A Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best From Your Employees [Paperback]

Anne Loehr (Author), Brian Emerson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2008

To stay on top, companies need to do more than just tread water - they need to grow. And that means that their employees need to develop and improve their skills at the same pace. More than ever, managers are being encouraged to improve employee performance through effective coaching, but so few of them have the time - or the knowledge it takes to do it successfully. Brian Emerson and Ann Loehr have spent years showing some of the country's top companies how to develop their most promising employees. "A Manager's Guide to Coaching" is a manual that will guide executives through every step of the coaching process, from problem solving to developing accountability. Clear, practical and straightforward, this is an invaluable tool that will help every leader coach employees, colleagues and themselves to excellence.

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Book Description

To stay on top, companies need to do more than just tread water—they need to grow. And that means that their employees need to develop and improve their skills at the same pace. More than ever, managers are being encouraged to improve employee performance through effective coaching, but so few of them have the time—or the knowledge—it takes to do it successfully. Brian Emerson and Ann Loehr have spent years showing some of the country’s top companies how to develop their most promising employees. Now in this helpful manual they guide managers through every step of the coaching process, from problem solving to developing accountability. Readers will discover:

the top 10 tips every manager should know before he starts to coach • how to handle difficult conversations, conflicting priorities, and problem team members • how to hold follow-up meetings after goals and priorities have been set • sample questions they can adapt to various situations • examples of common problems and how they can use coaching to address them.

Clear, practical and straightforward, this is an invaluable tool that will help all leaders coach employees, colleagues, and themselves to excellence.

About the Author

Brian Emerson and Anne Loehr (Washington, D.C.) are certified executive coaches and cofounders of Safaris for the Soul, leadership development retreats in Kenya, Patagonia, and Iceland.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 17 and up
  
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (April 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814409822
• ISBN-13: 978-0814409824
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just to point out a couple things. . ., July 15, 2009

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Roy H. Smith (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best From Your Employees (Paperback)

I feel obliged to point out a few things. The first is that these reviews were all 5 star and completely without a single criticism. The second is that every one of them reads like a blurb from the back of a book. The third is that they were written at about the same time. Finally, they were generally written by people who seem to never have written another review ever. I have not written before either, but seeing something that seems so plainly to be a campaign roused me to act, for some reason. That said, I did buy the book anyway. I just wanted to be certain that a no cynical marketing ploy goes unchallenged.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Savvy manual teaches managers how to coach, August 2, 2010

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Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best From Your Employees (Paperback)

This tremendously useful book by two seasoned executive coaches, Anne Loehr and Brian Emerson, expertly explains what coaching is, how it functions and how managers can learn to put it to work to improve employees' productivity and morale. Although every member of your staff is surely pumping hard to stay employed, get ahead and do well, many people may be unaware of attitudes or behaviors that are holding them back or jeopardizing their careers. That's where a good coach plays a crucial role. The authors delve into coaching's methods, explain its benefits, and offer thoughtful instructions and examples. The last third of the book is devoted to specific questions to ask while coaching. How you'll react to the writing style, which is generally clear and serviceable, depends on if you think that "coachee" is a real word and that "everyone does their work" is good enough on the grammar front. Either way, getAbstract heartily recommends this straightforward, practical book to managers who want to be productive coaches.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical Guide for Managers, April 8, 2008

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Amy Levine (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best From Your Employees (Paperback)

My job provides me with many opportunities to help managers become more effective coaches. This book is an excellent resource in helping managers understand what it means to coach and more importantly how to actually do it. It is full of examples and tips that bring the concepts and models to life and you couldn't ask for a more comprehensive list of powerful questions! I highly recommend this book not only for new managers but seasoned managers as well who want to refresh their toolkit.