Bootstrap: How to succeed as a Leader Through Self-Coaching
Every leader would like to have a personal coach who could challenge their thinking, provide useful and timely advice, and help them explore options for tackling their toughest leadership challenges. Although not everyone has access to a professional coach, now there is a useful alternative. Bootstrap is like having your own portable coach in book form. It's a self-development guide that based on the author's forty-plus years of applied experience as an executive coach and talent development executive. It includes thought-provoking questions and sage advice, along with tools and techniques that you can immediately apply to increase your success as a leader and achieve your career goals. Bootstrap will show you how to effectively leverage your unique strengths to perform at your best within any organizational setting.
To accomplish this, Bootstrap will introduce you to 10 key questions that will help you gain insight into your leadership strengths, challenges, and goals. You will also learn techniques for accelerating your development as a leader, along with models and tools that make self-coaching easy to understand and apply, and exercises for putting your new learning into practice. Finally, throughout the book you will encounter case histories that illustrate how these self-coaching methods have been successfully applied by other leaders.
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"This book is informative and relatable, offering a wealth of real-world experiences, while also serving as source of inspiration for the reader."
Kevin Austin, Group Vice President; Toyota Motor, North America
With his latest book Bootstrap, Dr. Robert Barner has made executive coaching accessible to everyone -- from the frontline employee who is just beginning to map out her career to the senior leader who is ready to take the next step into an executive role.
Jaime Goff; Director of Leadership Development, CHRISTUS Health
Executive Coach; The Empathic Leader
The book is a must for organizations and leaders that embrace continuous growth through self-coaching. It's a useful guide, with real life examples and ten questions covering areas of development to empower leaders in achieving their personal goals.
Annelies Kampert; Vice President and General Manager, Crestron Europe
An invaluable resource! What sets it apart is the author's thoughtful approach-encouraging immediate learning and application through thought-provoking questions and concise exercises. Highly recommended!
Dr. Susan Hanold; The Talent Doctor, Founder Plan Z Solutions
What I love about this book is that it truly addresses the "how" to do just that. This guide to self-discovery is a great tool for any leader's toolkit.
Stacy Winsett, Chief People Officer, RATPDEV
Whether you are new to the concept of self-coaching or looking to expand your existing toolkit, this book is a treasure trove of wisdom, motivating all to unlock their fullest personal & professional potential.
Allen Johnston, VP of Americas, EXFO
Dr. Barner has blended his considerable experience as a corporate practitioner and consultant with his academic prowess to provide readers with ideas and approaches that will help them be more successful immediately.
Matthew Hirst, PhD; Vice President, Talent & Organizational Development
First Command Financial Services, Inc.
