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In Becoming Your Own Business Coach, Dr. George Watts helps readers become their own "change agents." His core principle? Exceptional executives possess the ability to hold deep conversations not just with others, but with themselves. The core premise of this book is straightforward: The deeper and better you understand yourself, the more successful an executive you will become. Becoming Your Own Business Coach offers clear, practical ways executives can grow through introspection, self-knowledge, and self-awareness. Dr. Watts employs the time-honored Socratic approach of asking guided, open-ended questions, providing short personality tests, and explaining straightforward concepts to make the reading journey practical, simple, enjoyable—and productive. Self-coaching, done right, can raise one's emotional intelligence, reveal new skills and abilities, and help readers get from where they are in business and life to where they want to be. His book, Watts says, is action learning, challenging readers to become a partner in their own professional journeys, bridging the gap from their current to their ideal selves.
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BECOMING YOUR OWN BUSINESS COACH
GEORGE W. WATTS
Becoming Your Own Business Coach
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Becoming Your Own Business Coach George W. Watts
Copyright 2010 by George William Watts All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Watts, George W. Becoming your own business coach / George W. Watts. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-313-38361-8 (hbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-313-38362-5 (ebook) 1. Executive ability. 2. Executive coaching. I. Title. HD38.2.W378 2010 2009048250 658.40 07124—dc22 ISBN: 978-0-313-38361-8 EISBN: 978-0-313-38362-5 14 13 12 11 10
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To my father, George M. Watts
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Contents
Chapter One
Becoming
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Chapter Two
Becoming More Introspective
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Chapter Three Becoming Aware of Your Path
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Chapter Four
Becoming the Leader
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Chapter Five
Becoming a Better Team Leader
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Chapter Six
Becoming Your Change Agent
Chapter Seven Becoming Confident
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Chapter Eight
Becoming Your Vision
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Chapter Nine
Becoming Your Core Competencies
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Chapter Ten
Summary
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Index
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1 Becoming
The core premise of Becoming Your Own Business Coach is straightforward: The deeper and better you understand yourself, the more successful an executive you will become. In this book, I advocate that reflection, looking within, and analyzing oneself are complementary to—not a substitute for— life experience. Experience by itself is inadequate. After years of leading as a senior executive, consulting with executives through assessment and testing, and coaching and working closely with hundreds of top performers, CEOs, and successful entrepreneurs, I perceived an underlying a