Stop Managing, Start Coaching!

by Jerry W. Gilley

This practical text looks at the technique of performance coaching, and how managers can balance the roles of trainer, mentor, career coach and confronter to improve productivity in the workplace.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786304561
• ISBN13: 9780786304561
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Useful AND challenging framework

This book is a useful and challenging framework for how to move from managing to coaching. It starts with an overview of "Contributions to Managerial Malpractice", including skills, attitudes and behaviors. Then they move on to explain the concept they call "Performance Coaching". They review the "Eight Elements of the Performance Coaching Process": 1. Developing a new human resource development philosophy. 2. Modularizing training. 3. Creating transfer of learning strategies.4. Using human resource development professionals as internal consultants responsible for performance management systems. 5. Enhancing employee relations and creating an ownership attitude. 6. Using managers as performance coaches to do training. 7. Creating self-esteeming employees and teams. 8. Identifying reward strategies that motivate employees, improve their commitment, and get results. They use the "Four Phases of Performance Coaching" as a useful framework. 1. Developing a synergistic relationship with employees 2. Using the four roles of performance coaching 3. Developing self-directed and self-esteeming employees 4. Selecting rewards that build commitment and get results.I believe the framework is useful, but the implementation will still be a challenge. The nuts and bolts "how-to" is left for the reader to figure out.