Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction 1. Challenge Assumptions Challenge Those Assumptions How Assumptions Hold Us Back Assumptions Become Reality Thinking for Success Change Your Thoughts at Any Time How to Challenge and Banish Assumptions Tips for Success Summary 2. Have a Higher Purpose Why Purpose and Happiness Matter What Is Your Mission? It's Not About the Soap What Legacy Will You Leave Behind? Finding Meaning in Work and Life Leading Yourself and Others to Discover Their Higher Purpose Finding Joy Your Life's Compass: Creating a Personal Mission Statement A Word About Courage Tips for Success Summary 3. Awareness of Limiting Thoughts What Are Limiting Thoughts? Managing Limiting Thoughts and Beliefs The Power of Choice How to Change Limiting Thoughts to Expanding Thoughts A Formula for Freedom Direct Your Brain to Change Tips for Success Summary 4. Nix the Negatives and Naysayers Be Wary of Your Words How We Connect Confronting Negatives and Naysayers Be a Better Listener Practical Ways to Nix the Negatives Reframing: A Powerful Skill When People Won't Budge Cultivating Optimism Tips for Success Summary 5. Gather a Group Why Gather a Group? An Inspiring Example Asking for Help How to Ask for Help A Coaching Approach to Leading Groups: "I Have a Group. Now What?" How to Coach Groups Two Group Coaching Models Successful Group Coaching Benefits of Group Coaching Challenges Tips for Success Summary 6. Emotionally Connect to the Goal How to Create an Emotional Connection to Your Goal The Mind, Body, and Goal Connection Tips for Success Summary 7. Maintain Momentum Coaching to Action Resistance Ahead! Shifting from Discussion to Action Choosing Courageous Actions Maintaining Organization Momentum Tips for Success Summary 8. Ask How Can I? Become a Possibility Thinker How to Develop a Possibility Thinking Mind-Set Tips for Success Summary 9. See Success Smiling What the Research Says Imagery and Visualization Techniques Peak Performance Strategies How and Why Visualization Is Effective A Success Story The Science Behind Imagery Why Smile? Why Seeing Success Smiling Works Tips for Success Summary 10. Turn Talk to the Future The Future Is Now Coach Approach Attributes of a Future-Focused Leader Self-Talk and Group Talk Rationale Turning Self-Talk to the Future Turning Talk to the Future With Groups Tips for Success Summary 11. Expect and Welcome Discomfort A Personal Example Why Discomfort Is Good Taking Charge of Discomfort Managing Fear Tips for Success Summary 12. Remain Relentlessly Focused Narrow the Focus Meditation Helps Focus Multitasking Is Out: Focus Is In Why Stop Multitasking? Saying No Letting Go Pay Attention to Your Attention Tips for Success Summary 13. Conclusion Underlying Coaching Concepts CHANGEMASTER Tools Tool.01 Challenge Assumptions Tool Tool.02 Have a Higher Purpose Tool 1: My Joyfinder Tool.03 Have a Higher Purpose Tool 2: A Starter Set of Questions Tool.04 Have a Higher Purpose Tool 3: Creating a Personal Mission Statement Tool.05 Examining Limiting Thoughts Tool Tool.06 Nix the Negatives and Naysayers Tool 1: A to Z Uplifting Words Tool.07 Nix the Negatives and Naysayers Tool 2: Noticing the Negatives Tool.08 Gather Your Group Tool Tool.09 Emotionally Connect to Your Goal Tool 1 Tool.10 Emotionally Connect to Your Goal Tool 2: Words That Evoke Positive Emotions Tool.11 Maintain Momentum Tool Tool.12 Ask How Can I? Becoming a Possibility Thinker Tool Tool.13 See Success Smiling Tool Tool.14 Turn Talk to the Future Tool Tool.15 Expect and Welcome Discomfort Tool Tool.16 Remain Relentlessly Focused Tool Tool.17 Be a CHANGEMASTER Tool References Index
How to use coaching strategies to lead change in any organizationBe a CHANGEMASTER is a practical guide for school and district leaders that provides 12 strategies for overcoming resistance to change. Unlike more theoretical books, this text shows how to adopt a coaching style of leadership as a systemic change strategy. Numerous examples demonstrate how the strategies used in this book have led to transformational change. These success stories are drawn from the work of professionally certified coaches. Components includeChallenging assumptions to prevent them from becoming orealityoeDeveloping a higher purpose to foster happiness and ensure a positive legacyConfronting negativity by oreframingoe and cultivating optimismGathering a group to aggregate energy, creativity, and encouragementUsing imagery and visualization techniques to improve performanceFocusing on the future to overcome the errors of the past and challenges of the presentCoaching is the proven change process, and leaders everywhere need to master the skills and strategies coaches use to transform their organizations efficiently and effectively. This book helps turn executives, managers, and team leaders into motivators and their organizations into winners.
Learn more about Karla Reiss' PD offerings Karla Reiss is the award winning author of Leadership Coaching for Educators; Bringing Out the Best in School Administrators. She founded The Change Place, LLC in 2004, a coaching and consulting firm dedicated to the continuous improvement of individuals, teams and organizations after 30 years in education, publishing and sales. She and her team of certified coaches offer several levels of coaching training programs to leaders of school systems, government and non-profit organizations, businesses and individuals who wish to learn a coaching style of leadership, including Powerful Coaching for Powerful Results (TM) certification program, CKEY; Coaching Kids, Empowering Youth (TM) and various related programs. The Change Place, LLC also provides executive and leadership coaching services, workplace and leadership assessments and products that support others to lead professional and personal change. She is also a frequent speaker at national, state and local conferences. As a school administrator, Reiss worked with more than 50 school districts in a variety of school improvement roles, the majority as coordinator of professional development at Western Suffolk (NY) Board of Cooperative Education Services. She has conducted numerous professional development programs and school improvement opportunities for K-12 staff and district leaders. She is certified in strategic planning and served on the New York State Education Department's statewide steering committee for Comprehensive District Education Planning. She was president of New York State Staff Development Council and served on the Executive Board of the Long Island Association for Curriculum and Staff Development. Karla Reiss is a graduate from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching in 2002 and received additional coach training at the College of Executive Coaching. She holds a bachelor of science degree, a master's degree in special education and a professional diploma in school district administration. Her professional and personal inspiration and transition into the world of coaching was a result of the invitation to participate in Oxygen TV's program, The Life Makeover Project in 2002. She has applied all of the coaching techniques and strategies described in this book to her own life and now helps others courageously transition their lives, leadership style and organizations to fulfill their goals, hopes and dreams.