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The Coaching Organization: A Strategy for Developing Leaders is the only book to provide practical advice on how a company can strategically manage coaching initiatives that strengthen organizations and enhance employee engagement and growth. Authors James M. Hunt and Joseph R. Weintraub offer best practices to help organizations deploy developmental coaching that drives leadership and employee effectiveness.
Key Features:
Offers a strategic view of how to manage developmental coaching: Coaching initiatives are often deployed on an ad hoc and unmanaged basis and as such often yield disappointing results. This book provides a guide for the strategic management of coaching initiatives including executive coaching, internal coaching, coaching by managers, and peer coaching, so as to maximize their impact and value.; Presents credible and practical examples of successful coaching initiatives: Case-based research conducted by leading academics and practitioners illustrates how organizations can link coaching initiatives and organizational success. Case studies from organizations such as Whirlpool, Wachovia, Children's Hospital Boston, and Citizens Financial Group offer clear guidance on the organizational use of coaching.; Identifies assessment tools for developing and maintaining coaching initiatives: Organizational and coaching competency tools are provided to help design appropriate organizational coaching initiatives, select expert coaches, and train internal peer coaches and coaching managers. In addition, the book offers no-cost and low-cost ideas to help organizations spend less money while achieving better results.
Intended Audience: This is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organizational Effectiveness, Executive Coaching, and Leadership. It is also a valuable resource for executives, managers, and human resource professionals.
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The Coaching Organization Assessment
The Coaching Organization Assessment
In this chapter, we present the Coaching Organization Assessment Exercise:
- This exercise helps decision makers consider in some detail the degree to which the organization is ready for a coaching initiative.
- The factors most associated with readiness for a coaching initiative are explored through a careful examination of the organizational culture, the business context, and, in particular, the business strategy, the human resource management context, and the organization's experience to date with coaching.
- The Coaching Organization Assessment Exercise can also serve to help organization decision makers consider how to best approach building a coaching capacity in their organizations.
As we've already indicated, the organizational context within which coaching takes place has a critical impact on the likely success of a coaching initiative ...
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