Accelerating Your Development as a Leader: A Guide for Leaders and their Managers [Hardcover]

An invaluable resource for HR professionals and executive coaches, this book focuses on how to reduce the time needed to prepare high-potential (HIPO) leaders for next-level positions. Providing the leading trends, tools, and techniques in the industry, the book demystifies the process of HIPO development. It includes a powerful five-step process for increasing leaders' readiness, as well as a complete set of tools for running workshops on developmental planning and coaching. This text also serves as a core text for the authors Executive Coaching Certificate Programs.

PART I: PARTICIPANTS GUIDE 1

Participants Preface 3

1 Managing a Company of One 7

2 Closing the Gap 17

3 Building Your Plan 38

4 Leveraging Developmental Assignments 58

5 Accelerating Your Learning 85

6 Managing Your Personal Brand 122

PART II: LEADERS GUIDE 161

Leaders Preface 163

1 The What and the Why of Managerial Coaching 165

2 How to Implement Coaching 175

3 Helping Others to Identify Developmental Gaps 188

4 Helping Others Build Their Plans 196

5 Helping Others Leverage Developmental Assignments 205

6 Helping Others Accelerate On-the-Job Learning 217

7 Coaching Others on Brand Management 231

About the Author 240

Index 243

Dr. Barner has had 25 years of experience in the fields of leadership and professional development, including several corporate executive positions. He currently holds the position of Associate Director of Executive Education within the Southern Methodist University's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development. He is also the owner of Planl“