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Best Practice in Performance Coaching: A Handbook for Leaders, Coaches, HR Professionals and Organizations
Author(s): Carol Wilson (Author)
- Publisher: Kogan Page
- Publication Date: November 1, 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780749450823
- ISBN-13: 9780749450823
Book Description
Performance coaching helps individuals and organizations achieve their maximum potential, tackle challenges, and reach specific goals. It leads to personal and professional development and helps to create a work/life balance. Best Practice in Performance Coaching is both an introduction for anyone thinking of becoming or hiring a coach -- private or corporate -- and a reference guide for experienced coaches. A practical guide to the ""what"" and ""how"" of performance coaching, it covers all topics from the personal and executive angle and explains the structure of a coaching relationship. There is extensive guidance on coaching techniques, models, and tools as well as advice on how to train as a coach, how to run a coaching practice and how to structure coaching sessions. Complete with worksheets, exercises, evaluations, and international case studies, this is a thorough guide to performance coaching.
Editorial Reviews
Review
""An invaluable point of reference for anyone seeking a clearer understanding of coaching and its associated benefits."" -- Coaching at Work
About the Author
Carol Wilson is Managing Director of Performance Coach Training, sits on the Global Advisory Panel to the Association for Coaching, is a Trustee to charity The Ministry of Entrepreneurship and a Fellow of The Professional Speaking Association. She designs and delivers coaching and leadership programs all over the world to corporations and public sector organizations.
