Product Description

Bestselling author David Taylor returns with his take on business coaching. No fuss. No jargon. Just great ideas.

The Naked Coach is the back–to–basics book on coaching that will make sense of coaching and place it back at the very heart of the business agenda. It will make understanding, learning and teaching coaching simple. The Naked Coach tells real, practical, fun, exciting and above all else relevant stories that you can apply straightaway. David Taylor strips away the hype, jargon and mystery to give coaching a clear definition in all its forms, including mentoring, training, facilitation and interventions of every kind. The Naked Coach explains coaching without being patronising, defines without being arrogant, and does it in a fun, accessible way. It is coaching from a different perspective – yours.

The fundamental principle of The Naked Coach is to be yourself – always. Find what works for you, and do it, again and again and again. Remember. No fuss. No Jargon. Just great ideas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #108472 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

Synopsis
Bestselling author David Taylor returns with his take on business coaching: No fuss, No jargon, Just great ideas. "The Naked Coach" is the back to basics book on coaching that will make sense of coaching and place it back at the very heart of the business agenda. It will make understanding, learning and teaching coaching simple. "The Naked Coach" tells real, practical, fun, exciting and above all else relevant stories that you can apply straightaway. David Taylor strips away the hype, jargon and mystery to give coaching a clear definition in all its forms, including mentoring, training, facilitation and interventions of every kind. "The Naked Coach" explains coaching without being patronising, defines without being arrogant, and does it in a fun, accessible way. It is coaching from a different perspective yours. The fundamental principle of "The Naked Coach" is to be yourself always. Find what works for you, and do it, again and again and again. Remember - No fuss, No Jargon, Just great ideas.

From the Publisher
According to a study by The Economist, since 2002 coaching has
mushroomed with a growth rate of 40% a year. Coaching is crying out for a
leading light - and that's where David Taylor comes in. The Naked Coach
illuminates and explains coaching, putting real, practical and useable
tools at your fingertips. There are six distinct journeys at the heart of
this book including finding a coach, self-coaching, coaching your boss and
coaching everyone else in your life. Uniquely, you will find yourself being
coached in coaching as you read, enabling you to put into practice what you
are learning, fast. The Naked Coach is for business leaders, coaches, HR
professionals, consultants and anyone who wants to understand and use
coaching in their business and personal life. Coaching is coming back to
the people who need it the most. People like you. Make sure you take
advantage now it has arrived.

From the Inside Flap
According to a study by The Economist, since 2002 coaching has mushroomed with a growth rate of 40%  a year. Coaching is crying out for a leading light – and that′s where David Taylor comes in. The Naked Coach illuminates and explains coaching, putting real, practical and useable tools at your fingertips.

There are six distinct journeys at the heart of this book including finding a coach, self–coaching, coaching your boss and coaching everyone else in your life. Uniquely, you will find yourself being coached in coaching as you read, enabling you to put into practice what you are learning, fast.

The Naked Coach is for business leaders, coaches, HR professionals, consultants and anyone who wants to understand and use coaching in their business and personal life.

Coaching is coming back to the people who need it the most. Peop0le like you. Make sure you take advantage now it has arrived.

Customer Reviews

An Antidote to Popular Thinking or Heresy? - Let the Reader Decide!
When I first read this book, I did so from the stand-point of someone who had been trained as a coach and who usually talks of "business coaching" in terms of a dedicated process or relationship between an individual and a skilled hand at coaching (the coach). From my initial reading, I thought that Taylor's interpretation of coaching was heretical, but I came to enjoy his approach, even if not always agreeing with his viewpoints.

"Coaching" is used to mean different things to different people, and this is especially so when speaking of a skill-set managers can bring into their everyday repertoire, rather than as a one-to-one "sit down" with a dedicated coach. It is in this context that I think a key point which Taylor expresses makes particular sense - what matters in developing and supporting individuals is not being a pass master at a particular management discipline, but doing what's right and appropriate at the time to help them get from A to B. Sometimes coaching is most appropriate, but at other times, something else fits the bill.

Taylor points out the absurdity of some attempts to define "coaching", "mentoring", "counselling" and the like, bringing the reader back to think about what really matters. Not everyone will agree with his thinking, but anyone with an open mind should be prepared to have their own thoughts challenged.

To date Taylor may have had less success in getting leaders to take a fresh look at coaching than he had with leadership in "The Naked Leader", but his direct, practical and challenging style should be welcomed. It may be no bad thing for a few in the coaching world to be given the occasional shake with a little controversy.

Inspirational
A truly inspirational read. Life changing. This book has for the first time made me realise that I can just be myself and succeed. There is no 'right way' to do things there is just knowing what you want, where you are now and how to get from one to the other and then simply do it.