Angus I. McLeod

Self-Coaching Leadership

Simple Steps from Manager to Leader

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Generally, leadership is about influencing people to make big things happen. Management is a process of organizing people to get things done. They are different skills, but equally critical to success in today's workplace. The key is to know which approach works best in which situation.

Written in a clear, simple style, Self-Coaching Leadership redefines and demystifies the journey to leadership. Angus McLeod's no-nonsense thinking, straightforward approach and practical tools enable readers to more easily identify when a leader is needed - and coach themselves toward improved influence, performance and effectiveness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780470512807
• ISBN-10: 0470512806
• Artikelnr.: 22896077

Autorenporträt

ANGUS MCLEOD PhD is a renowned and well respected coach and author of Performance Coaching: The Handbook for Managers, HR Professional and Coaches (2003), Me, Myself, My Team: How to Become an Effective Team Player Using NLP (2000) and numerous journals articles. Angus continues to influence the coaching profession through his on-line mentoring service 'Ask Max' and leadership of The Coaching Foundation, an organization that offers career development opportunities to professional coaches. He is a competitive rower, an advanced trainer in motorcycling and a passionate cook. For more information please contact ourinfo(at)angusmcleod.com www(at)angusmcleod.com

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations xi About the author xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments
xxiii PART ONE LEADERSHIP OF SELF 1 1 Time 3 Lock-in syndrome 5
Fire-fighting 7 Busy heads 12 The step back 12 Busy bodies 13 Silent time
for reflection 20 2 Life balance 27 Where there is a will, there is a way
28 Honoring jobs done 34 3 Personal goals 37 The pre-goal method 37 The
Stretch Zone 42 4 Wheel of work 47 Segments of the wheel 47 5 Solution
thinking 55 Deep Thought solutions 57 Flexible thinking and the multiple
intelligences 59 6 Applying personal changes 63 Reducing work time 64 PART
TWO INFLUENCE: LEADERSHIP OF OTHERS 67 7 Widening and narrowing attention
69 Further questions 69 Changes: Overt motives made clear 73 8 Rapport
skills and building trust 75 Rapport skills 76 Beginnings, middles and ends
77 Honoring and celebration 82 Mindsets for rapport and trust 84 Trust 86 9
Relationship building: putting it together 89 10 Leadership qualities 93
Traits, trust factors and people skills 93 Trust factors 94 Trait: Clear
communicator 96 Trait: Straight-talker 100 Trait: Flexibile 101 Trait:
Reliable and consistent (TF) 104 Trait: Accepts responsibility (TF) 106
Trait: Discrete (TF) 108 Trait: Credible 108 People skill: Listens intently
119 People skill: Understands others 136 People skill: Supportive (TF) 137
People skill: Interested in me (TF) 139 11 Other influencing skills of the
leader 141 Accommodation, compromise and collaboration 142 12 Mindsets for
leaders 153 13 Motivation 155 Motivation: Under- and over-managing 156
Motivation: Mentoring and coaching 160 The 1-2-1 meetings 179 Facilitating
all 1-2-1s 180 New staff 1-2-1 192 Understanding stress 195 Probing the
Wheel of Work 197 14 My Own 1-2-1 209 15 Influencing peers and bosses 213
16 Strategic influence 217 What I need to communicate 217 The strategy for
action 222 17 Managing meetings 223 Agenda frames for behaviors and
outcomes 223 Meetings: Factoring for success 226 18 Developing Talent 233
Organizational character overview 234 PART THREE SELF-LEARNING FOR LEADERS
237 19 The Real Thing at work 241 Being and doing 244 Recalibrating
authenticity for work 248 Maintaining progress 254 20 Self-awareness for
leaders 255 Feedback for leaders 256 21 Emotional Intelligence 263 Working
to improve EI 266 Epilogue 275 References 277 Index 279

Rezensionen

"Angus McLeod has produced a Master Companion for every executive. Leadership can be learned and this book is a highly effective and easy way to learn it."
Richard Denny, CEO, The Richard Denny Group

"This book is a 'must read' for busy people interested in being better leaders, managers or in improving their overall quality of life."
Edward Fahy, Senior Manager, DuPont, Wilmington, DE

"Dr McLeod's book is brilliant in its simplicity and packed with no-nonsense thinking and common sense."
Will Thomas, author of 'Coaching Solutions' and 'Coaching Solutions Workbook'

"Angus has written a rich and practical book that brings together a great breadth of knowledge, understanding and experience while making sure that there is much that the reader can take away and do. For anyone at all interested in the sort of Leadership that actually makes a difference this is a 'must read'."
Myles Downey, founder of The School of Coaching and author of 'Effective Coaching'

"Angus McLeod offers strategies for challenging and or supporting the key governors of growth and development in the organization."
Judith DeLozier, co-founder of NLP

"...so many new models and processes to use it felt like Christmas."
Karen Donley, HR Director, MBDA, BAe

"Comprehensive, compelling and readable."
Michael Byrne, CEO, QBC., Eire

"McLeod has done it again, he has produced a self-improvement guide for leaders which is as simple as it can be but no simpler."
Professor David Megginson, Professor of HRD, Sheffield Hallam University