Booklife Reviews – Maximizing Organizational Performance: A Guide to Effective Coaching awarded Editor’s Pick!
A modest moment of pride: Maximizing Organizational Performance: A Guide to Effective Performance Coaching has been awarded the Editor’s Pick by BookLife Reviews. Read the review below:
In a nod to the uncertainty of contemporary work environments, Behar-Courtois offers readers performance coaching guidelines designed to build “a culture of continuous improvement that permeates every level of the organization.” After losing his job—which he attributes to a “win-at-all-costs mentality”—Behar-Courtois committed to a more holistic approach to business success, one that emphasizes SMART goals, action plans, and measuring effectiveness, all drivers of the performance coaching model he shares here. His advice is easy to follow, practical, and strengths-based, aiming for a collaborative relationship between employees and coaches.
Behar-Courtois’s framework revolves around the concept of performance coaching as a dynamic process based on a foundation of trust and communication. To achieve that ideal, he outlines several benchmark practices: feedback—an area of weakness for most coaches—must be delivered regularly, in straightforward, direct language; coaches should engage in routine self-reflection; coaching should be a safe space, where individuals can be vulnerable; and confidentiality is a necessity. He is just as clear about the potential positives that coaching can produce (increased employee engagement and retention, leadership development, cooperative work culture) as he is about the challenges that come with it, including getting buy-in, finding a good fit between coaches and employees, and committing the necessary time and resources for success.
Seasoned business professionals may find this debut more of an introduction to coaching best practices, but entry-level leaders and coaches will discover a wealth of real-life examples and clear, concise steps to “fostering proactive communication, addressing concerns head-on, and helping employees develop the skills and mindset necessary to embrace change.” Behar-Courtois references several well-known strategies to cultivate that change, such as the Prosci ADKAR model and McKinsey 7-S Framework, and highlights why embracing diversity while creating inclusive work environments is necessary for forward movement. Doing that, he declares, will “change the lives of all you encounter professionally—[and] maybe even yourself.”
Takeaway: Smart, practical framework for best-practice performance coaching.
Comparable Titles: Bill Eckstrom and Sarah Wirth’s The Coaching Effect, Brett Bartholomew’s Conscious Coaching.
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