Performance Coaching for Dummies

by McMahon, Gladeana; Leimon, Averil

• ISBN13: 9780470517482
• ISBN10: 0470517484
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-27
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Performance coaching is a modern and rapidly growing method used to assist development, and involves helping individuals to improve their performance in all areas of their life, with a particular emphasis on the workplace. Performance coaching draws parallels with NLP and often focuses on the psychology of excellence making what's good even better, and helping individuals keep ahead of the game. On an organisational level it can include helping managers to consider how to get the best from their staff, peers and superiors, as well as helping to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. A performance coach assists individuals in building on their successes and helps to design, plan and instigate successful business/life strategies. Despite its popularity confusion still surrounds coaching. It is a relatively new area and there is still a lack of understanding about how best to use coaching and in what specific situations it will be most effective. In addition to this, anyone can assume a performance/professional/business/life coach title without holding any particular qualification or registration. With this increased awareness and confusion the need for a no-nonsense book on the topic that offers trusted advice is needed all the more, which is where Performance Coaching For Dummies steps in.

Author Biography

Gladeana McMahon was named as one of the UK's top ten coaches by the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Observer.

Averil Leimon is a leading international coach and an accreditor for the Association for Coaching.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Getting to grips: Introducing Performance Coaching Chapter 1 - Coaching for Performance Chapter 2 - Getting the process right Chapter 3: Deciding what you want to achieve Part Two- Does your face fit?: The Personal Attributes of a Performance Coach Chapter 4 - Having what it takes Chapter 5 - Getting your hands dirty: The Practical Skills of Performance Coaching Chapter 6 - Advancing your skills: Specific Performance Coaching Skills Part Three- Getting Going and Keeping Going: Starting and Managing the Process of Performance Coaching Chapter 7 - Building your foundation: Setting The Basic Structure Chapter 8 - Getting Going Part Four - Applying Performance Coaching Chapter 9 - Getting the Best &