The Coaching for Leadership Case Study Workbook
Will be published approx. on 27. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-118-10512-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on the best-selling Coaching for Leadership (which contains an invaluable and timeless collection of thoughts and theory from some of the world's best thinkers) this workbook is filled with illustrative case studies, examples, exercises, and activities. It addresses matrix effects (what role the organization's structure influenced the outcome), personal dynamics (the psychology and logic about how the story evolved) and additional questions for coaching practice and questions for leaders. The workbook contains its own unique material related to Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, Organizational Complexity and Change; Leadership; Coaching; and Consulting Skills.
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Product info
Paperback
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-10512-2 (9781118105122)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Laurence S. Lyons, Ph.D MSc, has a wealth of hands-on organizational experience as team leader, line manager, staffer, technical director, marketing manager, and strategist. For the last twenty years Larry has worked with leadership teams and executives as an independent strategy consultant and leadership coach to become recognized as a renowned thought leader. A library of his work is available at www.lslyons.com.
Content
About the Author xiii
Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith xv
Foreword by Sarah McArthur, President, Dr. Fink's Fan Club xvii
Dedication to Richard Beckhard xix
Launch Pad
Introduction 1
How to Get the Most Out of Dr. Fink's Leadership Casebook 3
THE UNGUIDED TOUR for the General Reader 5
THE GUIDED TOUR for Corporate Citizens and Students of Organizational Life 6
THEME PARK ARCHITECTURE for Educators, Teachers, and Trainers 8
Dr. Fink's Leadership Casebook
CASEFILE-1. Critical Questions 15
Basic Consulting Skills
CASEFILE-2. Musical Fish 21
Ethical Myths and Realities
CASEFILE-3. Matilda's Bitter-Sweet Taste of Success 29
Putting Feedback in Context
CASEFILE-4. Fat Sid's Big Problem 35
Post-Merger madness
CASEFILE-5. Corporate Citizen, Dearly Departed 43
Doing the Right Thing
CASEFILE-6. No Mistake 49
A Collection of Feedback Systems
CASEFILE-7. Invasion 57
The Case for Situational Intelligence
CASEFILE-8. The Undertaker 63
Sometimes It's Better Just to Walk Away
CASEFILE-9A. The Upside Down Logic Cost Center Management 69
Counter-Intuitive Systems
CASEFILE-9B. The Inculcation Calculation 75
The Ethics of Variance
CASEFILE-10. It All Depends 83
Roughly Right or Precisely Wrong
CASEFILE-11. Oh Happy Tuesday 89
A Study in Deception
CASEFILE-12. Midnight Express 111
A Strange Case at the End of the Contract
Epilog 115
Theory
Guide to Organizational Life 121
Situational Intelligence 124
How to Think Like Fink 125
Practitioner Briefing 139
Appendix: The Tetrad 143
About the Illustrator 148
Acknowledgments 151
Glossary 155
References 159
Index 161