Coaching Made Easy
Do you want to enhance your coaching skills? A number of coaching models are available to help structure coaching discussions. Coaching effectively requires a mindset—one that translates to certain behaviors.
In Coaching Made Easy, Dr. Alonzo Johnson provides a comprehensive yet straightforward framework that leaders can use to create the right coaching mindset. This framework is articulated as five elements that form an acronym that is easy to understand and apply:
- Communicate
- Open
- Align
- Collaborate, and
- Harness
The author engages and guides readers through the elements of the framework and associated behaviors by using examples from his own coaching experience, while interspersing relevant coaching concepts and models. Although the COACH framework can be scaled and used at any leadership level, this book is written in an easy-to-read format with easy-to-understand terms and coaching concepts.
WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK?Coaching Made Easy is the third book in a series of self-help books designed to present simple approaches to help overcome leadership and other workplace challenges. The first book, Hiring Made Easy as PIE, is primarily for managers with little hiring experience. It presents a straightforward approach for interviewing and selecting best-fit employees. The second book, Leading Made Easy, explores how to lead effectively after the hiring process is over, and is intended for anyone desiring to build or improve leadership skills..
Coaching Made Easy targets one of the most challenging aspects of leadership, coaching, and condenses it into a five-element framework with effective coaching behaviors. This book is intended for anyone desiring to build or improve coaching skills. The five elements of the coaching framework presented in this book can be scaled and used at any type and level of an organization.
There are three options for navigating this book:
- Read it from cover to cover.
- Read only the element you need to enhance your knowledge.
- Review any part of it as a reference.
An end-of-section reflection activity is included for each element. The activity provides an opportunity for you to informally assess the degree to which you use the elements and behaviors presented in this book.
Praise for Coaching Made Easy
As mentioned above, Coaching Made Easy offers an end-of-section reflection activity for each element of the COACH framework. For a more comprehensive evaluation, a companion COACH180 assessment is available.
COACH180
A Coaching Made Easy Assessment
The COACH180 is a companion assessment available for the Coaching Made Easy book. The instrument allows multiple raters (self and others) to measure a coach’s effectiveness by assessing the degree to which he or she uses behaviors related to each element of the COACH framework:
- Communicate
- Open
- Align
- Collaborate, and
- Harness
These behaviors matter most for both experienced and novice performance coaches and can be scaled and used at any level of the organization. The feedback that leaders receive from the COACH180 provides information that can be used to improve their coaching skills and overall leadership effectiveness.
The instrument was developed through a rigorous process of analyzing leaders’ behavior at various levels within a variety of organizations. The COACH180 has undergone a series of validation and reliability testing to ensure its robustness.
Coaching Made Easy book and the COACH180 assessment present a simple, yet effective approach to increase your effectiveness as a coach—making coaching easy.
Purchase the companion COACH180 assessment along with your copy of Coaching Made Easy today! (And remember that we sell both the book and the COACH180 in bulk quantities!)