Good coaching is a skill that requires a depth of understanding and plenty of practice if it is to deliver its astonishing potential. Presenting the GROW sequence (Goals, Reality, Options, Will), this edition explains the principles of coaching and illustrates them with examples of high performance from business and sport.

Martin, an un-drafted rookie is trying to make it in the NFL. He's spent his entire life proving to the critics that a small guy with a big heart can succeed against all odds. After spraining his ankle in the pre-season, Martin thinks his dream is lost when he happens to meet a coach who shares 11 life-changing lessons that keep his dream alive.

The coaching profession continues to grow, and is estimated to generate around GBP750million globally, (per annum). the current shift sees organisations wanting to harness coaching less from external coaches and more from within. Managers who coach' are more desirable than those who simply manage'. Coaching is becoming a core management skill, both as a solution to current operational issues ...

This text presents a simple system for inspiring employees. It is based on three ideas: work must be seen as important; workers must be put in control of their own production; and managers must cheer their workers on.

A book on performance analysis that reflects surge of various technologies and learning methods.

Looks at individual behaviour, what drives it and how to cope with it. This book explains how to recognize and understand difficult people and their actions as a means to resolve problematic situations and awkward issues. It is suitable for managers looking to improve performance.

Offers trainers an effective approach for designing training workshops and sessions that incorporate concepts from research on how the human brain best obtains, retains and recalls information. This book provides a step-by-step guidance for creating an effective outline, designing and developing support materials, selecting appropriate location.

Provides advice to managers and team leaders on how to manage people in their teams - getting the best results from them and dealing with any people problems that may arise. This book covers various aspects that involves getting things done through people, including: leadership, motivating people, interviewing, and handling people problems.

Argues that the key to winning the respect of Generation Y (children born between 1978-1991), and getting the best effort out of them, is to carefully manage their expectations by never downplaying any negative aspect of a job.

Gives efficient techniques for a variety of typical training processes, including classroom and on-the-job training, and mentoring and shows how to use these techniques in a variety of delivery systems, including computer-based and mobile learning.

A practical, pocket-sized guide to managing people. It shows how to improve your people management skills by learning how to motivate staff, improve performance and create positive relationships in the workplace. It enables you to learn to build confidence, communicate clearly and establish trust.

There's a growing consensus that the current job development system --both in the US and overseas--is badly broken. Too many people can't find good jobs. Too many businesses can't find qualified people. What's behind the deep talent shortages that now confront the United States and much of the world? And how can we rebuild the pipeline? According to Ed Gordon, four major economic/cultural forces

Offers examples of successful recognition programs from around the world and addresses providing effective recognition in an increasingly virtual work environment. This title reveals what employees should expect from recognition and what managers can do to give morale and productivity a genuine, lasting boost.

Do you think of your company's talent as an investment to be managed like a portfolio? This book recommends that you manage your workforce like a portfolio - with disproportionate investments in the jobs that create the most wealth.

A practical guide to the knowledge and techniques you need for successful coaching and mentoring. It includes chapters that focus in on techniques for the client, techniques for the coach/mentor and techniques for working on the relationship between coach/mentor and client. It is suitable for coaches and mentors.

This is the small book with a big motivational message -- that we can all be winners with the right management techniques.

Brings together research on 'issues-driven' concerns that the field of international human resource management has to face, absorb, interpret then reanalyze through international lenses. This book discusses contemporary issues such as reverse knowledge flows, skill supply strategies, employer branding, e-enablement, and outsourcing.

Many business leaders do not take care of their health. This title includes various chapters in which each chapter explores an aspect of the health and vitality of the modern business leader, and provides solutions based on medical science, and the experience at INSEAD of more than 70,000 corporate executives.

In a complex and ever-changing world it has become obvious that even highly developed knowledge and skills are no longer sufficient to meet new challenges. This book features contributors, whose experiences it builds on, all of whom have worked with, studied and analysed competencies.