The Secret of Coaching and Leading by Values: How to Ensure Alignment and Proper Realignment

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Coaches play a major role in helping people understand their values and the values of their surroundings and helping them make choices and adapt. Sometimes the choice may be to find a situation more in sync with your values. Or it may mean working hard on yourself or in concert with your partner, team, or organization. Whatever we need to do to attain it, a positive fit makes for a happier person, and a happier person will be more successful. This accessible and practical book will help coaches, educators, leaders, and managers understand the philosophy, methodology, and tools that can be used to make a person happier, healthier, and more productive at work and in life in general. This book compiles short vignettes from over a dozen global academics and celebrated executive coaches, sharing information about aligning values in different settings. Based on years of research and written for readers from all walks of life, you will learn that when you understand your core values, place them on a triaxial template, and align them with your definition of success, everything changes. It will help you come out of your comfort zone in order to embrace the future and enhance the quality of your life. For this, you need a concept, a methodology, and effective tools, all of which are offered in this book. Rich with practical step-by-step methodologies and tools to facilitate values-led leadership, coaching, and mentoring, this book is essential for any change agent, be it a coach, a leader, an educator, or any person who is interested in learning how to become more effective, improve their practice, and engage in self or professional coaching. At the same time, it will enhance leadership qualities. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Author Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: A short voyage into the history of Coaching and Leading by Values Notes Chapter 1 A coaching kaleidoscope 1.1 Everyone can be a coach 1.2 What is coaching? 1.3 Types of coaching 1.4 Principal schools of thought in coaching 1.5 On coaches, professionalism, and professional associations 1.6 Selecting your coaching model 1.7 Conclusion Notes Chapter 2 How can an executive coach help leaders and organizations? Introduction 2.1 Executive coaching and culture reengineering 2.2 Executive coaching and the new leadership competencies4 2.3 Leadership and trust—The value of values 2.4 Conclusion Notes Chapter 3 Coaching, leading, and values, or the “value of values” 3.1 Natural system and human system: The DNA called “values” 3.2 The ABC of values 3.3 Value formation 3.4 Modeling the universe of values: The 3Es triaxial approach 3.5 Values and culture 3.6 Values and education 3.7 Conclusion Notes Chapter 4 The secret of coaching and leading by values: Alignment and realignment 4.1 If the shoe fits, wear it; if it doesn’t, change it 4.2 The importance of reshaping and realigning values 4.3 Value alignment and positive outcomes 4.4 The negative consequences of value incongruence 4.5 Conclusion Notes Chapter 5 Methodologies and tools for everyone 5.1 Values and success in the life of business and the business of life 5.2 CLBV methods for reengineeringthe business of life 5.3 The Gift of Values: A coaching enrichment module 5.4 The history, validation studies, and co-evolution of the 3E triaxial model of values 5.5 CBV processes, methods, and tools for reengineering the life of business 5.6 Values and ethics in organizations 5.7 Conclusion Notes Chapter 6 Coaching, values, and the future: New challenges in the new landscape of work 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The neurobiology of values 6.3 Values and spirituality: The inner voyage to coaching 6.4 Toward a new proposed quadriaxial model of values-based leadership 6.5 Toward a new universal model of values 6.6 Change and transformation as a value 6.7 Values, expectations, and conducts of the Y generation 6.8 Conclusion Notes Chapter 7 Let’s practice: Sharing practical applications 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The six-step method for aligning personal values 7.3 Method for aligning values with your partner or in any relationship 7.4 Antecedent step: Validating the core value—Trust 7.5 V×O method: Practical application for achieving objectives 7.6 Examples of other applications of the triaxial model of values in different sectors 7.7 Conclusion Notes Postscript Appendix 1: List of the 51 values of the triaxial model Appendix 2: Dolan 3Es Triaxial Template Appendix 3: The card game “the value of values” in all available languages Appendix 4: Recommended videos and links Index