In COACHED TO LEAD: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach, renowned CEO coach Susan Battley offers step-by-step advice on how to obtain the same bottom-line benefits that world-class leaders get from executive coaching.
Filled with engaging real-life cases, exclusive CEO interviews, and handy checklists and sample documents, COACHED TO LEAD will help anyone who considers working with a professional coach to make smart decisions that maximize resources and results.
The first consumer’s guide to executive coaching, COACHED TO LEAD is an indispensable resource for business executives, technical professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners, supervisors, human resource managers, and executive and business coaches.
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Dr. Susan Battley, an elite Fortune 100 executive coach and leadership psychologist, has helped hundreds of CEOs, senior managers, and business owners raise their leadership effectiveness in high-stakes situations. In COACHED TO LEAD: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach, Dr. Battley has written the first consumer’s guide targeted to the coaching client’s information and performance needs.
Executive coaching can dramatically boost a top achiever’s performance and career prospects. Fortune Magazine reported, “In a recent study, training alone improved leadership skills by 22%. When combined with executive coaching, improvement jumps to 77%.”
Drawing on twenty years of experience and direct research with CEOs and other global leaders, Battley reveals the insider secrets and myths about coaching-who is a qualified coach and who isn’t, how to contract and structure your coaching program, the science behind coaching success, and how to identify and measure results that really matter.
At the heart of COACHED TO LEAD is Battley’s conviction that leaders and those aspiring to leadership positions – whether they are corporate executives, technical professionals, academics, public officials, business owners or middle managers – need to understand how customizable coaching services can supercharge their success in rapid-change and highly competitive environments.
Because the executive coaching field is a relatively new and evolving field, she provides evidence-based strategies, best practices, and actionable checklists and resources that will transform readers into confident consumers and sponsors of coaching services.
Actual client cases and exclusive CEO interviews illustrate key points and real-world applications.
COACHED TO LEAD will be an invaluable resource for those who seriously want to develop their leadership capabilities to the maximum. Topics covered include:
- Ten major myths about executive coaching
- The business case for working with an executive coach
- Situations and personality types that lend themselves to a coaching program
- How to work with your coach from beginning to end for exceptional, cost-effective results
- How to deal with sticky or sensitive situations that may arise with your coach or coaching sponsor
Whether you are a CEO, college president, entrepreneur, non-profit director, military or public safety official, or a superstar on the way up the corporate ladder, COACHED TO LEAD will enable you to become a better leader faster with quality coaching services.
Jossey-Bass paperback | US $ 24.95 | ISBN-10: 1118431146 | ISBN-13: 978-1118431146