Goal setting is a critical - yet often underestimated - aspect of successful coaching and consulting engagements. Dr. Susan Battley shows consulting and coaching professionals how to take their goal setting skills from good to great in this "news-you-can-use" program.

Consultants and coaches, you will learn:

1. Battley's proven goal setting method: the Powerhouse Action Plan.
2. Five goal-setting traps you should avoid making with clients
3. Why good goals go bad: troubleshooting and decoding client behaviors and situations, plus action steps

Bonus Resource! You will also receive the Powerhouse Action Plan (Microsoft Word *.doc download). Use it with your clients to supercharge their success...and yours!

Recorded live. (42 mins)
Available format: MP3 (download)

Hot Business Coaching Trends (audio program)

Susan Battley delivers a must-have review of recent research on the state of business coaching, including implications and opportunities for business coaches and consultants going forward. An essential resource for anyone who offers coaching services and who is interested in maximizing their value to clients and their own business potential.

Recorded live. (43 mins)
Available formats: CD, MP3 (download), PDF transcript (download)

In this program, Susan Battley provides winning advice to business coaches and consultants:

• Specific dimensions of coaching readiness to review with the candidate and any sponsor(s)
• How to engage the candidate in an exploratory discovery process
• Red flags and counter-indicators to coaching readiness

Client Coaching Readiness Power Set

This set includes two complementary resources: one geared to coaching professionals, and the other to coaching clients and prospective clients. It contains one each of:

Assessing Client Coaching Readiness Audio CD
Advice and tips for coaches and consultants on an overlooked - and success-critical - aspect of coaching

COACHED TO LEAD:
How to Achieve Extraordinary Results with an Executive Coach

Filled with engaging real-life cases, exclusive CEO interviews, and handy checklists and sample documents, COACHED TO LEAD will help anyone who considers working with a professional coach to make smart decisions that maximize resources and results.

The first consumer's guide to executive coaching, COACHED TO LEAD is an indispensable resource for business executives, technical professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners, supervisors, human resource managers, and executive and business coaches. Learn more at the official book site. ISBN 0787981443

This guide describes what executive coaching is and what a coaching program typically entails. It identifies high-impact coaching benefits and provides real-life coaching applications, specific coaching readiness questions, and a ten-point decision checklist. A must-read for executives, supervisors, professionals, business owners - everyone considering coaching services for themselves or someone else. A useful resource for human resource professionals and executive coaches.

"If you have ever considered the possibility of retaining an executive coach, this book by Susan Battley demystifies the profession like no other I have ever seen."

- George Morrisey, CSP, CPAE;
Author, Morrisey on Planning Series

This guide smashes ten common myths and misconceptions about executive coaching, and replaces them with straight talk about the business case and the bottom-line results. If you're serious about your success in today's hypercompetitive world, discover what coaching can actually help you - or those you supervise - to achieve, once you have the facts. Essential reading for decision makers, human resource and organization development professionals, and business coaches.

"This is an exciting book and I read it with greatest interest and benefit."

- Sigward Strub, PhD
Head of Licensing Research, Novartis