Early Zimbabwe: Memoir of a Quaker at Home in a Jesuit Mission: The Coach Approach to Peak Performance [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

More coaches today are being asked to apply their results-oriented approach to groups, And while many coaches are successful with individual clients, too few have had the 100+ opportunities that these two authors have had in sharpening their work with groups, particularly using coaching to transform individuals into spectacular teams.

With an even greater number of organizations relying on teams to achieve their corporate goals, there is little room for experimentation or trial and error approaches. The authors of this book have provided hands on guidance for coaches by packing the book with specific, usable tools, ideas, assessments, checklists, key questions to ask, activities and case studies. No matter what stage you are in with team development, this book will take you from the murky novice to the accomplished practitioner.

This isn't a book about how to coach individuals within a team, although the authors do provide guidance here; this book is about how to create a coaching culture within a team; how to transform the attitudes and behaviours of the group to help the team achieve a real competitive advantage.

Until I read this book most of my work with teams was based on limited experience and voracious reading of virtually every published team-work tome. I struggled to help teams deal with "meetings where nothing seems to get done," "agreements that occurred with no follow through," "personality conflicts," "team members feeling pressured to take on more than they can handle," and many instances of team members "talking at each other instead of to each other."

Leading High Impact Teams uses anecdotes and stories that I would swear came from transcripts of my team coaching efforts. The toughness of some teams often led me to question my role and caused me to engage in activities that (with hindsight) seemed to conflict with coaching. Fortunately each chapter of this book offers specific help in the form of a coaching role overview, specific activities a coach can use to assist the team, and case stories that show how the ideas and reality are integrated.

As a result of reading this book, my confidence as a team coach has improved considerably and we have added it our best books on coaching list at ... An additional bonus of this book is that the authors use nautical metaphors to help readers navigate through the various concepts and examples. Even the format of the book provides "anchors" in the margins to help readers chart their course. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to go beyond just staying afloat as a team coach. This book will help you navigate by the stars and help your team captain and crew gain exceptional wealth as a result of the journey.