Coaching Revolution - Hardcover

John King is president of JLS Consulting, a management consulting firm based in Santa Monica, California, that focuses on cultural change and executive coaching. The clients of JLS include Intel, Southern California Edison, Southern Company, Amgen and American Express. Over the past three decades, John has trained and coached over 25,000 people to become leaders in their fields.

David Logan, Ph.D., is a professor and Executive Director of Executive Education at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He has consulted with dozens of Fortune 500 companies on leadership, communication, strategy, and aligning corporate culture with the goals of the firm. He is also the author of Reinventing Your Career and dozens of articles and training programs used worldwide.

“Seeing a world-class culture”—manager-coaches use the cultural map of five possible cultures to see where their companies are, and where they can go.

“Beyond work-life Balance”—manager-coaches know that great careers require a commitment to excellence, not to balance; manager-coaches help people see their commitments that will bring excellence to their entire careers and lives.

STEP TWO—“SAY” “The secret to leadership”—manager-coaches use a vital form of communication to seize leadership for themselves and for their teams.

“Values to the core”—a new form of value-based leadership uses the communication to craft cultures that will not settle for anything except excellence.

STEP THREE—“DO” “Holding people accountable”—manager-coaches use the difference between accountability and responsibility to “pull” people to accomplish their goals.

“The J Curve”—managers know that things often get worse before they get better, but manager-coaches are skilled at moving teams straight to the improvement stage.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Manager-coaches have special techniques to deal with teams in crisis, differences across generations, and building teams that think.