The Manager as Coach and Mentor (Management Shapers)

A description of the principles of coaching and mentoring, seeking to enable the reader to assess and develop their ability to improve the performance of others.

This book describes the principles of coaching and mentoring, seeking to enable the reader to assess and develop their ability to improve the performance of others.

It addresses the key skills and appropriate coaching styles; conducting effective feedback and progress reviews; establishing your own competence through a series of simple self-assessments; putting learning theories into practice; drawing up individual "learning contracts"; using mentoring to encourage and support learning; and designing successful development programmes.