Coaching Culture

Mindful Business Leadership presents a new model of leadership. It introduces 10 very different leadership roles that are required to meet the challenges of modern business. Memorable metaphors and images are created for each, and they are placed in a matrix. Listeners are shown how to develop these roles within themselves. Potentially negative aspects of each are discussed, along with material on how to put these to creative use.

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.

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.

As a global pandemic shuttered schools across the country in 2020, parents found themselves thrust into the role of teacher — in more ways than one. Not only did they take on remote school supervision, but after the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter protests, many also grappled with the responsibility to teach their kids about social justice — with few resources to guide them.

We've decided by consensus that consensus is good. In In Defense of Troublemakers, psychologist Charlan Nemeth argues that this principle is completely wrong: left unchallenged, the majority opinion is often biased, unoriginal, or false. It leads planes and markets to crash, causes juries to convict innocent people, and can quite literally make people think blue is green. In the name of comity, we embrace stupidity. We can make better decisions by embracing dissent. Dissent forces us to question the status quo, consider more information, and engage in creative decision-making.

In High Ten: An Inspiring Story About Building Great Team Culture, Martin Rooney draws from his extensive experience developing top-level teams around the world to help leaders of all kinds foster and sustain winning cultures. This engaging parable shows you that every business, sports team, and family has a culture.

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.

The most important attribute high-performing organizations have in common is that they are well led. Every organization dreams of having enough leaders. Yet too many organizations take a haphazard or inconsistent approach to leadership development. The result is a dearth of leaders and a failure to leverage the full capacity of the enterprise.

Teams Unleashed provides a map and compass for engaged, sustainable, and improved team performance. This practical approach uses the everyday language of teams to highlight what's working, and uncover what's not, and gives teams the tools to incorporate new practices that build team effectiveness. This is an approach proven in the real world of teams since 2005 and used by thousands of teams worldwide.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.