I have been reading a book for the last few days. The name of the book is
The Tao of Coaching: Boost Your Effectiveness at Work by Inspiring and Developing Those Around You by Max Landsberg
This best-selling classic was originally published by HarperCollins in 1996, and is practical, pragmatic, and - like most perfect ideas - seems to be presenting the obvious.
This book is written like a short story and aimed at managers who choose to develop themselves as coaches and mentors.
It gives brief and precise information about the coaching process, the motivation of employees, earning trust as a coach, and mentoring.
It is an incredibly short read, we can finish the book in a couple of hours.
The reader observes the progress of a young manager, Alex, as he strolls his progress through an organization, learning valuable coaching lessons along the way.
Each chapter focuses on a specific area of coaching, which is then summarized in a textbook format at the end of the chapter.
This book has just 117 pages! an extremely simple and marvelous book for Coaching.
Awesome book about coaching others. The practices may be useful for coaching our self as well. The volume is magnificent because of several reasons:
1. It is brief. Really. 117+ pages about everything we require about coaching.
2. It is intensely practical - each chapter has tested and “hands-on” suggestions we can implement in our career.
3. It is descriptive - each chapter has an awesome before-picture which sets up the reader’s desire for the later chapter. And what is indeed more magnificent - the book is one story about a gentleman in a company and his challenges throughout his career. Good dialogues and stories will make us remember.
Take-Aways
Good coaching means enabling employees to reach at results with direction, not instructing them what to look at.
Coaching yields pay off to the coach, consisting of a better customer and client relationships, a stronger team, a better ardent following, and enhanced self-awareness.
Effective feedback sticks to specific observable facts according to the acronym “AID”: “Actions,” their “Impact” and the “Desired” outcome.
Organize your coaching session according to the GROW acronym: “Goal, Reality, Options, Wrap up.”
Tailor your coaching style to fit an employee’s “skill and will to accomplish the task.”
Determine what factor most motivates your employee and build on it.
Focus your coaching on the Organization's strategic and operational objectives.
If you are being coached, don’t ever get defensive, just express gratitude, and do what the coach says.
Take “voluntary, visible, irrevocable, and specific” steps to accomplish your goal.
When coaching higher-ups, remain positive for the initial few sessions.
20 Lessons
1. “You Can’t Be a Leader Without a Following”
2. “Ask Questions – Don’t Just Tell”
3. “Receiving Feedback Means Active Listening”
4. “Coaching Also Benefits the Coach”
5. “Guide – Don’t Judge – When Coaching”
6. “Organize Your Coaching Sessions Well – Start in the Correct Direction”
7. “Great Teams Overcome Differences in Styles of Working”
8. “Overcome Your Coaching Blocks, or You Will Never Delegate”
9. “Instant Payoff’ Coaching Can Work, Though Only If Delivered Well”
10. Evaluate “Will, Not Just Skill”
11. When an Employee Hesitates, “First Build Trust”
12. “You Can’t Motivate Others if They Can’t See You”
13. “Take Time to Anticipate Cultural Differences”
14. “Know How to Set Up Teams Well”
15. “Use the Power of Questions that Reframe”
16. “Coaches Work with Observable Facts, Not Just ‘Gut Feel’’’
17. “Providing ‘Upward’ Feedback to the Boss Can Have Its Benefits”
18. “Become Eloquent in the Language of Setting Goals”
19. “Mentor Someone and Be Mentored”
20. “The Effects of Your Coaching Can Be Even More Powerful than You Imagine”
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