Unleashed! Expecting Greatness and Other Secrets of Coaching for Exceptional Performance

Gregg Thompson with Susanne Biro

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Bluepoint Leadership Development has been designing and delivering world class leadership education, training and coaching programs for over 20 years. Now their incredible, business-transforming approach is available in this highly-accessible new book. Unleashed is certain to transform how managers, executives, human resource professionals and organizations approach and practice leadership.

Readers of this inspirational work will discover how to:

• Understand what High Performance Coaching is (and is not!)
• Identify the qualities of an effective Leader Coach
• Recognize their strengths as a coach and what is required in the coaching role
• Better understand the coaching process
• Identify their own self development work and personal growth curve
• Better understand current leadership challenges
• Search for opportunities to coach those they manage and lead for performance
• Participate in the personal growth of others while developing high performance coaching skills

Gregg Thompson’s revolutionary approach incorporates the very best processes and practices employed by professional coaches and draws upon his extensive experience in experiential leadership development. Dare yourself and your employees to engage in bold new performance-changing relationships!

Gregg Thompson is the President of Bluepoint Leadership Development, Inc. He has extensive experience as a business leader, operations manager, executive coach, trainer and management consultant. He holds a Master of Science in Organizational Development degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Susanne Biro is the Director of Coaching at Bluepoint Leadership Development. She coaches executives and business leaders throughout North America, the United Kingdom, Asia and the Middle East. Susanne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and a Masters of Arts Degree in Applied Behavioral Science from the Leadership Institute of Seattle at Bastyr University.

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Foreword	xi
	Introduction	xiii
	Expecting Greatness	1
	The Leader as Coach	5
	The Power of Great Expectations	13
	The Great Expectations Model	21
	Earning the Right to Coach	29
	Authenticity	33
	Self-Esteem	41
	Noble Intention	51
	A Perfect Partnership	59
	Appreciation	63
	Confrontation	69
	Accountability	83
	Dangerous Conversations	91
	Conversations That Matter	95
	The Coaching Flow	99
	The Four Coaching Power Tools	105
	The Coaching Workspace	119
	The Coach's Voice	127
	Conclusion	135
	Afterwords	137
	Endnotes	138
	Index	139

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