Masterful Coaching
3rd Edition
Free Download of Chapter One: Coaching is an Idea Whose Time Has Come
What people are saying about the book:
“Masterful Coaching sets the context of the coach as steward, a critical agent in transforming organizational cultures and developing the skills and capabilities necessary for new cultures to be sustained.”
— Peter Senge, author, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization
“Masterful Coaching will empower you to stand for an impossible future while acting boldly in the present to make it a reality.”
— Richard W. Severance, president, ConocoPhilips, North American Downstream
“Masterful Coaching brings clarity, power, and velocity to producing extraordinary leaders and extraordinary results.”
— Tom Kaiser, president, Zurich Financial Services
“The author’s five-step ‘transformational’ coaching model has been field-tested by thousands of managers worldwide.”
— Accounting Today
“Finally, a book that helps release people’s collective aspirations—almost non-existent in today’s corporate environment—and links them to business goals. A treasure trove of ‘take-action’ tools!”
— Melanie Warren, vice-president, Fidelity Investments
When the first edition of Masterful Coaching was published, it quickly became the standard resource for anyone who was a coach, considering becoming a coach, or curious about being an executive coach.
In this completely revised third edition of his groundbreaking book, Hargrove presents his profound insights into the journey of becoming a masterful coach along with guiding ideas, tools, and methods.
Used by leading universities as a textbook in their leadership and coaching programs, the book will show you how to use the 12 Catalytic Coaching Conversations for creating an Impossible Future and transforming leaders.
Table of Contents
PART I. MAPPING THE TERRITORY OF COACHING
1. Coaching is an Idea Whose Time Has Come: The MC Vision, Mindset, and Method
2. Wanted Extreme Leaders: More Coachable than Mushy Moderates
3. The Four Way-Points: How Do You Know If You Are in the Masterful Coaching Zone?
PART II. THE JOURNEY TO MASTERFUL COACHING
4. Becoming a Masterful Coach: Are You Qualified?
5. Coaching is a Way of Being: Not Just a Technique
6. Coaching Happens in Conversation: The Power of Conversation
7. Masterful Coaching is Transformational: Triple Loop Learning
PART III. COACHING EXECUTIVES TO REALIZE AN IMPOSSIBLE FUTURE AND WIN IN THEIR BUSINESS
8. Create an Extraordinary Coaching Relationship
9. Declare an Impossible Future: Winning in Your Business
10. 360 Leadership Feedback: Go For an Alteration, Not Just an Assessment
11. Mount a Successful Change Insurgency: Eat Radical Change for Breakfast
12. Create a Source Document and Winning Game Plan
13. Build a Team of Talented ‘A’ Players: Engage Them in Playing a Big Game
14. Executive Time Management: Don’t Add Before You Subtract
15. Catalytic Breakthrough Projects: Spearhead a Breakthrough
16. Coaching and Mentoring: The Leader as Coach
17. Making Great Decisions and Judgment Calls: Wisdom vs. Intelligence
18. Focus on the Scoreboard: Connect Coaching with ROI
19. Executive Life Coaching: Achieving Non-Financial Wealth
PART IV. MASTERCLASSES WITH ROBERT HARGROVE
20. Secrets of Great Groups: Become a Masterful Facilitator
21. Creative Collaboration 3.0: Coach People to Deal with Strategic Dead Ends
22. Jump on the Reinvention Roller Coaster: The Organization and Yourself
23. From Defensiveness to Learning: Recognize and Disperse Defensive Routines
24. Provide Feedback and Learning: How to Rip the Blinders Off
25. Teaching New Skills and Capabilities: Move Between Performance and Practice Fields
26. Create a Coaching & Mentoring Culture: Look for Openings vs. the Big Bang
27. Coaching Small Business: Get People to Race Up the Value Chain
28. Build a Super Successful Coaching Practice: How to Get Clients
29. Get People to Bring Their Whole Selves to Work: An Opportunity to Make a Difference