
Coaching to Solutions
A Manager's Toolkit for Performance Delivery
Carole Pemberton(Author)
Butterworth-Heinemann (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 10. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-7506-5742-6 (ISBN)
Description
The book provides a tool kit for managers tasked with raising performance and sustaining motivation. Organisations are being judged by the way in which they accommodate the needs of the individual in work and life-style terms. In this context, the 'smart' employer will not only be looking to develop policies that retain talent through recognising their work-life issues, they will be equipping their managers to manage that talent in ways which maximise the contribution that individual can make.
The text introduces managers to techniques largely drawn from Brief Therapy (De Shazer & Berg). Brief Therapy is used in the UK, but primarily by social workers, psychologists and counsellors. It's application to work settings is now growing. The attraction of a Solution Focussed approach to coaching is that it offers pragmatic tools that help managers structure helping conversations.
The book presents the principles of solution focussed thinking in a language that is readily understandable by managers, and shows how those principles can be applied to a range of issues which managers may find themselves facing as willing or enforced coaches. The book places coaching as an activity which can be done as part of the daily process of management.
The text introduces managers to techniques largely drawn from Brief Therapy (De Shazer & Berg). Brief Therapy is used in the UK, but primarily by social workers, psychologists and counsellors. It's application to work settings is now growing. The attraction of a Solution Focussed approach to coaching is that it offers pragmatic tools that help managers structure helping conversations.
The book presents the principles of solution focussed thinking in a language that is readily understandable by managers, and shows how those principles can be applied to a range of issues which managers may find themselves facing as willing or enforced coaches. The book places coaching as an activity which can be done as part of the daily process of management.
Reviews / Votes
"..Packed with strategies and insights that would make even a professional coach shine, it offers a practical, focused toolkit capable of giving every manager effective coaching skills." John Lees, career strategist and author of Take Control of Your CareerMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
389 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-5742-6 (9780750657426)
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Coaching to Solutions
E-Book
05/2012
1st Edition
Routledge
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Person
Carole Pemberton, Founder of Career Matters, a coaching practice which offers careers coaching to managers. Previously with PA Consulting.
Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Coaching - why all the attention now?; 2 The Coach in You; 3 Before You Assess Others Assess Yourself; 4 Getting STARTED; 5 Set Up; 6 Tangibles; 7 Assumptions; 8 Reality Bites; 9 Targeting; 10 Emergent Solutions; 11 Delivery; 12 Leadership and Coaching; Index