TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riddle,Douglas
TI  - Leadership coaching: when it's right and when you're ready 
SN  - 9781604910438
AV  - HD30.R543.L433 2008 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Greensboro, North Carolina
PB  - Center For Creative Leadership
KW  - Executives
KW  - Training of
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Mentoring in business
N1  - "For the practicing manager"--Cover; 1 (pages 30); What is leadership coaching? --; Is it right for you now? --; What to expect --; Selecting a coach --; Are you ready?; 2
N2  - As managers move higher in an organization, it can be more difficult for them to get accurate and unbiased input about their performance and leadership skills. Many managers recognize that to focus their personal development plans they need the uninterrupted time and attention of a skilled, objective professional-- a coach. This publication places coaching in its proper place as a means of leadership development to be integrated with other methods. It helps readers figure out how to evaluate their readiness for coaching and how to engage a coach to achieve the most benefit. It also provides practical guidance for executives who are being urged to try coaching or who have coaching provided for them as part of a leadership development initiative--P. 4. of cover
ER  -