Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies [Paperback]

Marty Brounstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2000

If you want to create a lean, mean, working machine in today’s environment you need a game plan for building employee morale and commitment. By coaching and mentoring your work force—instead of implementing staid traditional management techniques—you’ll start to see tremendous results.

Regardless of where you find yourself on the corporate ladder and what level of authority you carry, what you and other managers share in common is the responsibility for the performance of others. Coaching and Mentoring For Dummies can open your eyes to this innovative way of managing and show you the best way to get the most out of those who work for you.

Coaching and Mentoring For Dummies provides the foundation for understanding what business coaching is all about, and helps you gain or improve the coaching skills that drive employee performance and commitment. These skills, which serve as the main topics of this book, involve: getting employees to deliver the results you need; guiding employees to think and do for themselves; motivating employees to take on responsibility and perform effectively; and growing employee capabilities that lead to career development and success

You’ll also discover how to:

• Use questions rather than commands
• Be a delegator, not a doer
• Complete performance reviews without anxiety
• Grow your employees’ talents
• Increase productivity and decrease turnover

With Coaching and Mentoring For Dummies as your guide, you can start to put these techniques and tools to work for you and inspire your employees in ways you never imagined. From tried-and-true worksheets to tools that you can tailor to you own situation, this friendly guide helps you call all the right plays with regards to your employees. Forget about micromanaging! When you become a coach, you’ll be surprised by the tasks your group can perform.The fun and easy guide to today's hottest trends in management training, Coaching and Mentoring For Dummies shows managers how to take advantage of these state-of-the-art management tools -- without spending hundreds of dollars on training seminars! This book features

• Guidance on being a coach rather than a doer" and giving feedback in a positive way
• Advice on motivating, grooming, and growing employees
• Tips on tackling diversity issues, performance reviews, and other challenges

Put these techniques and tools to work and inspire your employees in ways you never imagined. Forget about micromanaging! When you become a coach, you'll be surprised by the tasks your group can perform.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"excellent" (TrainingZone.co.uk, 13th April 2007)

From the Back Cover

"An absolute must read for any business leader." Norman J. Schoenfeld, Executive Vice President, Meyer Corporation Praise for Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies^® "I put the skills presented in Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies into practice and it's the smartest management decision I've ever made! The material contained in this book works!" — Dennis J. Sparacino, Recreation Services Deputy Director, City of Fremont

Put today's proven management techniques to work for you

Your game plan for building employee morale and commitment

Find out the benefits of coaching over traditional management So you want to create a lean, mean, working machine? Discover how to inspire employees and get results. From tried-and-true worksheets to tools that you can tailor to your own situation, this friendly guide helps you call all the right plays for a big win!

Discover how to: Use questions rather than commands Be a delegator, not a doer Complete performance reviews without anxiety Grow your employees' talents Increase productivity; decrease turnover

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Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (May 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764552236
• ISBN-13: 978-0764552236
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Teams
  • #45 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Training

More About the Author

Marty Brounstein is the author of the new book Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust.
This book was the result of his deep feelings upon learning the details of his wife's birth in the Netherlands during the Holocaust and the people who saved her parents and other Jews as well.

He is a speaker and management consultant based in the San Francisco Bay area. Marty has also been a human resources executive and started his career as an educator, with an emphasis on teaching history, including the Holocaust.
He is also the author and contributing author on 7 books in the field of management and communication.
Marty Brounstein has already conducted 12 Book Talks and the book only came out in October and 20 more are planned.
All talks were very well received as Marty sets the stage of when and where the events in the book happened. Please check for future Book Talks and plan to attend one soon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What They Forgot To Tell You When They Made You A Manager, May 23, 2001

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"dave_in_sv" (Scotts Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies (Paperback)

First, let me disclose that I am a client of the author. So perhaps I should be upset with Mr. Brounstein for putting out a book that has the same information I paid him thousands of dollars to teach me. Buy the book.

Remember the first time you dealt with a difficult employee - the knot in your stomach as you called them into your office. Learn about giving constructive feedback instead of criticism, and you may just turn a problem employee into a model employee - it happened to me. The knot may not go away completely, but with this technique it will definitely be more manageable. Buy the book.

Work smarter not harder. Learn about Results-based Performance Management, and get results, not just busy employees. Teach your employees to manage themselves by holding them accountable for results, not just activities that you give them to do. Buy the book.

Learn about coaching techniques such as Tutoring With Questions that will get your employees to start answering their own questions - and getting the right answers. Buy the book.

About a year ago I suddenly found myself in charge of 100 employees that had been thrown together from different cultures as the result of mergers and corporate realignment. Through the techniques I learned from Marty that are revealed in this book, I have been able to build an effective team of managers who in turn have helped me turn the organization around. A year ago, we were missing committed deadlines one after another. Now, we consistently meet and often beat our commitments. I often refer to my copy of the book for a refresher on Marty's techniques and regularly refer my managers to the book when they run into difficult situations. Buy the book.

Just in case I forgot to mention it: Buy the book.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coaching & Mentoring for Dummies, July 6, 2000

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ron - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies (Paperback)

This is a great "how to" book. It has plenty of "laundry lists" that all coaches must keep in mind at all times. It is one of the most comprehensive coaching books that I've seen for a long time. This "on my desk" book is guarranted to have plenty of high-liteing and dog-ears within a short period of time. This is a must for new or seasoned coaches and coaches-of-coaches.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide!, January 8, 2003

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Aravind Yarlagadda (Sunnyvale, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies (Paperback)

Probably the best, easy-to-read book regarding coaching and mentoring for self-taught, busy managers.