Coaching Culture

The quest to build a culture that rocks. Business is hard. Arnie Malham, founder and president of cj Advertising, understands this thoroughly. But the challenges that make business hard are more than just obstacles - they provide the foundation to building and strengthening a culture that attracts the best people to do the best work.

We've all read about the experts: the artists, the scientists, the engineers - that special group of people known as Imagineers for The Walt Disney Company. But who are they? How did they join the team? What is it like to spend a day in their shoes?

Increasingly, new employees and junior members of any profession are encouraged - sometimes stridently - to "find a mentor!" Four decades of research reveals that the effects of mentorship can be profound and enduring; strong mentoring relationships have the capacity to transform individuals and entire organizations.

It can be frustrating knowing how brilliant the organization could be, only to see pockets of progress appearing, then grinding to a halt. Obstacles can appear anywhere, from unnecessary politics and unacceptable behavior to a lack of leadership buy-in to change. All making a coaching culture hard to imagine.

The world of golf is at a crossroads. As technological innovations displace traditional philosophies, the golfing community has splintered into two deeply combative factions: the old-school teachers and players who believe in feel, artistry, and imagination, and the technical-minded who want to remake the game around data. In Golf’s Holy War, “an obvious hole-in-one for golfers and their coaches” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), Brett Cyrgalis takes us inside the heated battle playing out from weekend hackers to PGA Tour pros.

Your team will change whether you like it or not. People will come and go. Your company might double in size or even be acquired. In this practical book, author Heidi Helfand shares techniques for reteaming effectively. Engineering leaders will learn how to catalyze team change to reduce the risk of attrition, learning and career stagnation, and the development of knowledge silos.

Transform into the leader you want to become by helping others to maximize their potential in this new era. No matter what your organization looks like, Balanced Accountability offers a proven framework for getting these results.

In The Courage Playbook: Five Steps to Overcome Your Fears and Become Your Best Self, Gus Lee, bestselling author and leadership expert, delivers an astonishing reveal that with moral courage, we can overcome our fears. This is a practical guide to gaining your courage to live rightly, treat others without bias, and lead inspirationally.

Getting the best out of employees is critical in today's workplace. This is true whether you are working in a factory, fighting fires, or working on sales. Blue collar workers have a unique set of challenges that need to be considered when leading them to get maximum results. This book is designed to assist a supervisor or leader with coaching these employees by considering the unique conditions that you encounter in an industrial workplace.

Everyone wants teamwork in the team, but teamwork doesn’t happen without good teammates - individuals whose unique way of thinking propels their team to success, no matter what team they’re on. Whether it’s sports, family, school, work, or friends, the attitude is similar. The We Gear takes you inside the fascinating mind-set of a good teammate. Through inspiring stories and powerful lessons, you’ll explore the art of being a good teammate, while discovering the five keys to shifting your focus from me to we.

Lisa Z. Fain and Lois J. Zachary offer a timely, evidence-based, practical guide for helping mentors develop the level of cultural competency needed to bridge differences. Firmly rooted in Zachary’s well-known four-part mentoring model, the book uses three fictional scenarios featuring three pairs of diverse mentors and mentees to illustrate how key concepts can play out in real life. It offers an array of accessible tools and strategies designed to help you increase your self-awareness and prepare you to embrace and leverage differences in your mentoring relationships.

Today’s organizations are packed full of experts in every area from marketing to sales to IT. Many of these people are also leaders, heading teams or departments. They lead because they know more than the rest of their group. They are followed because of their credibility as experts. Yet, the toughest transition in business comes when expert leaders are asked to move beyond their expertise and lead a larger group. In Wanda Wallace’s experience, this move - from expert to spanning leader - requires a new mind-set about how to lead.

Whether you work at a start-up, tech giant, or Fortune 500 company, we all encounter the same problems that arise every day in our quest for results: stubborn obstacles that are difficult to break through, lofty goals and objectives we are accountable to achieve, new and challenging tasks that we’ve never done before. How, exactly, do we tap into this reserve of expertise that already exists in the teams and organizations we work in every day? The team at the coaching and leadership training company Zero to Ten proposes the way: Self-Directed Performance Coaching.

Başarıya ulaşmak için ne yapmalı? Çalışan ve yönetici ilişkileri nasıl olmalı? Şirketinize nasıl daha fazla değer katarsınız? Nasıl daha verimli bir çalışma ortamı oluşturabilirsiniz? Bunlar gibi pek çok sorunun cevabını bu kitapta bulacaksınız.

Gehaltserhöhung verweigert, Beförderung fällt aus oder die Leistungen Ihres Teams bleiben weit hinter den Möglichkeiten zurück? Wer trotz optimaler Vorbereitung, Top-Kompetenzen und harter Arbeit nicht weiterkommt, der steht oft am Rande der Verzweiflung – doch was, wenn der Fehler "im System" liegt? Dann gibt es eine gute Nachricht: Denn mit der effektiven Methode der systemischen Fragen gehen Sie Problemen ganz einfach auf den Grund und dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie! Die Belegschaft, das Projektteam oder die gesamte Firma: Ganz gleich, in welchem Umfeld Sie sich bewegen, Sie sind niemals allein, sondern stets eingebunden in komplexe Systeme.

In 1998, the thought of launching a startup in San Antonio was ludicrous. Just over two decades later, the scrappy little underdog that no one believed in is a billion-dollar business with more than 6,000 employees worldwide. The rocket-ship growth was exhilarating, but exposed Rackspace’s early flaws. The Rack We Built is Lorenzo’s recollections from those days, told only as he can tell it. With the principles in the book, you can create the type of culture that makes people want to volunteer their best.

Virtually every industry is making lasting changes that will open doors to a more flexible working week. So how do we adjust, thrive and excel in an environment where glitchy daily video conferences are the norm? By turns fierce, funny and highly practical, Harriet Minter will show you the skills to be effective and creative during the day-to-day. Harriet breaks down how to be an inspiring and energising manager, how to create and thrive in a high-trust culture and most importantly how to achieve your ambition and propel your career forwards.

The Business of Excellence offers a unique and compelling perspective on the drivers of excellence in teams and organizations. The challenges of high performance and leadership are explored in depth and are illustrated with insights, interviews, and case studies from the military, sporting, and corporate worlds. The material includes a proprietary performance model that can be applied to a wide spectrum of organizations.

When journalism prodigy Carson Stewart’s life comes crashing down in an ethics scandal, he sets out to rebuild his reputation in a desperate act that tests his journalistic integrity. Accepting a freelance job, Carson wields his cynical pen to break a story featuring Clara Becker, a popular US representative. His course is interrupted, however, when he meets an attractive and cunning congressional aid who is not afraid to shed light on the condition of Carson’s integrity and purpose.

We all know them. The people who have an opinion on everything, or those who don't express any opinion at all. Our coworkers and bosses who have to be in charge of every project, or those for whom every decision and every action is a test of their self-worth. These are the control freaks and approval-holics of our organizations and our lives and the people who often drive us crazy! You'll learn the six challenges that people face because of high needs for control and approval.