商品簡介
This guide is for executives, for prospective executive coaches, and for professionals in human resources departments who want to create a coaching culture in their organizations. Written in an inspirational, conversational tone, the guide overviews the entire executive coaching process and offers cases based on real people and situations. Guptan, a professor and consultant, describes the role of the executive coach, then walks through the different popular approaches and theoretical frameworks for the practice of executive coaching, and describes various genres of executive coaching and how to decide between them. The stages of the executive coaching process are then described in detail. For executives, the author gives tips on preparing for an intervention. For those who want to coach, the book describes the qualities and skills of an executive coach and cautions against common pitfalls. The book ends with FAQs. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)