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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454089403321

Autore

Gladis Stephen D

Titolo

The executive coach in the corporate forest [[electronic resource] ] : a business fable / / Steve Gladis ; foreword by Marshall Goldsmith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, Mass., : HRD Press, c2008

ISBN

1-59996-423-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/07124

Soggetti

Executive coaching

Mentoring in business

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1: One Hardwood Tree; Chapter 2: The Path Not Taken; Chapter 3: The Willow in the Woods; Chapter 4: A Clearing in the Woods; Chapter 5: One Tree at a Time; Chapter 6: Autumn Leaves Fall; Chapter 7: A Clearing in the Forest; Chapter 8: A Tall Tree in the Forest; Chapter 9: A Storm Blows Through; Chapter 10: In the Saw Grass; Chapter 11: Back in the Bushes; Chapter 12: On the Path; Chapter 13: Planting a New Tree; Chapter 14: Cutting Through the Thicket; Chapter 15: A Storm Brews in the Forest; Chapter 16: Tree Trimming; Chapter 17: Cutting a New Path

Chapter 18: Reading the Compass in the WoodsChapter 19: A Campfire Chat in the Woods; Chapter 20: Deadwood; Chapter 21: Springtime in the Forest; Chapter 22: What Is Executive Coaching?; References

Sommario/riassunto

Written as a business fable, The Executive Coach in the Corporate Forest is the story of a gifted executive coach, J. C. Williams, and his coaching relationships with his varied business clients-all with their own professional challenges. The book offers engaging stories, has believable characters with realistic problems, and illustrates the structure and content of the coaching process. The book is a quick read-something any busy executive could read on a flight between Washington, DC and Boston-and is time very well spent, not only for the individual executive but for her or his company's fu