Executive Coaching: Exploding the Myths [Hardcover]

The best performing organisations recognise that effective executive coaching is a key factor in developing successful leaders and teams. Having worked directly with more than 40% of the Fortune top 100 global corporations for more than fifteen years, the authors have accumulated a practical insight for delivering enduring executive development. This book steps beyond the notion of a prescriptive formula that can be applied to deliver successful development every time. It presents unabridged accounts reflecting both success and failure from a range of diverse international executive coaching assignments. It will develop your coaching ability and provide an insight into the contemporary personal and organisational challenges that define the context for coaching. This is a truly comprehensive account of executive coaching across the world.How to Use This Book Introduction Getting Started in Executive Coaching A Model for Development Coaching Assessment in Coaching Assessing Executive Coaching Capability Experiential Learning and Executive Coaching From Corporate Leader to Coach: A UK Perspective on Executive Coaching Executive Coaching in Action: Developing a General Management Outlook Executive Coaching in Action: Legal Eagle to People Leader Executive Coaching in Action: Out of Favour or Out of Her League Executive Coaching in Action: Lessons from a Culture Change Assignment Building a Multicultural Leadership Team: The Case of the GM in Jeopardy Cross-Cultural Coaching in Europe: A Case of Cultural Disruption Cross-Cultural Coaching in the Middle East Coaching in the Asia Pacific Region Summary of Best Practice Coaching Building Your Executive Coaching Capability

'At last a truly penetrating and yet practical book on executive coaching. The repertoire is truly eye catching...In fact, if you buy no other book this year - this is the one to invest in.' - Professor Andrew Kakabadse, Deputy Director, Cranfield School of Management

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