The executive coach in the corporate forest : a business fable / Steve Gladis ; foreword by Marshall Goldsmith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gladis, Stephen D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive coaching.

Mentoring in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Mass. : HRD Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Written as a business fable, The Executive Coach in the Corporate Forest is the story of a gifted executive coach, J. C. Williams, and his coaching relationships with his varied business clients-all with their own professional challenges. The book offers engaging stories, has believable characters with realistic problems, and illustrates the structure and content of the coaching process. The book is a quick read-something any busy executive could read on a flight between Washington, DC and Boston-and is time very well spent, not only for the individual executive but for her or his company's fu

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: One Hardwood Tree; Chapter 2: The Path Not Taken; Chapter 3: The Willow in the Woods; Chapter 4: A Clearing in the Woods; Chapter 5: One Tree at a Time; Chapter 6: Autumn Leaves Fall; Chapter 7: A Clearing in the Forest; Chapter 8: A Tall Tree in the Forest; Chapter 9: A Storm Blows Through; Chapter 10: In the Saw Grass; Chapter 11: Back in the Bushes; Chapter 12: On the Path; Chapter 13: Planting a New Tree; Chapter 14: Cutting Through the Thicket; Chapter 15: A Storm Brews in the Forest; Chapter 16: Tree Trimming; Chapter 17: Cutting a New Path

Chapter 18: Reading the Compass in the WoodsChapter 19: A Campfire Chat in the Woods; Chapter 20: Deadwood; Chapter 21: Springtime in the Forest; Chapter 22: What Is Executive Coaching?; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781599964232

1599964236

OCLC:

430984827