Coaching And Mentoring For Dummies: A Book You Can Use
"Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies" authored by Marty Brounstein, is a great addition to the Dummies series of self-help books. The field of coaching training is one the most rapidly growing areas in self-improvement and personal growth and the publisher has greatly helped by publishing this book. It is a great resource and handbook for anyone who is currently a coach or may be interested in becoming a personal coach.
At one time "coaching" was used in reference to acting coaches or sports coaches. These days it refers also to those people who assist in the development of professional skills and intellectual capabilities. With "Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies," you can learn about the traits and strategies of an effective coach so you can guide your employees’ to higher performance levels and greater accomplishments.
Delegation in training is probably one of the most important concepts touched on in Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies. An excellent manager will be good at delegating tasks and should be able to show others how to do things rather than doing tasks for them. The key to this process is communication.
To learn about methods of motivation to increase job satisfaction and to increase productivity, check out "Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies". Rather than yelling out orders, mentors are taught to get responses by asking questions about a job. Also discussed is the evaluation process for a positive and less stressful outcome.
Worksheets are included in the book to assist you in preparation and self assessment. They are usable as provided or they may be customized to adapt to your firm’s specific needs. Such topics as ethnic and racial diversity and behavioral issues in the workplace are also covered as they relate to the coaching process. The book also discusses ways of recognizing your employees’ individual strengths and contributions and how to encourage them.
Coaching and mentoring for Dummies will benefit any person who manages and provides training for others. this is true whether or not they have a formal education in these things either as seasoned veterans of management can find a use for this resource. It provides quite a bit of very useful information for the very reasonable price of the book.
Coaching and mentoring for dummies is an excellent guidebook for trainers. It also serves as an excellent self-help guide for those taking coaching training. It stresses on using proper relegation through clearly communicated ideas and goals. It will help you increase productivity, efficiency, satisfaction, self-confidence and much more. Rather than giving diktats, it gives you actionable advices which are easy to apply. It also contains sheets for use as a planner and to show review the progress achieved. Sensitive issues like gender, race and other such things concerning the workplace are also dealt in this personal coach guidebook.
