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You're on! : consulting for peak performance / Kate F. Hays, Charles H. Brown, Jr.
Van Pelt Library BF637.C6 H366 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hays, Kate F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counseling.
- Performance--Psychological aspects.
- Performance.
- Success--Psychological aspects.
- Success.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 328 pages ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004]
- Summary:
- You're On! provides guidance and advice for consulting with performers in the pursuit of excellence. Whether these clients are performing artists, businesspeople, physicians, lawyers or in high-risk occupations, they must learn to focus, cope, and excel in highly stressful situations. Based on extensive interviews with notable performers and experienced performance consultants in diverse fields, as well as the vast literature on peak performance among athletes, this book is packed with hard information on performance consulting. You're On! is a must-read for performance consultants, executive coaches, or any therapist or counselor who seeks to enter this burgeoning field.
- Contents:
- Part I: Setting the stage
- The roots of performance consultation
- The back story : research in performance consultation
- Part II: Domain-specific information
- Unique aspects of the business domain
- Unique aspects of the high risk domain
- Unique aspects of the performing arts domain
- Part III: Key factors in performance
- The foundations of excellent performance
- Getting it right : preparation
- Keeping your head : mental skills
- The microscopic nightmare of infinity : the experience of stress
- Reframe and relax : coping with stress
- You're on!
- Part IV: What do performers want?
- The help they need : assistance performers desire
- The ideal consultant
- Consultant efforts that hinder performance
- Part V: Consultants need : training, ethics, and practice
- A good fit : training, competence, and ethics
- The consultant as performer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1591470781
- OCLC:
- 52519100
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