Business Coaching Toolkit

Stephen G. Fairley is one of the leading business coaches in the United States. His work has been featured in Harvard Management Update, Fortune Small Business, the ABA Journal, Entrepreneur, and Inc. magazines. He is the coauthor of Getting Started in Personal and Executive Coaching (Wiley). In 2004, he was named "America's Top Marketing Coach" by CoachVille, the world's largest professional coaching association. Bill Zipp is President of Leadership Link, Inc. (www.LeadershipLink.net). As a seasoned small business specialist, Bill has spent thousands of hours working with hundreds of business leaders across the country. His proven program, The Business Fitness System, is a step-by-step plan for building a strong, self-sustaining small business. Bill is an award-winning author, speaker, and master business coach as well as a professional member of the National Speakers Association and their Business Coaching Professional Experts Group.

• Acknowledgments. Introduction. The Evolution of Professional Coaching.Chapter One. Developing a Leadership Vision (It's NOT What You Think!).Chapter Two.The One-Percent Solution.Chapter Three. Getting Things Done Through Others.Chapter Four. Making Goals SMART.Chapter Five. The Power of Positive Praise.Chapter Six. Making Feedback Effective.Chapter Seven. A New Twist on SWOT.Chapter Eight. The Life Leadership Dashboard.Chapter Nine. The Sixth Suitcase.Chapter Ten. What Color is Your Team?Chapter Eleven. Using the Ten Tools.Appendix. The Ten Tools.Bibliography.Index.