Leadership coaching when it's right and when you're ready - Riddle, Douglas (Center For Creative Leadership, 2008)
"For the practicing manager"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 30)
What is leadership coaching? -- Is it right for you now? -- What to expect -- Selecting a coach -- Are you ready?
As managers move higher in an organization, it can be more difficult for them to get accurate and unbiased input about their performance and leadership skills. Many managers recognize that to focus their personal development plans they need the uninterrupted time and attention of a skilled, objective professional-- a coach. This publication places coaching in its proper place as a means of leadership development to be integrated with other methods. It helps readers figure out how to evaluate their readiness for coaching and how to engage a coach to achieve the most benefit. It also provides practical guidance for executives who are being urged to try coaching or who have coaching provided for them as part of a leadership development initiative--P. [4] of cover