams. They offer practical advice on how to develop effective communication skills and become a better leader.
- Part III of this book explores interpersonal relationships in the workplace, including the basic needs of employees, managing difficult personalities, creating safety, and managing up. The authors provide insights on how to develop positive relationships with colleagues and employees, manage conflicts, and lead with empathy.
- Part IV of this book discusses emotional intelligence, including managing emotions, dealing with coaching-resistant behaviors, conflict management, and resilience. The authors offer practical advice on how to develop emotional intelligence and use it to become a better leader.
- Part V of this book focuses on empowering others and delegation. The authors discuss the importance of leadership agility, coaching perfectionists, delegating effectively, establishing a strong presence, and letting go. They offer practical advice on how to empower employees, delegate responsibilities, and develop leadership skills.
- Part VI of this book explores coaching others, including motivating employees, leading as a coach, coaching for success, and the S-curve of learning. The authors provide insights on how to develop coaching skills and use them to improve performance, develop talent, and achieve organizational goals.
- Part VII of this book focuses on managing change, including leading in times of change, coaching team leaders, culture transformation, agile leadership, and crisis management. The authors offer practical advice on how to manage change effectively and develop the necessary skills to lead in dynamic and complex environments.
- Part VIII of this book discusses transition management, including the first hundred days, managing self-doubt, self-leadership, and executive transitions. The authors provide insights on how to manage transitions effectively and develop the necessary skills to succeed in new roles.
- Part IX of this book focuses on execution, including setting objectives and key results, problem-solving, courage, pausing for progress, and work-life balance. The authors offer practical advice on how to execute strategies effectively and develop the necessary skills to achieve organizational goals.
- Part X of this book explores career development, including promotion, personal branding, decision-making, future-proofing, and selecting a coach. The authors provide insights on how to develop one’s career effectively and become a successful leader.
Whether you’re a manager, executive, or business leader of any kind, Coach Me! Your Personal Board of Directors will provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to become a more effective leader. It’s also an invaluable resource for coaches, consultants, and other professionals who work with leaders in government, business, and the nonprofit sectors. So, pick up a copy today and start your journey toward becoming a better leader!