Toolkit Description
For the Best... By the Best.
Description of each of the 6 CD's
This six CD set is the most affordable, fastest track to successful Executive Coaching that exists. It is truly for the best by the best. The six CD outlines are listed below:
| CD #1. Clarity Tools | |
| 1.1 | What is Executive Coaching and where is it done? |
| 1.2 | 6 most common themes you see in Executive Coaching? |
| 1.3 | What are some of the leading Executive Coaching institutions? |
| 1.4 | How to identify and handle prisoners, vacationers and go-getters in coaching |
| 1.5 | How (and how much) should you charge for your services? |
| 1.6 | What are companies typically looking for in an Executive Coach |
| 1.7 | What professional organizations are best for networking and learning? |
| 1.8 | Secrets from successful coaches on how to get into the business |
| 1.9 | What are the best models of coaching? |
| 1.10 | How much do you need to know about the industry/business of the Executive? |
| 1.11 | 3 must-do marketing tools-based on interviews with six figure+ Executive Coaches? |
| 1.12 | What are the typical steps in Executive Coaching? What should be included in the Welcome Packet? |
| 1.13 | What difference does culture (corporate & international) make in Executive Coaching? |
| 1.14 | How important is Certification? |
| 1.15 | How do you best set objectives in Executive Coaching and estimate how long it will take? |
| 1.16 | How much background industry information do you need to do excellent coaching? |
| CD #2. Assessment Tools | |
| 2.1 | How important is assessment to your coaching? |
| 2.2 | What are the three different types of assessment (interviews/tests/shadow coaching) |
| 2.3 | What are the best psychometric & 360 degree tools and how do you use them? |
| 2.4 | What are the best ways of designing a report |
| 2.5 | What do you say about confidentiality in Executive Coaching? |
| 2.6 | Which instruments require certification and which ones don't |
| 2.7 | How do you integrate the data from the assessment into your own observations |
| 2.8 | What every coach must know about reliability and validity - to avoid law suits |
| 2.9 | How strong should you be if the results don't concur with self perception? |
| 2.10 | How do you handle variability in multi-rater feedback? |
| 2.11 | Alternatives to taking certification workshops on the various instruments |
| 2.12 | What are the best team and organizational assessment tools? |
| 2.13 | What are other forms of assessment, e.g., business simulations, observation, shadowing, etc? |
| 2.14 | Introduction to 12 of the most popular assessment instruments:
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| CD #3. Discovery Tools-laser listening, the magic of metaphors, mining for the mother lode, situational coaching, word crafting and oblique techniques | |
| 3.1 | The art and science of asking questions |
| 3.2 | 4 kinds of questions: when to use them and how to sequence questions |
| 3.3 | Demonstration of laser listening - how to take mixed signals; focus and amplify the meaning |
| 3.4 | What gets in the way of laser listening |
| 3.5 | How mining for the mother lode leas to profound "ahas" in coaching |
| 3.6 | How to add magic to your coaching through metaphors |
| 3.7 | How does word crafting power up the impact of your coaching |
| 3.8 | How do you use the "oblique technique" to reduce resistance in coaching |
| 3.9 | How does appreciative inquiry (emphasizing strengths) amp up the motivation to change |
| CD 4. #"Aha" Insight Tools (finding themes, making the unconscious conscious) | |
| 4.1 | Looking for themes and patterns in the client's words and actions |
| 4.2 | Demonstration of finding underlying themes |
| 4.3 | Top 20 themes: dealing with conflict, bully behavior, politics, conflicting priorities, company coups, balance of life, ethics conflicts, etc., and how to deal with each. Examples from real coaching. |
| 4.4 | What if the Executive is not ready to accept the feedback? |
| 4.5 | How much should you delve into personal life? |
| 4.6 | What are the value driven-themes that can help or hurt Executives (excessive focus on money, status, over or under-zealous ethics, etc.) |
| 4.7 | How do you fill your sessions with "Ahas" that make you irresistible. |
| 4.8 | How making unconscious behaviors conscious enables managers to have choices |
| 4.9 | How self awareness is a powerful enabler |
| 4.10 | How do you deal with Teflon coated clients |
| 4.11 | How to bring clients to their own solutions |
| CD #5. Accelerated change tools (Dare to Declare, Surround Sound, Making Decision Rules and other change tools) | |
| 5.1 | Sample Executive Coach Plan |
| 5.2 | The power of Daring to Declare |
| 5.3 | How Surround Sound can keep the client on track |
| 5.4 | How Making Decision Rules can clarify the change process |
| 5.5 | How mastering Tricks and Triggers can make change more manageable. |
| 5.6 | How to finesses Wiggle Words (I'll try, etc.) |
| 5.7 | Mentoring opportunities to build your own coaching skills |
| 5.8 | What programs are available on the Web for goal setting and tracking? |
| 5.9 | The wiggle word watch (I'll try, Let me see) and what can you do to get commitment? |
| 5.10 | Skill Building Tip Sheets (20 "Going for the Gold" Tip Sheets to give to clients on the top 20 themes that come up during coaching, e.g., Toxic Bosses, Courage, Staffing & Workload, Decisiveness, Technical Depth, Meeting Deadlines, etc.) |
| CD #6. Resource tools (sample intake forms, contracts, dialogs, metaphors, etc.,-PDF FILE) | |
| 6.1 | Best Books for Coaches (annotated) |
| 6.2 | Best Books for Clients (annotated and listed by themes) |
| 6.3 | College Programs and Certification Programs |
| 6.4 | ICF Code of Ethics |
| 6.5 | Coaches Creed |
| 6.6 | Contact Information |