About the Book: Self Coaching


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	"In today's extremely fast paced, bare bones, 'I need it yesterday' work environment, it becomes difficult to get it all done. Executive Coaching will assist you in discovering solutions to unresolved problems that have become lost due all the pressure and stress around you. SELF COACHING takes it one step further. SELF COACHING is what comes next!"

	-Stan Shanker, President ... Metal Commodities, Inc.


	"SELF COACHING develops an individual and organizational 'I can do it!" belief in which a new level of empowerment and self-esteem is achieved."

	-Raymond Hersh,CEO ... New Medical Concepts, Inc.

	My professional background as well as my client's issues have motivated me to write this book for dual purposes that I feel are strongly connected. The business sector should embrace SELF COACHING and the SOLVE model as a way their employees can more knowingly, consistently and effectively resolve problems they continually face at the workplace. Some of the primary sources of problems include stress and anxiety on the job, sales and marketing issues, fiscal and operational difficulties, reengineering and downsizing, low morale, lack of motivation, communication and relationship issues as well as the merging of both personal and work related problems at the workplace.

		SELF COACHING is a process that empowers individuals to be aware and understand the problems they face in a more productive way.

		They will not only be able to develop action plans, but most importantly will be able to self initiate their plans into action.

		From a business standpoint SELF COACHING allows the individual to "process" their problems to a self directed solution. This ability to SOLVE one's own problems allows the organization's management to deal with planning what comes next and how to get there, rather than getting bogged down in individual day to day problems.

		From a personal standpoint, being a SELF COACHED individual builds self-esteem, confidence and competency in knowing that you are capable of solving your problems by SELF COACHING.

	In each chapter of SELF COACHING you will "meet" different people through the life situations they present. Most of their situations will describe problems they have encountered in their workplace environment. These will be identified by the heading "Let's Talk Business." The heading "On A Personal Note" will identify those situations representing problems of a personal nature. Obviously all the examples presented will not necessarily relate to the problem that you are struggling to resolve. However, it is not the problem that will be important for you to focus on, but rather the process that the example illustrates. The examples help tie together what each chapter explorers, making it possible for you to more easily grasp the SOLVE process in formulating your own SELF COACHING solutions.

	At the end of each chapter you will find the COACH'S CORNER. Follow the Coach's instructions so that you gain practice in using the SOLVE process. If you start working on an existing problem that you want to solve after reading chapter one, you will be able to SELF COACH your way through it by the time you have read this book. The COACH'S CORNER is designed to provide the time for you to reflect over what you have just read and begin to incorporate it into your own SELF COACHING process.

		By following each step of the SOLVE process as you progress through this book, not only will you understand the process but most importantly you will have successfully lived it.

		Your first SELF COACHING assignment is to choose the problem you want to SOLVE. Is it pertaining to your work environment? Is it about something you are supposed to be doing or is it about somebody you are having trouble interacting with? It might be a personal issue that is affecting you at work or elsewhere. Whatever it is, you choose.

		This is what SELF COACHING is all about. You identify the problems in your life that you want to SOLVE and soon, after you have completed the SELF COACHING process, you will be able to resolve them.

	So, let's get started! Sit back, take some time to think about your life and what is troubling you. Identify what it is you want to SOLVE and make better in your life and get ready to SELF COACH yourself through it. The SOLVE process will get you there.