The Coach-Approach Leader - Softcover

Steve Gladis

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9781610142519: The Coach-Approach Leader

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ISBN 10: 1610142519 ISBN 13: 9781610142519

Publisher: HRD Press, Inc., 2012

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Read this book and become a better coach. In The Coach-Approach Leader, you'll learn that great leaders avoid the traditional command and control approach to leadership. Instead, they focus on asking good questions rather than giving the right answers. In Part I, you ll learn how to coach like a pro by asking simple questions around a matrix. You ll discover how to conduct quick, question-based coaching discussions focused on good questions that: Encourage people to stop, think and reflect Do not direct or assume a direction, but are curious and exploratory Are open-ended, rather than close-ended, and keep people discovering Come from listening and responding to people not waiting for your turn to talk and give advice You can use this easy-to-learn coaching process anywhere and at any time on direct reports, peers, teams, your boss and clients. Your job will be less stressful because you ll no longer bear the pressure of having all the answers. And your questions will help others grow and become independent. In Part II, the author shares a leadership fable that is a fictionalized case study of how the coach-approach leadership technique works. It is presented in a narrative form that everyone in your company from stockroom to boardroom can read and be inspired by.

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Steve Gladis serves as president and CEO of Steve Gladis Leadership Partners, a leadership development firm focused on helping leaders and their teams achieve both success and significance through executive coaching, leadership development, and motivational speaking. Clients include executives and teams from publicly traded and private corporations, U.S. government agencies, associations, and nonprofits. At George Mason University, he teaches leadership and communication courses. The author of 17 books on leadership and communication, Steve is a former member of the University of Virginia s faculty and served as an Associate Dean and the Director of the University s Northern Virginia Center. He is currently an executive coach, certified by the International Coach Federation, for the Darden Business School s Executive MBA program and also teaches courses in leadership coaching. A former FBI special agent and decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer, he is a committed civic and academic leader. Steve serves on the Executive Boards of both the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and The Community Foundation of Northern Virginia and is active in philanthropic activities in the Greater Metropolitan Washington, DC area. His company donates a significant portion of its annual net profits back to the community.

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