Laurence S. Lyons

THE THIRD EDITION of the classic book Coaching for Leadership is written for today’s coaches who are challenged with the task of combining concepts from various disciplines in order to help their clients, especially high-potential leaders, learn and succeed. In this sense, coaches have to become discriminating eclectics, developing a keen sense of judgment to select which ideas are best woven into their coaching method and which concepts are best to ignore. Coaching for Leadership is intended to be a cherished companion in that learning journey presented by the world’s greatest coaches, including: Marshall Goldsmith, Paul Hersey, Beverly Kaye, Dave Ulrich, and many more. This comprehensive resource offers a wealth of material for established and novice coaches including proven coaching techniques, key principles, and important learning points. The book offers a concise overview of the foundations of coaching and reveals What it takes to coach for engagement and retentionWhy mentoring is circularHow to build a team without wasting timeWhat it means to be a purposeful leaderHow to write like a leader The right stuff of leadershipWhat is needed to lead across national boundariesHow to coach high potential womenWhy coaching is empowermentHow to influence decision makersWhy you should double your valueThe ten suggestions for successful peer coachingThe coaching tools for the leadership journeyHow to coach executives for succession Coaching for Leadership is a proven resource that offers best practices, sample scenarios, case studies, and practical tools.

This book will change the way you think. In this whacky world the best jobs go to the worst people. Careers fizzle out at the drop of a hat. To protect next year's budget you've got to waste whatever's left of this year's money. Matrix victims quietly go missing. Companies merge and frequently go bust. And everything's tightly controlled by a secret underworld Finance mafia. Does this sound familiar? You've entered the rough and tumble realm of corporate business where crazy things happen and it's tough to survive. Welcome to the counter-intuitive playground of organizational life. Come along for a white-knuckle ride through our organizational theme park. Your companion guide is the streetwise Dr. Fink? the world's expert on organizations. Allow this amiable practitioner to share with you the wisdom through which he consistently achieves corporate, client, and personal success as he demonstrates his magical methods for averting calamity before your very eyes. Assisted by a cast of flamboyant characters?including Matilda the well-meaning but meticulously incompetent coach, Fat Sid in finance, Adrian his top enforcer, and Mort the undertaker who runs operations into the ground?join Dr. Fink on an illuminating journey down dark corporate alleyways to get the full low-down on what's really going on. And if after the trip you should ever suspect an impending disaster surfacing in your organizational life?all you have to do is ask yourself one simple question: What should I ask Dr. Fink? "An extraordinary work that will stand the test of time." ?Marshall Goldsmith