The Coach's Guide To Asset-Based Thinking And Appreciative Coaching [Paperback]

Dr. Kathy Cramer Ph.D. (Author), Ph.D., Peggy Guest (Author), Ph.D., Sara Orem (Author), Hank Wasiak (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1441485376 | ISBN-13: 978-1441485373

Coaches help people bring their performance to a higher level of excellence and their life satisfaction to a greater fullness. People who want to forge a new path in business, professional growth, personal relationships, community volunteerism or in political engagement have all used coaching as a way to reach their goals. When coaches you use this manual with their clients, they find that they too are transformed by the experience of increased facility. This very special coaching experience cascades to other parts of life for two reasons: Asset-Based Thinking is contagious and Appreciative Coaching becomes an intuitive way of being curious in the world. The more clearly people see their own assets and talents, and the assets and talents of the people and situations in their lives, the more people attract others to see their worlds with similar curiosity, optimism and hope.

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About the Author

Peggy Guest, Ph. D. is a Senior Consultant with The Cramer Institute providing executive coaching to a wide range of The Cramer Institute's clients. She assumes a critical role in coaching accomplished, high achievement leaders by helping them to challenge themselves and discover and achieve their next level of personal growth and leadership. She integrates Courageous Conversations(tm), Appreciative Coaching and Asset Based Thinking(tm) into her coaching work. She has worked as a psychotherapist in her own private practice for more than 25 years and taught Women's Studies at Washington University in St Louis. Sara L.Orem, Ph.D. has twenty years of management experience and consulting to major financial services companies, city governments, and non-profits in the U. S. and abroad. Her recent consulting work has focused on coaching for deep engagement and committed performance. Sara teaches Masters and Doctoral level courses as adjunct faculty for Capella University in Minneapolis. She is also co-author of the daily meditation book, Living Simply. Sara completed her doctoral work in Human and Organization Systems at Fielding Graduate University. Her current focus is on the development and use of positive methods including Appreciative Inquiry and Asset-Based Thinking in coaching and group processes. Sara developed The Appreciative Coaching method and is lead author of Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change. Dr. Kathryn Cramer, Ph.D. is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Cramer Institute in St. Louis, which specializes in using Asset-Based Thinking(tm) training approaches to organizational change consulting, leadership and team development, and executive coaching. She has a Doctorate in psychology from St. Louis University and is a licensed psychologist and member of the American Psychological Association. She is the author of seven books, including the latest "Change the Way You See Yourself Through Asset-Based Thinking." Hank Wasiak is a communications industry leader who has worked with the corporate elite of global business. Hank retired as Vice Chairman of McCann-Erickson to co-found The Concept Farm, one of today's hottest creative development companies. Hank is a three time Emmy award winning TV host, author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and teacher. Hank teamed up with Kathy Cramer to create the first three best sellers in the Asset-Based Thinking book series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (April 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1441485376
• ISBN-13: 978-1441485373
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,136,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sara Orem (1943-) grew up in Connecticut, began college and marriage in Philadelphia and migrated to Minnesota where she began to publish book reviews, financial features, and arts criticism. She co-authored a book of daily meditations, Living Simply, and began graduate school in theology.Subsequent moves to Michigan and finally northern California, brought her to a home overlooking San Francisco Bay. She has co-authored two books for coaches, Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change, and The Coach's Guide to Asset-Based Thinking and Appreciative Coaching, and is currently working on a book about becoming a leader.