Coaching for improved work performance

Coaching for improved work performance

Introduction

The book “Coaching for Improved Work Performance” is written by Ferdinand F. Fournies. It was published in November 15, 1999. It is a fresh and efficient coaching guide. Coaching is one of the most influential and important management practices, which helps in getting the best out of the employees. It is the most practical guide for coaching all employees in the organization at all levels effectively. This guide is used by the managers from all over the world for the solutions of their coaching problems. This guide is fully designed for the challenges of the today's world facing by the managers in the workplace. It helps the managers to overcome the problem of turnover rate, absenteeism, job sharing, telecommunication and keeping employee's up to date about the technology. With the help of intercession and case studies, Fournies has given guidelines for the managers to make their employees more focused and more productive. With the help of this book, managers will be able to get positive results from their employees (F, Fournies, 1999).

Book review

In the book “Coaching for Improved Work Performance” the author Ferdinand F. Fournies has described the different behavioral approaches which are necessary for obtaining good results from the employees. The main objective of the person working at leadership, management or mentoring position in an organization should always be to help employees for giving their best outcome as much as possible. According to the definition of the management, the main task of the manager is to manage people. It is their responsibility or main duty to help their employees. Many managers work out of the track. They behave badly with their employees like shout on them, abuse them, and treat them like their servants. As a result, employees lose their motivation and sometimes they quite. Through these actions, managers do not help their company, but actually they are causing serious harm. The author tells the managers that training through different psychological methods will not help them to improve their performance because it doesn't tell them how to do it. He also tells that the key aspect for improving and correcting performance is to focus on the employee's behavior. This book reminds all the managers who are responsible for managing their employees, that they should take this responsibility very seriously and fulfill it in a proper manner (F, Fournies, 1999).

Firstly, the book goes through the basics or characteristics of becoming manager. A manager attains results with the help of others. A manager must have to do everything possible for making successful reports. Fournies explains that why most of the managers fails at their job of managing employees. Managers are usually measured by their job results that they usually obtain in their work in the form of sales and revenues. They are also measured by their different skills like leadership skills, managing skills, communication skills and their willingness and enthusiasm towards work. But these are actually employees who bring ...