Coach Yourself!

Become the best version of yourself using these practical frameworks exploring the power of performance coaching from a Top NYC Executive Coach. Coach Yourself! is a guide for people who are committed to increasing their awareness about behaviors that aren’t serving them at work or in the rest of their lives, and then taking the necessary actions to move forward. If you’re ready to explore changing habits and behaviors to improve how you show up in work and life, this book is for you. With practical and accessible frameworks exploring the power of performance coaching, Top NYC Executive Coach Antonia Bowring teaches readers to use her performance coaching formula: increased awareness + changed behavior = flourishing individual and thriving work performance. Bowring offers recipes, frameworks, and tools you can use to navigate the exhilarating, and inevitably bumpy, journey through your professional life. You’ll discover: Foundational definitions and concepts, including discussions about the different kinds of coaching, the benefits they bring to the table, and the processes they use The importance of your values, and how they anchor your progress through your coaching journey Communication strategies used by the world’s most effective problem-solvers and decision-makers in the world While this will be an essential guide for professionals and leaders, anyone can pick up this book and apply the frameworks to various aspects of their life. The essence of coaching is that we have the answers inside ourselves, and the role of the coach is to help us access our own answers.

Preparing for the Journey   Part I: Launching the Journey Chapter 1: The Executive Coaching Context Chapter 2: My Coaching Philosophy and Process Chapter 3: For My Readers with ADHD Chapter 4: How to Use the Rest of This Book Part II: Coaching Frameworks for Takeoff Chapter 5: Core Values Framework: Anchor Your Journey Chapter 6: Mind the Gap Framework Chapter 7: Spectator-Actor Mindset Framework Part III: Navigating Challenging Conversations Chapter 8: Four Key Building Blocks for Critical Conversations Chapter 9: COIN Framework: How to Have a Critical Conversation Chapter 10: Communicate FOR: A Framework Focused on Relationships Chapter 11: Compassionate Candor Framework Chapter 12: The Conversation Funnel Framework Part IV: Unlocking the Keys to Great Management Chapter 13: Four Keys to Great Management: A Meta-Framework Chapter 14: GRPI: A Diagnostic Framework to Unlock Team Needs Chapter 15: Six Keys to Unlock the Power of a Strong Team Part V: Cross the Finish Line and Solidify Your Coaching Wins Chapter 16: Building Powerful Habits Chapter 17: RAM-3,2,1: Reinforce Your Coaching Wins Chapter 18: Parting Words   Appendix 1: Coaching Frameworks at a Glance Appendix 2: ADHD Resource List Acknowledgements About the Author Index