Title: Executive coaching : exploding the myths /
Authors: Chapman, Tony, 1951-; Best, Bill.; Van Casteren, Paul.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Executives Training of; Business consultants Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Executive coaching.
Abstract: "This book steps beyond the notion of a prescriptive formula that can be applied to deliver successful development every time. It presents unabridged accounts, reflecting both success and failure, from a range of diverse international executive coaching assignments. It will develop your coaching ability and provide an insight into the contemporary personal and organisational challenges that define the context for coaching."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. A Model for Development Coaching: The Transition Curve -- 3. Assessment in Coaching -- 4. The Role of Experiential Learning in Coaching -- 5. From Corporate Leader to Coach: A UK Perspective on Executive Coaching -- 6. Executive Coaching in Action: 'Life's a Project, Isn't It?' -- 7. Executive Coaching in Action: Legal Eagle to People Leader -- 8. Executive Coaching in Action: Out of Favour or Out of her League? -- 9. Executive Coaching in Action: The MD as Team Coach -- 10. Building a Multicultural Leadership Team: The Case of the GM in Jeopardy -- 11. Cross-cultural Coaching: A Case of Cultural Disruption in Europe -- 12. Cross-cultural Coaching: Coaching in the Middle East -- 13. Cross-cultural Coaching: Coaching in the Asia Pacific Region -- 14. Review of Best Practice -- App. The Capable Coach Model