Self-Coaching Leadership: Simple steps from Manager to Leader

Self-Coaching Leadership......Page 1
Contents......Page 9
List of illustrations......Page 13
About the author......Page 15
Preface......Page 19
Acknowledgments......Page 25
Part One: Leadership of Self......Page 27
1: Time......Page 29
Lock-in syndrome......Page 31
Fire-fighting......Page 33
The step back......Page 38
Busy bodies......Page 39
Silent time for reflection......Page 46
2: Life balance......Page 53
Where there is a will, there is a way......Page 54
Honoring jobs done......Page 60
The pre-goal method......Page 63
The Stretch Zone......Page 68
Segments of the wheel......Page 73
5: Solution thinking......Page 81
Deep Thought solutions......Page 83
Flexible thinking and the multiple intelligences......Page 85
6: Applying personal changes......Page 89
Reducing work time......Page 90
Part Two: Influence – Leadership of Others......Page 93
Further questions......Page 95
Changes: overt motives made clear......Page 99
8: Rapport skills and building trust......Page 101
Rapport skills......Page 102
Beginnings, middles and ends......Page 103
Honoring and celebration......Page 108
Mindsets for rapport and trust......Page 110
Trust......Page 112
9: Relationship building: putting it together......Page 115
Traits, trust factors and people skills......Page 119
Trust factors......Page 120
Trait: Clear communicator......Page 122
Trait: Straight-talker......Page 126
Trait: Flexible......Page 127
Trait: Reliable and consistent (TF)......Page 130
Trait: Accepts responsibility (TF)......Page 132
Trait: Credible......Page 134
People skill: Listens intently......Page 145
People skill: Understands others......Page 162
People skill: Supportive (TF)......Page 163
People skill: Interested in me (TF)......Page 165
11: Other influencing skills of the leader......Page 167
Accommodation, compromise and collaboration......Page 168
12: Mindsets for leaders......Page 179
13: Motivation......Page 181
Motivation: Under- and over-managing......Page 182
Motivation: Mentoring and coaching......Page 186
The 1-2-1 meetings......Page 205
Facilitating all 1-2-1s......Page 206
New staff 1-2-1......Page 218
Understanding stress......Page 221
Probing the Wheel of Work......Page 223
14: My own 1-2-1......Page 235
15: Influencing peers and bosses......Page 239
What I need to communicate......Page 243
The strategy for action......Page 248
Agenda frames for behaviors and outcomes......Page 249
Meetings: Factoring for success......Page 252
18: Developing talent......Page 259
Organizational character overview......Page 260
Part Three: Self-Learning for Leaders......Page 263
19: The Real Thing at work......Page 267
Being and doing......Page 270
Recalibrating authenticity for work......Page 274
Maintaining progress......Page 280
20: Self-awareness for leaders......Page 281
Feedback for leaders......Page 282
21: Emotional Intelligence......Page 289
Working to improve EI......Page 292
Epilogue......Page 301
References......Page 303
Index......Page 305