Executive coaching for results : the definitive guide to developing organizational leaders / Brian O. Underhill, Kimcee McAnally, John J. Koriath ; foreword by Marshall Goldsmith ; afterword by Richard Leider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Underhill, Brian O., 1969-

Contributor:

McAnally, Kimcee, 1957-

Koriath, John J., 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive coaching.

Executive ability.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 188 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The field of executive coaching is growing at an astonishing rate. Corporations are increasingly turning to coaching as an intervention, as it offers leaders and managers both on-the-job learning and built-in follow-up. But how can you make the best use of coaching within your organization? Executive Coaching for Results helps this critical leadership development method come of age. This is not a "how-to-coach book"-there are already plenty of those-but rather a comprehensive guide on how to strategically use coaching to maximize development of talent and link the impact of coaching to bottom-line results. Underhill, McAnally, and Koriath draw on their rigorous original research (through Executive Development Associates) with Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies such as Disney, IBM, UBS, Unilever and many others, and combine that with their years of industry experience to advance the state of the art. Executive Coaching for Results includes topics such as: Integrating coaching into your organization's overall leadership development strategy Locating and screening coaches worldwide Developing an internal coaching program Deciding which coaching assessments and instruments are appropriate to your situation Measuring the impact and ROI of coaching Following up after coaching Throughout, the authors provide numerous examples from major organizations such as Dell, Johnson and Johnson, Intel, and Wal-Mart. Offering practical learning, best practices, and illuminating case studies, this is the first definitive guide to the effective use of executive coaching in the corporate environment.

Contents:

Intro

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Figures and Tables

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Coaching Has Come of Age

Why Now?

About the Book

1. Understanding the Coaching Field

What Is Coaching?

The Purpose of Coaching-Why?

What Does Coaching Replace?

Who Gets Coaching?

Coaching Highlights

2. The Importance of Culture and Leadership Support

Culture Counts

Get Leadership Support

Why Is Coaching Different?

Marketing Matters

3. Linking Coaching to Leadership Development, Talent Management, and Human Resource Practices

Link to the Leadership Development Strategy

Linking to the Talent Management Approach

Linking to Leadership Development and Human Resources Personnel

4. Managing the Coaching Engagement

Preparing the Executive for Coaching

Prepare the Boss for Coaching

Don't Underestimate Matching

Watch for Stalls

Find Mismatches and Fix Them Quickly

Get Clear on Length and Frequency

Activities in Coaching

Know the Costs, but That's Not All

5. The Toolbox: Instruments and Assessments

Why Use Assessments?

Gather Feedback

Expanding the Toolbox

Determining Instrument Policies

How to Manage Tool Selection

6. Balancing Consistency and Flexibility

Be Consistent-or Not

Add Consistency to Taste

7. Bringing Coaching Internal

Consider the Opportunity

Compare Internal to External Coaching

The Positives of Internal Coaching

Challenges for Internal Coaches

Leader-as-Coach

Mentoring

The Debate Continues

8. Measuring Impact

Start at Satisfaction with Coach

Include Impact Metrics

Ask the Boss to Assess.

Follow-up with Another

Measure Return-on-Investment

The Bottom Line

9. The Art of Finding Qualified Coaches

Qualifications

Locating Coaches

Screening Coaches

Does Certification Matter?

10. Creating a World Class Coaching Community

Why It Matters

Stay Connected to the Pool

Develop Coaching Talent

Know How Coaches Tick

11. Life After Coaching

Renegotiate the Relationship

Boost the Fading Finish

Internals Can Continue Support

Beware of Dependencies

Self-Coaching

Keep the Measuring

12. The Future of Coaching

Practice Standardization

Results Focused

New Forms of Coaching

Regulation

Coaching through Technology

Industry Trends

Closing Thoughts

Coaching Program Design Checklist

Afterword by Richard J. Leider

Notes

About the Authors

About the Contributors

Index

Footnote

fn1.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786612299612

9781576755444

9781605098784

1605098787

9781523111411

1523111410

9781282299610

1282299611

9781576755440

1576755444

OCLC:

310732463