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Book SynopsisTrevor is Managing Director of The Executive Coach ltd. He has extensive experience in executive and senior management coaching - including the delivery of 1:1 and team coaching along with whole-organisation coaching interventions and training coaches. His expertise is in combining his passion for leadership development with his skill as a top-level coach, his experience in organisational consultancy and his thorough understanding of the psychology of personal change.Previously Trevor spent 15 years in leadership in the voluntary sector included five years being Chief Executive of a national start-up. He then trained with the Covey Leadership Centre and worked for a consultancy firm before founding The Executive Coach. Trevor works alongside some of the other top Executive Coaches in his role as Faculty member of The School of Coaching at The Work Foundation in association with Myles Downey. He is guest lecturer on Leadership for Anglia Polytechnic University's MBA Programme.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Challenge 1: The Proactive Challenge - learning to write the story
Challenge 2: The Influence Challenge - making a clear impact
Challenge 3: The Reality Challenge - understand where you are
Challenge 4: The Vision Challenge - creating an engaging picture of the future
Challenge 5: The Strategy Challenge - defining a path to the future
Challenge 6: The Wisdom Challenge - applying your learning from experience
Challenge 7: The Insight Challenge - seeing beyond the obvious
Challenge 8: The Confidence Challenge - developing self-belief
Challenge 9: The Internal Compass Challenge - lead yourself so you can lead others
Challenge 10: The 'Bigger and Bigger Challenge' Challenge - continuously growing your skills base
Challenge 11: The Vertigo Challenge
Challenge 12: The 'Managing The Tension Between Holding On and Letting Go' Challenge - the art of delegation
Challenge 13: The 'Life and Career Transition' Challenge - change across the whole lifespan
Challenge 14: The Loneliness Challenge - creating networks to maintain integrity
Challenge 15: The Personality Challenge - understanding your impact on others
Challenge 16: The Pathology Challenge - managing the effects of your blind spots
Challenge 17: The Confusion-Complexity-Chaos Challenge - performing through uncertainty
Challenge 18: The Work-Life Balance Challenge - getting results whilst living a satisfying life
Appendix 1: The final question: 'What will you do now?'
Appendix 2: Getting feedback on your influencing behaviours
Appendix 3: The complete assessment summary
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