Developing High Performance People: The Art Of Coaching [Paperback]

Barbara Mink (Author), Oscar Mink (Author), Keith Owen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 21, 1993

In today’s economy corporations are emphasizing performance improvement over increasing head count. Self-managed work teams, empowerment of employees, and organizational learning all present different challenges for today’s manager. How do managers succeed in this environment? A new set of managerial skills is necessary. Developing High-Performance People is the only book to address this changing role of the manger.Developing High-Performance People should be read by all supervisors and managers; human resources managers; trainers who conduct coaching/counseling courses; and professors in management, human resources, or career counseling—everyone who wants to learn how to build trust and involvement with employees and how to effectively evaluate employee performance. create a high performance environment help workers to deal with barriers to top performance analyze their own level of competency as a coach personalize a performance plan for each employee develop a practical action plan for employee training and development

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About the Author

Oscar G. Mink is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the director of Graduate Study and Research in Human Resource Development. Keith Q. Owen is a division chairperson of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Austin Community College. Barbara P. Mink is a founding faculty member of the Human and Organization Program at the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and she is president of Somerset Consulting Group, Inc., in Austin, Texas. All three authors are senior consultants in Somerset Consulting Group, Inc., whose clients include Chevron, 3M, IBM, and Telecom-Australia. Oscar G. Mink is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the director of Graduate Study and Research in Human Resource Development. Keith Q. Owen is a division chairperson of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Austin Community College. Barbara P. Mink is a founding faculty member of the Human and Organization Program at the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and she is president of Somerset Consulting Group, Inc., in Austin, Texas. All three authors are senior consultants in Somerset Consulting Group, Inc., whose clients include Chevron, 3M, IBM, and Telecom-Australia. Oscar G. Mink is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the director of Graduate Study and Research in Human Resource Development. Keith Q. Owen is a division chairperson of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Austin Community College. Barbara P. Mink is a founding faculty member of the Human and Organization Program at the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and she is president of Somerset Consulting Group, Inc., in Austin, Texas. All three authors are senior consultants in Somerset Consulting Group, Inc., whose clients include Chevron, 3M, IBM, and Telecom-Australia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books; 1 edition (June 21, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201563134
• ISBN-13: 978-0201563139
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp, wise and practical, May 25, 2000

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Steve Bright (Hepburn Springs, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Developing High Performance People: The Art Of Coaching (Paperback)

I've used this book both as a manager, working with individuals and my work team, and also as a consultant and facilitator working with client groups. It is a fantastic resource for the following reasons: 1. it has a very sound foundational model that is built on trust, organisational learning principles and action research; 2. it has an excellent blend of theory and practice, with heaps of case studies, anecdotes and wisdom acquired through experience; 3. it has a lot of really useful tools, reasources, survey instruments and so on - excellent stuff that helps you apply the ideas easily and straight away; 4. it has a lot of humanity, compassion and profound thought about what it means to be an individual working in a complex, dynamic organisation of today; 5. the ideas in it are built on values and ethics, an unusual, but welcome, approach to me; 6. what it advocates is practical, achieveable and realistic - it's not touchy-feely waffle, it is sound advice and tested approaches. Good on you cobbers!