{"product_id":"9780313086960","title":"Manager as Coach","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn theory, managers serve as guides, directors, decision makers, and energizers for their employees. Unfortunately, few managers have, themselves, been trained in the skills and techniques to get the best results from their employees, and managerial styles can run the gamut from permissive-but-ineffectual to aloof to autocratic. In \u003ci\u003eThe Manager as Coach\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors focus on the key purposes of coaching—improving individual performance, solving problems, and securing results—in order to address the challenges of effective management head-on. Dispelling popular myths and misconceptions about coaching as a passing fad or a collection of superficial motivation techniques, they offer practical tools for mastering the skills of effective coaching to the benefit of employees and the organization, identifying four primary roles that managers—as coaches—play on a regular basis: trainer, career advisor, strategist, and performance appraiser. Featuring diagnostic exercises, worksheets, and a listing of resources, \u003ci\u003eThe Manager as Coach\u003c\/i\u003e will help readers develop the qualities and skills to align individual and organizational goals and forge dynamic, productive relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether large or small, manufacturing or service, every organization selects managers and assigns them the task of securing results through people. In theory, managers serve as guides, directors, decision makers, and energizers for their employees. Unfortunately, few managers have, themselves, been trained in the skills and techniques to get the best results from their employees, and managerial styles can run the gamut from permissive-but-ineffectual to aloof to autocratic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume in \u003cb\u003eThe Manager as\u003c\/b\u003e… series addresses the challenges of effective management head-on by exploring the role of manager as coach. Focusing on the key purposes of coaching—improving individual performance, solving problems, and securing results—the authors dispel popular myths and misconceptions of management coaching as a passing fad, a process of endless tutoring, or superficial motivation techniques, and offer practical tools for mastering the skills of effective coaching to the benefit of both employees and the organization. They identify four primary roles managers—as coaches—play on a regular basis: trainer, career advisor, strategist, and performance appraiser. Featuring diagnostic exercises, worksheets, and a listing of resources, \u003ci\u003eThe Manager as Coach\u003c\/i\u003e will help readers develop the qualities and skills to align individual and organizational goals and forge dynamic, productive relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165147480304,"sku":"9780313086960","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780313086960_p0.jpg?v=1763678151","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780313086960","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}