Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies »

Marty Brounstein, is an author, speaker, and management consultant who specializes in practical applications of coaching techniques.

The fun and easy guide to today's hottest trends in management training.

Coaching and mentoring can help managers boost productivity, develop employees, and build morale. This book shows managers how to take advantage of these state-of-the-art management tools — without spending hundreds of dollars on training seminars!

• How to be a coach rather than a "doer" — and give feedback in a positive way.
• Advice on motivating, grooming, and growing employees.
• Tips on tackling diversity issues, performance reviews, and other challenges.

About the Author:
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Marty Brounstein (San Francisco, California), a consultant, trainer, and former human resources executive, is the author of Handling the Difficult Employee and Effective Recruiting Strategies.

PART I: Building Employee Commitment through Coaching.

Chapter 1: Get Off the Bench and Be the Coach!

Chapter 2: Laying a Foundation that Builds Commitment.

Chapter 3: Coaching and Managing Diversity.

Chapter 4: Finding the Time to Stay Connected.

PART II: Performance Coaching for Results.

Chapter 5: Giving Constructive Feedback, Not Praise and Criticism.

Chapter 6: Setting Performance Plans the SMART Way.

Chapter 7: Taking the Blues Out of Reviews.

PART III: The Fine Art of Mentoring and Tutoring.

Chapter 8: The Do's and Don'ts of Mentoring and Tutoring.

Chapter 9: Don't Tell, but Do Ask: Tutoring with Questions.

Chapter 10: Taking Them under Your Wing.

PART IV: Motivating and Empowering Your Staff.

Chapter 11: Motivation -- Not Inspiration or Perspiration.

Chapter 12: Seven Practical Strategies to Motivate Employees.

Chapter 13: Don't Try To Do It All Yourself -- Delegate.

PART V: Grooming and Growing Your Employees.

Chapter 14: Knowing When -- and How -- to Train.

Chapter 15: Building Career Self-Reliance.

Chapter 16: Making the Plan: Coaching For Development.

PART VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 17: Ten Coaching Myths.

Chapter 18: Ten Skills That Strengthen Your Foundation for Coaching.

Chapter 19: Ten Management Behaviors to Avoid.

Chapter 20: Ten (er, 50) Ways to Build Commitment through Coaching.

Index.

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