Unlocking Potential
by Michael K. Simpson
Seven coaching skills for leaders: building trust, challenging paradigms, seeking strategic clarity, executing flawlessly, giving effective feedback, tapping into talent, moving the middle. It is a FranklinCovey-adjacent manual with practical conversation guides and no surprises.
Read it if…
you manage people and want coaching conversations scripted out.
Skip it if…
you want theory of coaching; this is the practical end.
Three things you will actually use
- Coaching is a skill set, not a personality.
- Trust is built or lost in every conversation.
- Move the middle; that is where leverage is.
Do this first
Use the feedback conversation guide once this week.
Our verdict
Coaching conversations, scripted.
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