Back Pocket Coach: 33 Effective Communication Strategies for Work & Life

Have you ever been in a situation that was emotionally charged and the stakes were high? And it was difficult to find the right words? Back Pocket Coach(TM) provides 33 power-packed communication strategies to support you in creating satisfying conversations that result in good outcomes for you and others. These just-in-time strategies will help you move through conversations masterfully, whether you're engaging with one person or a team of people. This book also introduces Game Changing Conversations, the 8-step process that prepares you for any difficult or high stakes conversation. Included in the book is a worksheet for your personal use.

You'll learn how to:

• Provide difficult feedback to everyone from your boss to mother-in-law, improving your relationships in the process.
• Effectively renegotiate any agreement.
• Say no to a request that would leave you stretched too thin, and do so from a place of strength.
• Get unproductive meetings back on track, even is you're not the meeting organizer.
• Safely speak your truth.
• Increase your self-awareness and emotional intelligence.
• Use appreciate authentically, the secret sauce for thriving relationships.

Author: Diane Brennan, Alexandra Ross
Publisher: New View Press
Published: 01/06/2017
Pages: 106
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.22d
ISBN: 9780692817155

About the Author
Brennan, Diane: - Diane Brennan is a consultant, coach, author and speaker. She is passionate about leadership in all types of organizations. She enjoys working with leaders and teams in the fields of healthcare, aerospace, engineering, science, academics and business. Diane's expertise in organizations includes strategic thinking, navigating change and creating a learning culture. Diane holds a doctorate in behavioral health, an MBA and is a Master Certified Coach. She brings calm to the chaos in organizations and life. Contact Diane at Diane@DianeBrennan.comRoss, Alexandra: - Alexandra Ross is an entrepreneur turned coach working with leaders and managers in aerospace, technology and industry. As an entrepreneur she launched three businesses, including an ad agency, which she later sold. Retained as a managing executive, Alexandra discovered the challenge of balancing success, effectiveness and authenticity. When she began coaching in 1998, her passion was to help clients balance these three factors in their professional lives, as well as develop skills to support self-empowerment. Contact Alexandra at CoachAlexandraRoss@gmail.com