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'An intriguing study of the minds of some of rugby's greatest
leaders' - Tom English, BBC Sport An Official Licensed Product of
the British & Irish Lions A British & Irish Lions tour
presents one of the greatest challenges in sport. Rugby is a game
that rewards creative expression, toil, teamwork and a
never-say-die attitude. It can be joyful, vibrant and beautiful.
Equally, it can brutally expose human flaws and frailties - even
more so in the hugely pressurised environment of a Lions tour.
Every team, no matter how talented, will find itself in dark and
difficult situations both on and off the field; the successful ones
are those with a leadership group that can navigate these
challenging moments. In Legacy of the Lions, former Lions captain
Gavin Hastings draws on his own experiences in the famous red
jersey and interviews other greats of the game - including, among
many others, Sam Warburton, Warren Gatland, Paul O'Connell, Brian
O'Driscoll, Martin Johnson, Finlay Calder and Sir Ian McGeechan,
plus a selection of their illustrious opponents, such as Kieran
Read, John Smit and John Eales - to explore how to forge a
successful team in this most rarefied of environments, the
difficulties they each encountered and what leadership lessons they
learned. Inspiring, humorous and illuminating, Legacy of the Lions
casts a unique light on leadership, team-building and elite
performance and reveals a new perspective on touring with - and
playing against - The British & Irish Lions in the modern era.
In the ten years since the much-praised first edition, coaching has
become a core requirement for
leadership. It's a core part of business school programmes, it's the
norm on all leadership development programmes, and all leaders and
managers now have to be able to coach. The FT Guide to Business
Coaching is the book on which many leaders rely, and this updated
edition will give readers a comprehensive introduction to coaching.
Being a successful business coach means having exceptional listening
skills, asking great questions and
applying the best techniques at just the right time. But how do you
learn to do that?
The Financial Times Guide to Business Coaching shows you the way. It
gives you a sure footing in the
basics and provides you with a step-by-step overview of all the tools
and techniques you need to build
your own unique and well-grounded approach as a coach. Ultimately it
enables you to take your coaching from good to great. This
indispensible guide covers:
- The business of coaching
- The coaches
- Do you have what it takes?
- Develop your coaching: first steps
- Building your basic coaching skills: the ‘Big Five’
- Building coaching skills: the different approaches
- Deepening your coaching skills: working with individual
difference
- Advanced coaching: from individuals to groups
- Advanced coaching: coaching for career transitions
- Advanced coaching: motivation and change
- Why it works
- Building a freelance coaching business
Best-selling author Dr. Myles Munroe dispels the myth that only some
are destined to be leaders while everyone else is destined to be a
follower. You can become the leader God intended you to be. Discover
how to:
•Activate your leadership potential.
•Develop a positive legacy.
•Find resources to fulfill your vision.
•Empower others for leadership.
•Embrace your unique role in life.
Recognize your inborn leadership abilities and become the leader you
were meant to be!
New expanded edition includes study questions for individual and group
use.
In Our Iceberg is Melting a simple fable about penguins illustrates
how to conquer change, with profound lessons for working and living
in an ever-changing world. This charming story about a penguin
colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how we deal with
the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper
greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk. The
penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for
many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially
devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one
listens to him. The characters in this fable are like people we
recognize, even ourselves. Their story is one of resistance to
change and heroic action, confusion and insight, seemingly
intractable obstacles and the most clever tactics for dealing with
those obstacles. It is a story that is occuring in different forms
around us today - but the penguins handle change a great deal
better than most of us. Based on John Kotter's pioneering work on
how to make smart change happen faster and better, the lessons you
can learn from this short and easy-to-read book will serve you well
in your job, in your family and in your community. And these
lessons are becoming ever more important as the world around us
changes faster and faster. This edition celebrates ten years since
the publication of this classic business fable with new and
improved illustrations and a foreword by Spencer Johnson, author of
Who Moved My Cheese?
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