Coaching Leaders

Coaching Leaders is written for coaches who are in the challenging position of working with leaders and helping them excel as the top executives and managers in their organizations. The book is filled with illustrative examples from Daniel White’s practice as a successful executive coach. His clients’ stories reveal the human drama of becoming a leader and explore the courageous and fascinating accomplishments these individuals have achieved in order to grow professionally. These stories also clearly show how a skilled coach adjusts to meet an individual client’s personality and targeted challenge. Coaching Leaders includes a wide variety of effective coaching concepts and the information needed to guide leaders and help them maintain the motivation to change; battle anxiety, fear, and resistance; and achieve emotional intelligence.

Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith vii Preface xi Acknowledgments xxi The Author xxiii Part One On Leaders and Leadership 1 Chapter 1 Why Coach Leaders? 3 Chapter 2 What Is Leadership? 11 Part Two The Practice of Coaching 59 Chapter 3 The Nature of Coaching 61 Chapter 4 The Process of Behavioral Change 75 Chapter 5 The Phases of Change 84 Chapter 6 Self-Knowledge 109 Chapter 7 Motives for Change 122 Chapter 8 Steps in the Coaching Process 130 Chapter 9 Coaching Skills and Techniques 154 Chapter 10 Coaching Perspectives 181 Chapter 11 Forces That Interfere with Growth 201 Chapter 12 The Timing of Learning and Change 217 Part Three Coaching Applications and Marketing 223 Chapter 13 Distinctive Approaches to Coaching 225 Chapter 14 Coaching Themes Familiar and Unique 240 Chapter 15 The Business of Coaching 281 Bibliography 290 Index of Cases 299 Index 303