The only nonprofit orientation to coaching skills available,
Coaching Skills for Nonprofit Leaders will provide nonprofit
managers with an understanding of why and how to coach, how to
initiate coaching in specific situations, how to make coaching
really work, and how to refine coaching for long-term success.
Coaching Skills for Nonprofit Leaders offers practical steps
for coaching leaders to greatness and complements the academic and
theoretical work in nonprofit leadership theory. The book can be
used by the coaching novice as a thorough topical overview or by
those more experienced with coaching as a quick reference or
refresher.
Based on the Inquiry Based Coaching? approach, Coaching Skills will
strengthen and expand the reader?s ability to drive organization
mission, while retaining the intrinsic values of the nonprofit
culture and working towards outcomes that create a culture of
discipline and accountability and empower others to be even more
responsible, accountable, and self-motivated. This book uses
accessible language, examples, case studies, key questions, and
exercises to help:
* Promote better relationships
* Know when to delegate, direct and coach.
* Balance directive and supportive styles of leadership for
productive partnerships
* Overcome fears and deal head-on with difficult situations and
conflict.
* Use coaching for performance improvement and on-the-job
development.
* Support independent thinking and personal reflection
* Gain commitment and accountability from others and build
teams
