Synopses & Reviews
Coaching as a technique to help managers develop their skills and fulfil their potential is now one of the most used in business. As well as professional business coaches, managers themselves are required to coach their staff these days. This book comprises twelve case studies in coaching, based on individuals who were unhappy with their professional lives relationship difficulties in the office, managing emotions, a new management culture after a merger, problems with staff experienced by an entrepreneur, and motivation in the workplace are some of the situations that are covered. Of these case studies, ten are based on difficulties experienced by the individual and two are about coaching teams of people. By analysing such cases in detail and the role of coaching in each, the authors present the best practices and techniques in business coaching.
Synopsis
What can WWII teach us? Is it possible to see Hitler as an efficient manager? What would today's business schools have to say about Churchill's management style? What was going though the minds of leaders when they took decisions that led to thousands of deaths? How did they manage the resultant stress? What strategies were adopted to win battles and campaigns?
This book is a history of WWII seen from a completely different perspective - that of the businessperson. During 1939-45, "managers" of a different kind were facing immense challenges - an unprecedented crisis, struggle for world markets, new technologies being used on a mass scale. How they coped and succeeded during this period offers unique and valuable lessons for today's business managers and executives. In doing so, the author analyses WWII's most famous campaigns, including Barbarossa, Stalingrad, D-Day and Pearl Harbour
About the Author
Sylviane Cannio and Viviane Launer are experienced executive coaches. Their clients come from around the world and they were previously presidents of the International Coach Federation in Belgium and Spain, respectively.