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Featured Review: Becoming Your Own Business Coach by George W. Watts

Winning Workplaces review:
Countless books and articles exist on the topics of leadership and professional growth. Most, maybe all, offer useful advice to the manager or executive interested in continuous learning and development.

Becoming Your Own Business Coach, however, stands out in two important ways. First, author Dr. George W. Watts begins with a straightforward premise: the deeper and better you understand yourself, the more successful an executive you will become. Secondly, Dr. Watts provides thought-provoking questions and actionable tools to help you better understand, and then coach yourself, as you progress on your professional journey.

For example, a Leadership Profile provides insight into your entrepreneurial leadership style. A Forcefulness Questionnaire assesses whether you use the right balance of control vs. engagement. Questions such as "What would have to happen for you to enjoy your work even more?" are worth considering through the lens of the reader and the reader's workplace. The chapters on Becoming a Better Team Leader and Becoming your Change Agent are rich with opportunities for reflection and professional development.

Our recommendation: read and use this book yourself. Then, lead a small group in discussing and working through the exercises in the chapters – and do it with an eye toward creating a more satisfied and productive workforce. The result will be a more self-aware manager and a more self-aware organization. Greatness can't be far behind.

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