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RESOURCES | BOOK REVIEWS | LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT Action Learning Action Learning: A Practitioner's Guide This book introduces the concept of 'action learning' which is "a continuous process of learning and reflection supported by colleagues.". It is an effective model for learning which facilitates learning by reflecting on real experiences and issues in the workplace. This thorough guide takes the reader from the psychological theory underpinning the model to the practicalities of setting up and facilitating the process of action learning. It is cleverly constructed for a number of different target audiences and has suggested reading routes to suit each. It is an all encompassing introduction and guide to the empowering learning model of Action Learning. A 'must have' if you are interested in this area.
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Learning: A Practitioner's Guide
Coaching for Performance This is a classic and practical guide to the topic of 'coaching'. It explains what coaching is, how best it can be used and the results that can be expected. It introduces the processes used in coaching and how to structure effective questions which are the keystone to effective coaching. It looks at self-coaching, coaching individuals and teams, how to identify and overcome the barriers, and alludes to the benefits that can be enjoyed from a successful coaching partnership. It focuses on the basic yet effective GROW model and explains it thoroughly. This a good introductory text to the topic of coaching.
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For Performance: Growing People, Performance and Purpose
Coactive Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and Life This coaching book is one of the most popular books among professional coaches. Co-active Coaching presents the essential building blocks of effective coaching and allows the coach to then develop their own style safe in the knowledge that the basics are in place. It presents the Co-active Coaching model combining five key coaching skills with the three key coaching processes and presents guidelines which bring the model to life. This is not an introductory book, but it is a solid and enabling text for those people serious about incorporating coaching into their work and lives.
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Coaching
Fish This powerful parable features Mary-Jane, the unfortunate new manager of the notorious third floor 'toxic energy dump', a department of uninspired, de-motivated, unhappy people, resented by the rest of the organisation due to their apparent lack of work ethic. Mary-Jane's formidable challenge is to quickly transform her department into a motivated and productive workforce. Mary-Jane stumbles upon the Pike Place Fish Market and is in awe of its vibrant atmosphere and great customer service. Through modelling aspects of the market's ethos, practices and commitments, she is able to transform her department beyond anyone's dreams. The metaphors used in this book are relevant to anyone in any organisation. An easy engaging read, this book has lessons and reminders for us all. BACK TO THE TOP
The Complete Guide to Coaching at Work This complete guide offers a comprehensive introduction to the progressive area of coaching and becomes very specific in guiding the reader through different aspects, considerations and approaches relevant for coaching at work. It will not transform the reader into an expert coach but it will give them a thorough understanding of where to start, the skills they need to develop, an understanding of the situations they will encounter and an idea of how to handle them. This comprehensive guide would be an asset to any manager who is responsible for interacting in a positive and constructive way with those people around them.
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Complete Guide to Coaching at Work
The Tao of Coaching: Boost Your Effectiveness at Work by Inspiring and Developing those Around You This is a small, easy to read book that briefly covers many important topics across the breadth of the coaching spectrum. It challenges some of the myths around coaching and guides the new coach in a number of different situations from coaching in a hurry to coaching reluctant people. It encourages the coach to increase their levels of self-awareness so that they don't get in their own way during the coaching process. Each brief chapter is followed by a comprehensive summary which is effective both for review and for gleaning the high-level points from the book. It is a handy pocket book that can be dipped into by the new coach and used to bring back into awareness approaches used by established coaches. BACK TO THE TOP
When Teams Work Best A very well-presented, easy to read book that demystifies the complexities of effective teamworking. Through broad research and experience collected over two decades, La Fasto and Larson present the five fundamental elements that they conclude need to be understood and actively managed in order to increase the likelihood of teamwork and collaboration succeeding. The book has a good flow, combines theory with experience and practical suggestions to increase awareness and to start actively managing the five fundamental elements of effective teamworking. BACK TO THE TOP
Who Moved My Cheese? This tiny book packs a punch! An entertaining story of two 'little people' and two mice who live in a maze and spend their lives looking for cheese. It is a metaphor for life and how you react to situations and approach the search for what you want to get out of life. The underlying messages teach simple yet effective lessons concerning how we choose to anticipate and adapt to change. The fact that over 12 million copies have been sold worldwide is testament to the power of this remarkable little book. BACK TO THE TOP
Zapp! The Lightening of Empowerment This is a fun book with some serious lessons to be learned. Essentially it is a fable through which the reader learns of the organisational benefits and the personal fulfilment to be experienced through empowering people. Implementing the principles in this book will move any team or organisation swiftly towards achieving the high-performing, empowered culture that many of them seek but few achieve. Warning: once you read it you may well feel compelled to buy it for all managers in your organisation! Leadership and Self Deception (Getting out of the Box) The Arbinger Institute ISBN 978-0-141-03006-7 The premise here is not about leadership approaches, methodologies for managing employees in the workplace, or other business strategy, but is instead a close and powerful look at the level of ‘self-deception’ routinely involved when we think about ourselves in relation to any problem in which we are involved. It encourages a greater understanding of what else may be occurring from the perspectives of others rather than through our own ‘self-deceived’ and biased lens. It gives insight as to how to right the balance between inflating our own self-importance while diminishing that of other people in any given situation, and helps us understand that how we view others impacts our ability to lead them. The concepts are cleverly introduced through a simple piece of fiction about a new employee, Tom, and his interactions with his boss and others. The preface of this extraordinary book from the Arbinger Institute says: "Our experience in teaching about self-deception and its solution is that people find this knowledge liberating. It sharpens vision, reduces feelings of conflict, enlivens the desire for teamwork, redoubles accountability, magnifies the capacity to achieve results, and deepens satisfaction and happiness." I think it does just that!
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and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box
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