Coaching and mentoring skills

Synopsis

This practical, hands-on book covers twelve key areas of skill development that enable today's learners to become effective coaches and mentors of tomorrow. It contains useful and serious advice - based on research, theory, and practice - encouraging innovation, improvement, and the type of individual contributions that create an environment of corporate success and continuous learning. Chapter topics include building trust, showing empathy, active listening, using influence tactics, helping others set goals, monitoring performance, giving feedback, encouraging positive actions, discouraging negative actions, training team members, helping others solve problems, helping difficult people, and developing protÉgÉs. For team players - especially those in corporate settings - who want to become leaders, supervisors, and mentors.