{"product_id":"your-coach-in-a-book-mastering-the-trickiest-leadership-business-and-career-challenges-you-will-ever-face-paperback-softback-9780470397848","title":"Your Coach (in a Book); Mastering the Trickiest Leadership, Business, and Career Challenges You Will Ever Face (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470397848","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eYour Coach (in a Book)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMastering the Trickiest Leadership, Business, and Career Challenges You Will Ever Face\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Hargrove (Author), Michel Renaud (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470397848, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 May 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.411 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCoaching has proven to be one of the most power and effective ways for leaders to develop and improve their performance. Yet working one-on-one with a coach is not always possible. If you want the experience of masterful coaching, \u003ci\u003eYour Coach (In a Book)\u003c\/i\u003e provides a time-efficient and affordable solution. Based on the authors’ highly successful Masterful Coaching approach, \u003ci\u003eYour Coach (In a Book)\u003c\/i\u003e is designed to help you master your trickiest leadership, business, and career challenges. Throughout, master-level coaches Robert Hargrove and Michel Renaud engage the reader in a “coaching conversation” about your most important goals, pivotal decisions, bothersome issues, and dilemmas. \u003ci\u003eYour Coach (In A Book\u003c\/i\u003e) simulates the experience of working with a personal coach. drawing on thousands of hours of coaching conversations. It gives you the insights you need to set aspirational goals, master the corporate chessboard, and create new openings for action where you are stuck or ineffective.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface: Our Leadership Manifesto—\u003ci\u003eBetter Leaders, Better World\u003c\/i\u003e xi  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Democratizing Coaching 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 What's the Opportunity in Coaching for You? 8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Your Extraordinary Business Challenge 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Declare an Impossible Future—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat Captures People's Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e39\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e How do you transform a climate of profound resignation into a climate of inspiration? What do you do with big aspirations and small resources? How do you shift from \"running the business\" to \"creating the business\"? \u003ci\u003eLet us be your thinking partner here.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Face Reality—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdentify What's Missing That, if Provided, Will Produce a Breakthrough\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e46\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You declared your strategic intention and made great forward progress. Yet you have hit a wall and need to declare breakdowns to discover what is missing that will produce a breakthrough. \u003ci\u003eYour masterful coach will offer you a powerful assist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Create a Source Document—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVision, Major Milestones, Key Initiatives, Guiding Principles, and Methodologies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e53\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e It was a terrific vision statement you came up with at the big meeting, but today it is just another good idea gone up in smoke. You keep asking yourself what's missing that will have impact. \u003ci\u003eYour masterful coach has a great leadership tool to offer you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Get Everyone to Formulate a Significant Business Challenge—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreate Line of Sight to Strategic Goals\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e62\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You want to create focus and energy around your strategic goals and priorities. People say they want to focus on things that make a difference, but they are bogged down in a laundry list of objectives. \u003ci\u003eHere's a proven method that will pay off in spades.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Desperate to Break Out of the No-Growth Morass?—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlow Up Your Business Model Versus Tinker at the Margins\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e69\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You face a dilemma. Either blow up your business model and come up with new wealth-creating strategies or continue tinkering at the margins despite diminishing returns. \u003ci\u003eWe'll guide you in getting to the core of your dilemma and cracking it open.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Looking to Get a Chunk of Capital at Your Next Board Meeting?—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best Presentation Is the One You Never Make\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e77\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You have a plan to grow your profitable business, but to do that, you need capital from the CEO and executive committee. Recent attempts to convince the CEO to give money to high-flying growth ideas have met with resistance or been shot down. How are you going to approach your upcoming meeting? \u003ci\u003eLet us help you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Create Customers Who Brag About You—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eShift from a \"Me\" Point of View to a \"You\" Point of View\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e84\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e The people in your company have fallen in love with your advertising, products, and rules. However, they forgot to fall in love with your customers, ignoring their rising needs and expectations. \u003ci\u003eHere is a golden nugget to transform this situation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Your Extraordinary Leadership Challenge 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Be an Extraordinary Leader—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eRecognize That Your Winning Strategy has Gotten You Here But May Not Take You Where You Want to Go\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e107\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e The ways of being and thinking, the attitudes that were the source of your success in the past, have now become the source of your limitations. You're unaware of this, and you are unaware that you are unaware. \u003ci\u003eYour masterful coach will rip the blinders off.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Stand for Something!—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeadership Arises in Discovering Yourself as the Stand You Take\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e114\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You have declared an impossible future and taken on a powerful business challenge, but sense you now need to take on an equally powerful leadership challenge that will require relentless coaching and feedback. \u003ci\u003eIf you are ready develop faster, fasten your seat belt and let's go.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Get Your Grand Design Over the Line—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVision Is Not Enough! Execute on Your Source Document Until It Exists Independent of You\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e121\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You spent three months working on your Source Document as if you were writing your enterprise's version of the U.S. Constitution. You put out your vision, teachable points of view, and key priorities at town hall meetings with a bang, but what has come back is more like a whimper. \u003ci\u003eWe'll show you how to get what you are committed to \"over the line\" so that it exists independent of you.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Become a Master Politician—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Politics for Non-Politicians\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e127\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You see an opportunity to make a difference and have jumped into action. It seems that each step you take creates a widening arc of support and opposi-tion. You know you have to deal with the opposition, but as you see it, playing politics is beneath you. \u003ci\u003eGet over it. To reach your goals you need to master the political chessboard.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Lateral Leadership: How to Lead When You Are Not in Charge—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuild Coalitions That Increase Support and Diminish Opposition\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e137\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You've discovered that leaders get things done in three ways when they are not in charge: charisma, force of argument or pressure, and coalition building. What is the best way forward for you? \u003ci\u003eHere's a great mentoring tale.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Take an A Player in Every Job—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoach B's, Redeploy or Release Chronic C's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e144\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You are beginning to wake up to the fact that you cannot create an Impossible Future with a team of chronic C players. You'd give anything for a team of A players, if only it were possible. \u003ci\u003eNow it is!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Stop Being a Victim of Your Calendar—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStart Focusing on What Makes a Difference, Not What's Merely Important or Trivial\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e151\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e Your increasing inability to control your agenda has left you resigned and frustrated. You are spending way too much time reacting to the day-to-day demands of managing the business. You are wondering how you will ever be able to spend more time on activi-ties that will truly make a difference. \u003ci\u003eHere are the hidden keys.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Get Ready for Big Meetings Like a Championship Game—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFocus on Who You Need to Be and On What You Need to Do\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e159\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You have a big meeting coming up that is like a championship game for your business. You want your preparation for the meeting to match the opportunity and to come home with a big win. \u003ci\u003eLearn how to get the edge.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Your Extraordinary Career Challenge 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Do You Have a Burning Ambition?—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeize the Crown, Stop Being Just a Good Soldier in the Long March of History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e177\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You see others are getting ahead faster than you and can't figure out why. Perhaps their secret is not that they have more talent but that they have more ambition. \u003ci\u003eYour masterful coach will enable you to set your ambition free.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Network to Match Your Ambition—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePower Comes Not from Your Position but from How Connected You Are\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e183\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You've got an idea of the dream job you would like to have two to five years from now. It is time to start thinking of networking as a strategic action you take toward your intended career goals and objectives. \u003ci\u003eCan we offer to be your mentor on this?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Sourcing a Powerful Relationship with Your Boss—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Managing Up to Get Ahead\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e190\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e At best, you have good chemistry with your boss. At worst, you suffer feelings of being dominated. In both cases, you give your power away to your boss. Can you change that and have a better career? \u003ci\u003eOur answer is yes.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Create an Extraordinary Career in a Turbulent World—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGo for Mastery, Not Competence\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e197\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You have noticed lately that once-safe midmanagement jobs are being replaced by microchips or farmed out to Pakistan, South Korea, and Mexico. How can you increase your chances of success in a Fortune 500 firm or survive as a free agent? \u003ci\u003eNow hear this!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Dealing With Derailers—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eShine Your Light, Manage Your Darker Side\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e205\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You've read that the average tenure of Fortune 500 CEOs is 2.7 years. Like you, most of these guys learned how to leverage their strengths. Yet they didn't ask for feedback on their gaps that would cause them to derail. \u003ci\u003eDon't make the same mistake.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 There's a Conversation Out There About You That's a Career Wrecker—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublicly Acknowledge It, Take Responsibility for It, Campaign to Change It\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e211\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSituation:\u003c\/i\u003e You have worked hard to transform your leadership style and derailers, but you've got a rap sheet from the past. Too bad! 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