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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherManagement Pocket Books
ISBN-101903776198
ISBN-139781903776193
eBay Product ID (ePID)119704977
Product Key Features
Number of Pages112 Pages
Publication NameCoaching Pocketbook
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
SubjectMentoring & Coaching
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics
AuthorIan Fleming, Allan J. D. Taylor
SeriesManagement Pocketbooks Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length4.3 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal658.3/124
SynopsisCoaching is aimed at improving performance at work. This is done by turning the activities people do into learning situations, in a planned way and under guidance. The Coaching Pocketbook defines the coach's role and explains how coaching differs from the other 'helping skills' of advising, instructing, counselling and mentoring. There are ......, There are four key stages to coaching, namely assessing current performance levels, setting outcomes for learning, agreeing tactics/initiating action, and giving feedback. The author explains each stage and then moves on to summarise the various skills required. Next, the opportunities for coaching and the potential pitfalls are highlighted. A checklist and a case study end the Pocketbook on a practical note., Coaching is aimed at improving performance at work. This is done by turning the activities people do into learning situations, in a planned way and under guidance. The Coaching Pocketbook defines the coach's role and explains how coaching differs from the other 'helping skills' of advising, instructing, counselling and mentoring. There are four key stages to coaching, namely assessing current performance levels, setting outcomes for learning, agreeing tactics/initiating action, and giving feedback. The author explains each stage and then moves on to summarise the various skills required. Next, the opportunities for coaching and the potential pitfalls are highlighted. A checklist and a case study end the Pocketbook on a practical note. 'Encapsulated my belief in the potential of people and showed me how to translate this into appropriate action', commented one reader.