Coached to Lead: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) [Hardcover]

Susan Battley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 14, 2006 | Series: J-B US non-Franchise Leadership (Book 9)

Coached to Lead is the first consumer’s guide to executive coaching. Drawing on her twenty years of experience and direct research with an elite international clientele, renowned CEO coach Susan Battley offers step-by-step advice for achieving the same extraordinary results that top leaders get from executive coaching. Filled with insider tips, engaging real-life cases, and handy checklists and sample documents, Coached to Lead will help anyone who considers working with a professional coach to make smart decisions that maximize valuable resources. Battley reveals all the insider secrets about coaching—how to determine your coaching readiness, how to choose the right coach, and how to use a winning five-step coaching model. She covers all the issues commonly raised as well as not-so-obvious situations and troubleshooting.

Editorial Reviews

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"An excellent resource for business leaders and technical professionals who want to maximize their effectiveness in today's global marketplace."
—Nido Qubein, chairman, Great Harvest Bread Company

"A highly original and effective approach to demystifying executive coaching."
—Maurits La Rivière, secretary general emeritus, International Council for Science

"I was impressed with many aspects, including the case studies, leader interviews, and easy writing style."
—Manuel London, professor of management and director of the Center for Human Resource Studies, Stony Brook University

"This book has a high 'reality quotient' in terms of practical application and business impact. Insightful and results-oriented."
—Brendan J. O'Halloran, vice-chair and regional head, USA, TD Securities

"A terrific resource and guide for reaching the peak of your abilities."
—Linda Byars Swindling, J.D., coauthor, The Consultant's Legal Guide

From the Inside Flap

Top performers in business, the professional services, and the public and nonprofit sectors use executive coaches to support and extend their success. In fact, nearly 50 percent of Fortune 500 companies now use executive coaches to produce better leaders faster. Yet despite its popularity, many people interested in executive coaching — either for themselves or someone else—are uncertain about what to expect or how to pick the right coach. How do you hire a coach? Are you a good candidate for coaching? What are the tangible benefits? What does it cost? How long will it take?

Coached to Lead is the first consumer's guide to executive coaching. Drawing on her twenty years of experience and direct research with an elite international clientele, renowned CEO?coach Susan Battley offers step-by-step advice for achieving the same extraordinary results that top leaders get from executive coaching. Filled with insider tips, engaging real-life cases, and handy checklists and sample documents, Coached to Lead will help anyone who considers working with a professional coach to make smart decisions that maximize valuable resources. Battley reveals all the insider secrets about coaching—how to determine your coaching readiness, how to choose the right coach, and how to use a winning five-step coaching model. She covers all the issues commonly raised as well as not-so-obvious situations and troubleshooting.

Included are observations on leadership effectiveness by such notables as

• Robert ErburuCEO, Times Mirror Corporation
• John H. Marburger IIIWhite House presidential science adviser
• Rhonda BrownCEO, Nine West Footwear Corporation
• Maurice LévyCEO, Publicis Groupe
• Theresa GattungCEO, Telecom New Zealand

Coached to Lead is an indispensable resource for business executives, technical professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners, supervisors, human resource managers, and executive coaches.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (April 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787981443
• ISBN-13: 978-0787981440
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Susan Battley is a leadership psychologist, executive coach and author with more than 20 years of experience advising an international clientele of CEOs and other leaders of elite organizations.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary Results, March 8, 2008

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Chris L. Johnson (Oak Brook, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coached to Lead: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) (Hardcover)

Extraordinary results. Who among us, as consultants or coaches, doesn't want our clients to achieve extraordinary results? I sure do. That's my first reason to have purchased this book. The second has to do with finding myself fielding quite reasonable and curious questions about coaching from those who are seeking extraordinary results. Coached to Lead is a book that offers practical tips to coaches, clients and potential clients. Take a look at these questions to see if they sound familiar to you.

" How can a coach help me obtain business results?

" What exactly can a coach do for me?

" If I did hire a coach, how would I go about finding the right one for me?

" What really goes on in a coaching relationship anyway?

" How much does it cost, how long will it last, and will the results last?

If you too want to see extraordinary results and have ever wondered how best to answer such questions, you'll appreciate the solid ground Dr. Susan Battley provides to her audience. Drawing from her rich experience with leaders over the past twenty years, across a vast array of businesses in as many sectors, she provides the first consumer's guide to executive coaching.

Battley framed Coached to Lead on two guiding beliefs: 1) Executive coaching has staying power as a value-added service and, 2) Not only is executive coaching not going away, she predicts that the demand for quality coaching will increase in the coming years due to the 'plug and play' needs of managers today.. She anticipates that the latter will become more obvious as those industries traditionally less engaged in leadership development face the need to adapt quickly in the arena of interpersonal skills in order to perform in an increasingly competitive and global marketplace.

This engaging eleven-chapter, evidence-based guide takes the reader through a series of questions within each chapter designed to educate and provide a structure from which to reap the benefits of executive coaching, all the while avoiding costly mistakes. The reader can select various sections as urgency dictates or read the entire text, complete with usable forms, to guide the process and stay on task.

In the first chapter, Battley sets about dispelling the Ten Myths About Executive Coaching. For example, in Myth #1, "The Myth of the Individual" or 'Successful people don't need coaches,' she reminds us that peak performers in sports, the arts, and business all use coaches to enhance their already sterling performance. She cites a 2001 study by the Manchester Consulting that those receiving coaching exhibited an ROI of 5.7 times the initial investment or more than $100,000. Her Myth Buster: Professionals have coaches; amateurs do not.

Having dispelled the ten myths and leveled the ground in Chapter 1, in Chapter 2 she guides the saavy reader through a process of determining if Executive Coaching is Right for You by asking ten questions focused on one's awareness and commitment level to learning and producing business results.

Chapter 3, How to Pick Your Perfect Coach, outlines six steps to selection that focus on self-awareness in terms of goals and outcomes from coaching. The result? A personal profile for finding a compatible, or 'perfect,' coach for the reader. She highlights the characteristics of a great coach which includes experienced-based knowledge, education, ethics, and character and competency in coaching. Once chosen, chapter 4 centers on the rules of engagement for coaching, including sample agreements, and highlights the distinctions of private-pay vs. employer-funded coaching initiatives.

In chapter 5, Battley highlights the bedrock of this text, her Five Step Coaching Model, a broad brush approach with its focus on goals, assessment, an actionable plan and review, yet easy to customize. She further explicates each step of the model in Chapters 6-9. It is a written Powerhouse Action Plan, distinct from a standard coaching plan. It confronts obstacles and barriers providing the supercharged energy of this model to shift behavior and enhance performance. With Powerhouse Action Plan in hand, the coach becomes a catalyst to the client for personal growth in what she calls the ''knowing-doing' cycle of reflection and action and back again. This process creates momentum as goals are completed and reviewed in detail for level of satisfaction, learning, business results and return on investment as one is 'Coached to Lead.'

Chapters 10-11 provide a troubleshooting guide to addressing 'sticky' coaching situations and dealing with the concerns of third party sponsors of coaching initiatives.

Who among us wants extraordinary results for our clients? If you answered, 'I do,' this is a must read for you and all executive or leadership coaches, and for potential clients who want to face their own learning and performance head on. This practical, forthright read not only levels the ground, but elevates the ground of executive coaching to peak performance.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Coaching Resource!, August 18, 2009

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Virg "Virg" (Centennial, Colorado, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Coached to Lead: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) (Hardcover)

Susan Battley has written a terrific coaching book. I have read and studied almost every coaching book over the past 15 years and without question this is the best of the best! She has taken complexity and made it simple, yet very meaningful. The book is rich with very realistic and practical guidance.

This is an excellent resource for Senior Leaders and Executive Coaches, but also for developing leaders and coaches. Susan's experience and coaching insight is clearly evident. She knows coaching, and she knows how to coach leaders for real results.

I strongly recommend her book as an essential for your leadership and coaching library.

Your purchase will be a wise investment!

Virg Setzer

Executive Coach

Organizational Consultant

Adjunct Management Instructor

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, Well Written and Extremely Valuable, May 17, 2006

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A reader from New York - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coached to Lead: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent, comprehensive guide to executive coaching. Susan Battley walks the reader through the book in a sequence that is logical and practical -- and yet with a warm, human touch.

The writing is crisp and flows well. The stories, forms and checklists are unique and extremely helpful. If you're thinking about working with an executive coach, this book will be of tremendous value to you.