Full Description
What does coach leadership look like in action?
A leader doesn't have to solve every problem personally to be effective. In fact, helping others learn to resolve issues and implement their own solutions is the key to sustainable leadership and an empowered staff. This companion and follow-up book to Coaching Conversations brings the coaching style of leadership to life with stories from the experienced coaches on the Results Coaching team. Featuring examples of real people facing real problems who use coaching skills with great success, each chapter deals with a challenging leadership area and includes space for personal reflection, questions, and next steps. Topics include
Core values
Building trust and community
High expectations
School turnaround
Garnering genuine buy-in
Difficult conversations
Accountability
Balancing personal and professional commitments
As you focus on developing those around you, you earn the trust and loyalty of your team. This book's examples demonstrate that coach leadership is not only possible, it is the smartest way to lead in the 21st century!
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface
Matrix of Stories
1. What is a Coaching Conversation?
Coach Leader Man—Feeding the Hunger! by Vicky Dearing
2. Discovering and Using Your Core Values
From Terminator to Hope Builder by Marceta Reilly
A Yearning for More by Karen Anderson
Courage at the Core by Riva Korashan
Leading With Your Core Values by Dave Winans
3. Building Trust and Community
Better Late Than Never by Linda Gross Cheliotes
Language Matters by Karen Anderson
The Safest Haven by Dave Winans
From Parent Intrusion to Parent Involvement by Diana Williams
4. Holding Up High Expectations for All
Finding Your Leadership Voice by Marceta Reilly
Being Contagious Makes You Better by Karen Anderson
Turning Around a Failing School by Sandee Crowther
5. Changing How We Change
I Want To...But by Linda Gross Cheliotes
The Crucial "Aha" Moment by Gina Marx
Changing a Relationship Through Language by Kathy Kee
Acting out My Future—Life is Just a Performance by Joan Hearne
6. Getting Genuine Buy-In: Framing Expectations to Support Change
Reflected Glory by Sue Kidd
Scoring With the Music Teacher by Kathy Kee
It's In the Details by Bob Carter
Change Happens One By One by Joan Hearne
7. Engaging in Difficult Conversations
Moving Staff Up or Out by Marceta Reilly
Reflection: A Closer Look by Joan Hearne
A Marginal Teacher Spurs the Evolution of a Coach Leader by Gina Marx
Facing Our Dragons by Kathy Kee
8. Changing Blamers Into Believers
Softening Discipline At the Edges by Marceta Reilly
Caught In the Middle by Reba Schumacher
Nobody At This School Gets Me! by Frances Shuster
9. Everyone is Accountable
Monkey Collector by Linda Gross Cheliotes
Whose Problem—Whose Solution? by Sandee Crowther
Just Call Me Mom by Linda Gross Cheliotes
Middle School Under Attack by Edna Harris
10. Balancing Personal and Professional Commitments
Sitting on a Seesaw by Linda Gross Cheliotes
The 180 Degree Turnaround by Linda Gross Cheliotes
Reframing Balance by Riva Korashan
Running In Circles by Marceta Reilly
11. Navigating Successful Life Transitions
Rewiring by Linda Gross Cheliotes
I Feel Like a Failure by Dayna Richardson
Investing In the Next Steps by Joan Hearne
12. Summary
Appendix
References
Index
