Coached to Lead: How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach

By Susan Battley

Book Overview

Coached to Lead is the first consumer's guide to executive coaching. Drawing on her twenty years of experience and direct research with an elite international clientele, renowned CEO coach Susan Battley offers step-by-step advice for achieving the same extraordinary results that top leaders get from executive coaching. Filled with insider tips, engaging real-life cases, and handy checklists and sample documents, Coached to Lead will help anyone who considers working with a professional coach to make smart decisions that maximize valuable resources. Battley reveals all the insider secrets about coaching--how to determine your coaching readiness, how to choose the right coach, and how to use a winning five-step coaching model. She covers all the issues commonly raised as well as not-so-obvious situations and troubleshooting.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787981443
• ISBN13: 9780787981440
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Extraordinary Results

Extraordinary results. Who among us, as consultants or coaches, doesn't want our clients to achieve extraordinary results? I sure do. That's my first reason to have purchased this book. The second has to do with finding myself fielding quite reasonable and curious questions about coaching from those who are seeking extraordinary results. Coached to Lead is a book that offers practical tips to coaches, clients and potential clients. Take a look at these questions to see if they sound familiar to you. " How can a coach help me obtain business results? " What exactly can a coach do for me? " If I did hire a coach, how would I go about finding the right one for me? " What really goes on in a coaching relationship anyway? " How much does it cost, how long will it last, and will the results last? If you too want to see extraordinary results and have ever wondered how best to answer such questions, you'll appreciate the solid ground Dr. Susan Battley provides to her audience. Drawing from her rich experience with leaders over the past twenty years, across a vast array of businesses in as many sectors, she provides the first consumer's guide to executive coaching. Battley framed Coached to Lead on two guiding beliefs: 1) Executive coaching has staying power as a value-added service and, 2) Not only is executive coaching not going away, she predicts that the demand for quality coaching will increase in the coming years due to the 'plug and play' needs of managers today.. She anticipates that the latter will become more obvious as those industries traditionally less engaged in leadership development face the need to adapt quickly in the arena of interpersonal skills in order to perform in an increasingly competitive and global marketplace. This engaging eleven-chapter, evidence-based guide takes the reader through a series of questions within each chapter designed to educate and provide a structure from which to reap the benefits of executive coaching, all the while avoiding costly mistakes. The reader can select various sections as urgency dictates or read the entire text, complete with usable forms, to guide the process and stay on task. In the first chapter, Battley sets about dispelling the Ten Myths About Executive Coaching. For example, in Myth #1, "The Myth of the Individual" or 'Successful people don't need coaches,' she reminds us that peak performers in sports, the arts, and business all use coaches to enhance their already sterling performance. She cites a 2001 study by the Manchester Consulting that those receiving coaching exhibited an ROI of 5.7 times the initial investment or more than $100,000. Her Myth Buster: Professionals have coaches; amateurs do not. Having dispelled the ten myths and leveled the ground in Chapter 1, in Chapter 2 she guides the saavy reader through a process of determining if Executive Coaching is Right for You by asking ten questions focused on one's awareness and commitment level to learning and producing b

An excellent primer on coaching for both the coachee and the coach.

This book is unique compared to most other books on coaching in that Dr. Battley has written it for the coachee rather than the coach. I am a leadership coach and have been coached by others. Because it is an excellent reference for the coachee, it also becomes a valuable source for the coach. I was impressed particularly with the straightforward Five Step Coaching Model. There is no "psycho-babble", or "new age" process here, just a sensible approach to getting the most out of your coaching experience. Persons contemplating a coaching relationship would do well to compare their coach's proposed approach to the basic components of the Five Step model. The book also contains excellent reference material including sample coaching agreements, coach evaluations and excellent anecdotal examples.

Best Coaching Practices for First-Timers

This is the book I wished I had when my company assigned me an executive coach three years ago. Don't get me wrong, that was a good experience, but it could have been a GREAT experience if I'd known more about what to expect. I recommend this book to first-timers to coaching, and to anyone who is footing the bill for some else's coaching at work. It's an easy read and not full of HR-speak.

Excellent How-To for Managers, Consultants,Coaches!

If you want a book that captures everything you need to know about business coaching, this is the book for you. It's practical in a lively way. The case studies really bring the material to life. The last chapters on troubleshooting and sensitive situations discuss aspects of coaching that I hadn't thought about before. I've been a management consultant for thirty-plus years. There are hundreds of coaching books out there- many good ones too. But this is the book I will give to my clients. It takes the field of coaching - and the benefits of working with a coach - to the next level.

Comprehensive, Well Written and Extremely Valuable

This is an excellent, comprehensive guide to executive coaching. Susan Battley walks the reader through the book in a sequence that is logical and practical -- and yet with a warm, human touch. The writing is crisp and flows well. The stories, forms and checklists are unique and extremely helpful. If you're thinking about working with an executive coach, this book will be of tremendous value to you.