Executive Coaching : A Practitioner's Guide to Creating Excellence

by Sunil Unny Guptan

• ISBN13: 9788132107170
• ISBN10: 8132107179
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-16
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Summary

Executive Coaching is a high-value learning and development opportunity aimed at critical corporate executives. Its objective is to help them make strategic shifts in their professions, careers and lives. This book is an in-depth exploration of the practice of Executive Coaching. Executive Coaching: A Practitioner's Guide to Creating Excellence discusses the Executive Coaching process beginning from the initial contact to building relationship and mutual understanding, precautions to be taken, and maximizing the output from the process. The author has detailed the theoretical approaches to Executive Coaching; the competencies, capabilities and skills required to be an effective executive coach; and the tools and techniques used in the process. The book is an invitation to getting an inside look at Executive Coaching behind the veil of associated confidentiality. It will serve as a guide to building a positive coaching culture in organizations and help the top management in getting the best out of their workforce.

Table of Contents

List of Caselets	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
What Executive Coaching Is All About	p. 1
Approaches to Executive Coaching	p. 16
Executive Coaching: Structure and Process	p. 38
Preparing to be Coached	p. 52
Competencies, Capabilities and Skills for Executive Coaching	p. 67
Executive Coaching Tools	p. 83
Issues Facing Executive Coaching	p. 105
Building Coaching Culture in Organizations	p. 116
What the HR Function Can Do	p. 129
FAQs on Executive Coaching	p. 145
References and Suggested Readings	p. 155
Index	p. 158
About the Author	p. 163
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