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RECOMMENDED ARTICLES
2013 EXECUTIVE COACHING SURVEY
Staying in the Game With Help on the Sidelines Demand for Coaches Is Steady as Executives Try to Hone Skills in Recession by Sarah E. Needleman Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574370801504847862.html
WHAT CAN COACHES DO FOR YOU?
by Diane Coutu and Carol Kauffman, Harvard Business Review, Jan. 2009
http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/2009/01/what-can-coaches-do-for-you/ar/1
RECOMMENDED READING
THESE ARE BOOKS I’VE PERSONALLY FOUND TO BE VALUABLE RESOURCES
LEADERSHIP
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith
Now Discover Your Strengths Marcus Buckingham & Donald Clifton
First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham
REACHING YOUR POTENTIAL/REMOVING BARRIERS
The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander & Rosamund Stone Zander
The Best Advice I Ever Got Lessons from Extraordinary Lives by Katie Couric
Just who will you be Maria Shriver
Taming Your Gremlin by Rick Carson
CHANGE
Switch by Chip Heath & Dan Heath
Managing Transitions by William Bridges
TEAM WORK/TEAM COACHING
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni
The Big Book of Team Coaching Games by Mary Scannell, Mike Mulvihill & Joanne Schlosser
The Big Book of Virtual Team Building Games by Mary Scannell, Mike Mulvihill & Mike Abrams
CREATIVITY
Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool’s Guide to Surviving with Grace by Gordon MacKenzie
The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz, Ph.D.
COMMUNICATION
Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
Crucial Confrontations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Instant Turnaround!: Getting People Excited About Coming to Work and Working Hard by Harry Paul and Ross Reck
The Invisible Employee Realizing the Hidden Potential in Everyone by Adrian Gostick & Chester Elton
TIME MANAGEMENT
Juggling Elephants by Jones Loflin and Todd Musig
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
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VIA Signature Strengths Questionnaire
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FAVORITE QUOTES
“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice, it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”
William Jennings Bryan
“Man cannot discover new oceans until he has courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Andre Gide
“The indispensable first step to getting things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.”
Ben Stein
“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself…not in your environment…not in luck or chance… it is in yourself alone.”
Orson Swett Marden
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