Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart : A Systems Approach to Engaging Leaders with Their Challenges

by O'Neill, Mary Beth

• ISBN13: 9780787950163
• ISBN10: 0787950165
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-20
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

If you've been looking for sound direction on how to coach top executives, here it is. In Executive Coaching with Backbone and Heart, Mary Beth O'Neill outlines the dynamic approach to coaching leaders that she's developed over the course of a twenty-year career. Her unique perspective and sage advice, backed by a specific four-phase methodology, gives you the means to successfully manage the coach-client relationship and effect dramatic changes that ensure the business outcomes leaders' want. It's a one-of-a-kind guide for executive coaches--both aspiring and established--that fills a long-standing gap in coaching literature. To read the preface from this book, click here.

Author Biography

MARY BETH O'NEILL is a senior consultant for LIOS Consulting Corporation at the Leadership Institute of Seattle at Bastyr University. She has successfully coached CEOs, senior executives, and other leaders for twenty years.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xix
The Author	xxi
Part One: Core Concepts: The Coach's Stance	1	(88)
An Introduction to Executive Coaching	3	(14)
Developing a Strong Signature Presence	17	(24)
Systems Thinking: Understanding Challenges of the Executive and Coach	41	(26)
The Triangled Coach: Being Effective in the Middle	67	(22)
Part Two: The Four Phases of Coaching	89	(82)
Phase 1---Contracting: Find a Way to Be a Partner	91	(24)
Phase 2---Action Planning: Keep Ownership with the Client	115	(18)
Phase 3---Live-Action Coaching: Strike When the Iron Is Hot	133	(16)
Phase 4---Debriefing: Define a Learning Focus	149	(22)
Part Three: Special Applications	171	(36)
Making a Strategic Transition to the Role of Executive Coach	173	(16)
Helping Leaders Effectively Coach Employees	189	(18)
Afterword	207	(2)
Appendix 1: Assessing Your Coaching Effectiveness	209	(6)
Appendix 2: Questions for Clients	215	(6)
Appendix 3: Combining Coaching and Consulting for Powerful Results	221	(10)
Notes	231	(4)
References	235	(2)
Index	237