Coaching for Leadership
by Marshall Goldsmith and Laurence S. Lyons, editors
An anthology of essays by leading executive coaches on methods, measurement and the profession. Uneven as anthologies are; useful for coaches and HR, less so for general readers.
Read it if…
you are an executive coach or HR leader building a coaching program.
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Skip it if…
you want to be coached rather than coach.
Try instead: The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias →
Three things you will actually use
- Feedforward beats feedback.
- Measure coaching by behavior change observed by others.
- Coaching is for people who want to improve.
Do this first
Read Goldsmith's chapter on feedforward and try it in your next review.
Our verdict
Professional anthology.
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