Thursday, July 9, 2009

Unleash your Coaching Power


The workplace is a playing field that is set by boundaries, rules and strategies. However, not many supervisors, managers, directors and top executives understand that good coaching enhances effective leadership. Good coaching is important to ensure that players are out on the field than going out of control.

The self-published book, Seven Keys for Coaching Power, helps promote highly effective leaders by applying seven keys to coaching prowess. Author Stella Louise Cowan thoroughly explains how one can achieve coaching power through seven key standpoints.

Through this practical and straightforward book, one can be able to identify coaching needs, address poor performance issues; use methods and tools to track performance; set improvement expectations; implement developmental plans and track progress through proper maintenance.

With more emphasis on application, Seven Keys for Coaching Power contains more than twenty application tools such as checklists, exercises, performance models, self-assessment instruments and worksheets that are great for independent study or as workbook for a facilitated class.

Being a good coach can bring out the true leader in you. This is why proper coaching skills play a huge impact within the organization and can yield remarkable results. Seven Keys for Coaching Power can help you achieve all these.

Stella Louise Cowan has been a training and organizational development profession for more than fifteen years now. With a Masters degree in Education from Wayne State University, Stella also has extensive experience in teaching management-related courses, both as instructor and assistant professor at tertiary level. She is an expert on training product design as well as innovative, results-oriented performance solutions.

In addition, Stella specializes in supporting training activities to promote skills application back on the job. She has conducted countless training workshops in areas such as behavioral-based interviewing; change management; leadership coaching; presentation skills and team building. Stella has also participated in numerous organizational initiatives to identify and address the cause of performance gaps in organizations.

Stella has also self-published two other titles, Be a Star Facilitator or Presenter and So You Want to be Mentored, which she also published with Xlibris.

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