Lewis R. Stern

Executive Coaching

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A master coach's practical guide to building and managing a successful executive coaching practice

Written by master coach and longtime coaching educator Lewis Stern, Executive Coaching: Building and Managing Your Professional Practice pulls back the curtain and reveals the secrets of becoming-and succeeding as-an executive coach.

From finding clients, to acquiring the right training, to making the transition from other fields, this hands-on guide is necessary for anyone interested in exploring, building, expanding, or optimally managing a professional practice in executive coaching. Introducing practical approaches and resources to build and manage a lucrative coaching practice, this educational guide provides strategies and insights that will help you avoid common mistakes, while training you on the essentials for creating and running a thriving practice.

Featuring a valuable Appendix filled with practical resources, Executive Coaching helps you:
_ Develop a detailed plan for your professional executive coaching practice
_ Create a value proposition as an executive coach to develop and market your practice
_ Identify your strengths and opportunities for development as an executive coach
_ Transition from other professional disciplines or coaching specialties including mental health, business management, organization development and management consulting, personal/life coaching, and internal human resources roles
_ Understand the role of the human resources professional in executive coaching
_ Assemble and manage the building blocks of your practice such as a coaching network, coaching toolbox, office infrastructure, coaching project management system, professional and peer supervision, research and publication, and community service

Presented in an accessible manner with tips and tools that will appeal to the novice as well as the established coach, Executive Coaching will help you plan your professionaldevelopment as an executive coach and grow a successful and professionally fulfilling practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780470177464
• ISBN-10: 0470177462
• Artikelnr.: 23895180

Autorenporträt

In addition to six adult mysteries, Hot Tea...Cold Case, There's Always Tomorrow, Stabbing Along the Straightaway, Chaos at the Concours, Panic in the Pits, Critical Corner and soon to be released Look into the Mirror, D.G. Stern has authored the ten title, award winning "Upton Charles-Dog Detective" series for younger readers (www.uptoncharles.com), The Loneliest Tree, 25 Days of a Tropical Christmas, the Francis the Firehouse Mouse series, Sophie the Skunk. and the new Anna Belle series. www.neptunepress.org) He has also written eight award winning screenplays (several of which are in pre-production). His taste for good wine and great food has been an inspiration in his writings and Mr. Stern is also the editor of Golf a la Carte (www.golfcookbook.com) featuring recipes from some of the nation's greatest golf clubs.D.G. Stern is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Basket weaving (no kidding) and vintage car racing fill any empty moments.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter One. Is Executive Coaching Right For You?
Chapter Two. Assessing Your Competencies As A Professional Executive Coach.
Chapter Three. Building And Marketing Your Value Proposition As An
Executive Coach. Chapter Four. Assembling And Managing The Building Blocks
Of Your Executive Coaching Practice. Chapter Five. Transitioning Into
Executive Coaching From Other Specialty Fields. Chapter Six. A Plan For
Your Professional Executive Coaching Practice. Appendix. Practical
Resources For Professional Executive Coaching. Books And Articles.
Journals. Organizations. Websites. Assessments, Tools, And Other Resources.
Index.