How can individuals and organizations understand and measure mental toughness to deal with stress and challenge, and so improve performance? This fully updated third edition of Developing Mental Toughness provides the answers to unlock this potential.Tracing its development from sports psychology into the business sector***, Developing Mental Toughness*** provides a reliable psychometric measure to apply at the organizational level. With coverage on how me...

Much of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the global recession is concerned with the adverse impact it will have on organisations and society. However, recessions are nothing new. We know from past experience that when a recession is over, there always emerge organisations and individuals who have not only survived but have thrived. They often emerge stronger, fitter and better performing.Developing Resilient Organizations argues that one of the fundame...

This book provides more clarity into what mental toughness means and to measure its impact when children and young people are taught how to acquire it not as a "chalk and talk" didactic exercise but experientially.

Eliminate the need for time or resources on formal training and get your teams up and running themselves--with only minutes of prep.Between workplace personnel being more culturally diverse than ever before, a generation of employees being raised attached to technology while avoiding human interaction, and an increasing culture of competitiveness that is constantly raising tensions between cubicles, it has become absolutely essential for managers to focus more on c...

Coaching is rapidly proving to be an invaluable aid to personal development and a successful way to enhance performance within organizations of all types. More and more people are also discovering how to use storytelling to bring about change and reinforce learning. Tales for Coaching combines these two approaches into a powerful and effective technique to assist personal change.Showing you how and when to use stories to maximum effect, whether you are coa...

Mentoring is a powerful tool in the development of talent within any organization. Experienced colleagues develop the skills, capabilities and confidence of more junior staff, who will go on to contribute to, and drive the success of, the organization. The Complete Guide to Mentoring is your step-by-step guide to implementing a successful mentoring programme in your organization. Packed with high-profile interviews, case studies and questionnaires, it includes a w...

If your main focus is growth, the most valuable asset you can possess is a quality assemblage of employees/team members who are flexible learners; problem solvers, well motivated and highly trained who will put your company on the fast track to success!Proper coaching and mentoring of this team will put you right were you need to be. This will only be possible if you work closely with each member of your team’s professional and personal growth in their abilities and performance. Close and ...

This book is written by qualified, experienced professional supervisors; their wisdom and skill is evident in every chapter. Full Spectrum Supervision takes the reader into the heart of reflective practice and provides fascinating insights into the complexities of this transformative work. The book offers the reader a unique view of what actually happens in supervision and shares many new and practical exercises; these can be used by a wide range of professionals and adapted to make your p...

Published with the Association for Coaching, Diversity in Coaching explores the impact and implication of difference in coaching. The book looks at how coaches can respond to issues of gender, generational, cultural, national and racial difference. Understanding how diversity impacts upon coaching is a crucial element to coaching effectively in today's diverse society and can give coaches the edge when responding to their coachees need.Written by an international t...

Are you ready to discover the secret to thriving in today’s fee-based financial services environment?The old transactional, sales-based approach is fast becoming defunct. The real key to outstanding success as a financial adviser is helping your clients get more of what they really want from life.John Dashfield shares a revolutionary new paradigm in psychology that clearlydemonstrates that your state of mind is the most significant factor in creating...

We need to change how we change.Successful organizations are proactive about change and can turn obstacles into opportunities. Thus managing change—its constant barrage, faster pace, and complexity—has become a required skill for leaders, managers, and employees alike.In Change Management Training, master trainer and innovator Elaine Biech presents a complete lineup of workshop resources and tools needed to conduct effective change management training. Help managers underst...

The Experiential Learning Toolkit presents a diverse range of practical exercises based on the theory of experiential learning, which is concerned with learning through direct experience to create more effective, engaging and embedded learning. Author Colin Beard has compiled more than thirty internationally tried and tested learning 'experiences', which cover corporate training, individual and organizational development and education. Each experiential activity i...