"Effective Coaching -- Build Better Employees & Create High-Performance Relationships & Teams"

by Michael Angelo Caruso (6 Audio CDs)

"Effective Coaching" offers step-by-step strategies for developing and implementing successful coaching techniques.  Apply these remarkable techniques for coaching your team to success, and you'll never return to the traditional management style again!

A special message from Michael

"We tend to coach the people we care about most. We coach members of our work teams, our customers and even family members.

If you listen to all six compact discs and implement at least three of my strategies, I promise that your most important relationships will improve within 30 days."

Sincerely,

CD1

Welcome to Michael Angelo Caruso’s “Theory C Management.”  This revolutionary management style breaks down the walls between worker and boss, allowing both to enjoy a relationship based on trust, respect, advocacy and responsibility.  In this CD, you’ll discover why Caruso’s Theory C management is the logical successor to MacGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y management styles, how to lay the groundwork for putting Theory C Management into action and how the basic tenets of Theory C style can be applied to relationships outside of work as well. 

• The basic concepts and applications of Theory C management     

• Applying Theory C management to work and family

• Theory X and Theory Y management:  Why smart managers are moving on to a more effective leadership model

• How to apply the LBNT (“Like Best Next Time”) coaching technique

• The truth behind mentoring:  How it evolved into a successful workplace management technique

CD2

Did you know that traditional management employs a number of tools and techniques that actually lower morale and de-motivate employees?  This is definitely not the effect you want to have as a manager!  In this CD, discover how the Theory C management style puts a different spin on these traditional tools and creates a positive culture of encouragement.  Michael will teach you new strategies and techniques for nurturing and developing your employees’ strengths, while also helping them to improve their weaknesses.

• Three traditional management tools that de-motivate employees—and what you can put into practice instead

• Five Cool Ideas for transforming job descriptions into “employee expectations”

• Performance reviews vs. performance interviews—what’s the difference and which is ultimately a greater motivator?

• Five strategies for making performance interviews a positive tool for behavioral change

CD 3

Coaches in the workplace must develop and nurture the “certain something” that makes others want to believe in them, commit to them and follow their leadership.  What you learn on this CD will help you discover the critical role communication plays in the coaching process.  You’ll learn techniques for earning the trust and respect of others and discover how to establish your own uniqueness.  You’ll also explore Caruso’s powerful communication strategies that will enhance your charisma and position you as “psychologically attractive” to others. 

• The five most important things you can say to another person

• The secrets of a successful “elevator speech” – what it is, why it’s important and how to make it work for you

• Five Cool Ideas for boosting your “psychological attractiveness” to others

• How to confront others in a constructive, non-threatening manner that will help your most important relationships

CD 4

Personality styles play a key role in establishing a successful coaching relationship.  This CD will help you discover how different personality styles require different coaching styles.  As a coach, it is critical to understand both your personality and your protégé’s personality to develop the relationship as successfully as possible. 

• Relator, Socializer, Thinker or Director:  Take this personality quiz to find out where you – and your protégés stand

• Logical, linguistic, kinesthetic, auditory, visual, intuitive and intrapersonal—the 7 learning styles that reflect different personality types

• Strategies for applying coaching skills to a variety of different personality types

• Using the Reward/Consequence Proposal to effectively bring about change in your employees

CD 5

Learning to successfully coach “difficult” people is critical to anyone attempting to practice Theory C management.  Difficult people fall into many categories:  well-meaning, high maintenance, negative and even hostile.  In this CD, Michael re-introduces you to the many challenging personalities that you will encounter in the workplace.  He’ll help you discover a wealth of Cool Ideas to help you cope.

•  Discover two key principles to guide you when successfully coaching difficult people

• Hostile, irritating or entertaining—which type of difficulty do you face?

• The best ways for dealing with procrastinators, know-it-alls and time-wasters

• Intimidators, passive-aggressives and time bombs—learn techniques for defusing anger, calming tempers and getting them to give you their best

CD 6

Coaching is all about people, but the first person to be concerned about is you.  You can’t coach others effectively if you have a negative attitude or suffer from excessive stress.  Cultivating a positive, confident attitude and improving your health are keys to becoming a stronger, more effective coach.  Caruso will also help you learn how to choose a protégé and the importance of creating your own legacy. 

• How to utilize different coaching strategies based on gender

• How to control your stress

• Tips to boost your vitality, improve your health and gain a sense of balance

• Time management and problem-solving skills to help you coach others more effectively