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<p>Foreword: A CEO’s Journey through Coaching x</p> <p>Aicha Evans with Mark Thompson</p> <p>Acknowledgments xii</p> <p>About the Editors xiii</p> <p>Introduction xv</p> <p><b>Part I Self-Insight 1</b></p> <p>1 Great Leaders Are Confident, Connected, Committed, and Courageous 3<br /><i>Peter Bregman</i></p> <p>2 Six Interconnected Perspectives for Coaching 6<br /><i>Philippe Rosinski</i></p> <p>3 Dealing with Your Demons as a Startup Founder 10<br /><i>Alisa Cohn</i></p> <p>4 Crafting a Grow-Forward Development Pathway 12<br /><i>Didem Tekay</i></p> <p>5 In Pursuit of Identity and Inclusion 15<br /><i>Priscilla Gill</i></p> <p>6 Making the Most of Feedback 19<br /><i>Scott Eblin</i></p> <p>7 A Proven Technique to Ensure Your Leadership Measures Up 21<br /><i>Lisa Ann Edwards</i></p> <p><b>Part II Communication Skills 25</b></p> <p>8 The Highs and Lows of Communication 27<br /><i>Hortense Le Gentil</i></p> <p>9 How to Develop the Authentic Leader in You 29<br /><i>Nicole Heimann</i></p> <p>10 The Culturally Fluent Leader: When Leading Across Differences, Your Style May Need to Change 32<br /><i>Jane Hyun</i></p> <p><b>Part III Interpersonal Relationships 35</b></p> <p>11 The Five Basic Needs of Employees. How Leaders Can Recognize and Use Them 37<br /><i>Christopher Rauen</i></p> <p>12 Steve: The Smartest Guy in the Room 40<br /><i>Philippe Grall</i></p> <p>13 How Powerful Leaders Create Safety: View from Both Sides of the Desk 43<br /><i>Carol Kauffman</i></p> <p>14 How “Face” Can Help You Manage Up 46<br /><i>Maya Hu-Chan</i></p> <p>15 “The Payoff from Listening” 49<br /><i>Frank Wagner</i></p> <p>16 The Necessary Reckoning of Corporate America 52<br /><i>Terry Jackson</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Emotional Intelligence 55</b></p> <p>17 Managing Our Out of Control Feelings 57<br /><i>Jonathan Passmore</i></p> <p>18 How to Deal with Deeper, Coaching-Resistant Behaviors 60<br /><i>Ron Carucci</i></p> <p>19 Coaching for Conflict Management 63<br /><i>Gary Wang</i></p> <p>20 The Cavalry Isn’t Coming 66<br /><i>Caroline Stokes</i></p> <p><b>Part V Empowering Others / Delegation 69</b></p> <p>21 The Importance of Leadership Agility 71<br /><i>Brenda Bence</i></p> <p>22 Coaching Perfectionists 74<br /><i>Sally Helgesen</i></p> <p>23 Coaching an Executive Client Out of Micromanagement 77<br /><i>Tom Kolditz</i></p> <p>24 Establishing Overwhelming Presence as a Managing Director 79<br /><i>Takahiro Honda</i></p> <p>25 Letting Go: One Founder’s Journey From Doing to Dreaming 83<br /><i>Magdalena Nowicka Mook</i></p> <p><b>Part VI Coaching Others 87</b></p> <p>26 Motivating Others to Learn and Change 89<br /><i>Richard E. Boyatzis</i></p> <p>27 The Leader as Coach 92<br /><i>Lance Secretan</i></p> <p>28 The Five Most Important Qualities in Coaching Your Employees: Anywhere in the World 96<br /><i>Howard J. Morgan & Ben Croft</i></p> <p>29 The S Curve of Learning 99<br /><i>Whitney Johnson</i></p> <p><b>Part VII Managing Change 103</b></p> <p>30 Leading in Times of Change 105<br /><i>Atchara Juicharern</i></p> <p>31 Coaching the Team Leader 108<br /><i>Peter Hawkins</i></p> <p>32 Coaching and Culture Transformation for Sustainable Results 111<br /><i>Peter Chee & Aaron Ngui</i></p> <p>33 Agile Servant Leadership Is Not Fluffy 114<br /><i>Jennifer Paylor</i></p> <p>34 Leading Teams through Crisis 117<br /><i>Karen Yanqun Wu</i></p> <p>35 Letting Go of Certainty 121<br /><i>David Clutterbuck</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII Transition Management 125</b></p> <p>36 Your First Hundred Days 127<br /><i>Abdallah Aljurf</i></p> <p>37 Managing Self Doubt After a Promotion 130<br /><i>Nihar Chhaya</i></p> <p>38 Self as Leader 133<br /><i>Pamela McLean</i></p> <p>39 Executive Transition 136<br /><i>Cathleen Wu</i></p> <p><b>Part IX Execution 139</b></p> <p>40 Objectives and Key Results 141<br /><i>Patti P. Phillips</i></p> <p>41 Identifying and Approaching Different Types of Problems 145<br /><i>Nankhonde Kasonde-van den Broek</i></p> <p>42 A Leader’s Courage for a Team’s Success 148<br /><i>Oleg Konovalov</i></p> <p>43 The Pause for Progress 151<br /><i>Bill Carrier</i></p> <p>44 There Is No Such Thing as Work/Life Balance 154<br /><i>Brian O. Underhill</i></p> <p>45 The Leadership Success Definition Should Include Impact (and Maybe ROI) 157<br /><i>Jack J. Phillips</i></p> <p><b>Part X Career Development 161</b></p> <p>46 From C-Suite to CEO: How to Get Promoted & Survive the Leap 163<br /><i>Mark C. Thompson</i></p> <p>47 Personal Leadership Brand: How to Take Control of How You “Show Up’’ 166<br /><i>Mongezi C. Makhalima</i></p> <p>48 Decision-Making – Cutting Through the Fog of Shoulds and Fears 169<br /><i>Marcia Reynolds</i></p> <p>49 Future-Proof Yourself for Complex, Disruptive Times: Learning Faster Than the Pace of Change 172<br /><i>David B. Peterson</i></p> <p>50 How to Select a Coach 175<br /><i>CB Bowman-Ottomanelli</i></p> <p>Further Resources 179</p> <p>Your Personal Board of Directors: Contributor Biographies 180</p> <p>Index 197</p>

<p><b>Brian Underhill, PhD,</b> is the Founder and CEO of CoachSource, the world’s largest executive coaching provider. He received his doctorate in organizational psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles. </p> <p><b> Jonathan Passmore</b> is Senior Vice President, CoachHub, the digital coaching platform, professor of coaching and behavioural change at Henley Business School, licensed psychologist, an award-winning coach, researcher, and author. He is the editor of the eight volume Wiley Blackwell Series on Industrial Psychology. <p><b>Marshall Goldsmith, PhD,</b> is a celebrated executive and leadership coach and author of the New York Times Bestsellers <i>MOJO, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There,</i> and <i>Triggers. </i>

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