Emotional Fitness Coaching

Emotional Fitness Coaching is the practical approach to applying the principles of emotional intelligence to the workplace to create a healthy, positive and creative environment in every situation. Based on thirty years experience in the field, it offers a toolkit for people to be better managers, leaders and professionals while also feeling more at ease with the interpersonal skills vital to any business relationships. Using a storytelling approach it covers a range of techniques including Power Listening, Learning from Experience, the power of Group Dialogue, Creating Balance and Emotional Fitness Storytelling. Each tool is described and examples given of how each could be used in various work circumstances. Exercises throughout the text provide the opportunity for the reader to apply the tools directly to their own context.

Warren Redman is founder and President of the Emotional Fitness Institute in Canada. He has trained and coached high profile professionals and leaders for nearly thirty years. Having developed Emotional Fitness Coaching and written 15 books, he now trains coaches in this approach.

Introduction 01 Why Emotional Fitness brings success The encounter The entry First things first The overview Impending change How things go wrong The challenge Pressure and stress EQ and E-Fitness: the difference The five tools of E-Fitness coaching The contract An exercise 02 Power Listening If you want to be a great communicator, listen up Normal conversation is not communication A Power Listening conversation Preparing to change The five stages of Power Listening - the need to grow The five stages of Power Listening - the action steps Framework for Power Listening The test 03 Learning is earning How Learning from Experience brings wealth to everyone The roots of Learning from Experience Adult learning: why most training doesn't work The penalties of not Learning from Experience The excuses for not learning Make it easy to learn Same as usual The model Reluctant learner Results A Learning from Experience exercise 04 Treasure seeking Tap the talent in your team at every meeting Another bloody meeting The Group Dialogue The set-up Practice session Presentation Clarification Summaries Presenter's summary Action Presenter's action Implications E-Fitness action learning Exercise 05 The energy equation Using the Workscale to transform negative into positive The energy impact The Workscale Exercise 06 Inside story How our emotions shape our image of reality Preparation First story The meaning Second story The team Exercise 07 The E-Fitness coach A self-learning guide for leaders and managers Preparation A business case Pitfalls and objections and how to overcome them What happened Exercise 08 Actions speak louder Now you know, what do you do? A practical primer on setting up and maintaining an E-Fitness programme Preparation Starting out Establishing agreements First sessions Evaluation and feedback Measuring the impact of E-Fitness interventions Integrating E-Fitness coaching into management practices Building support for the E-Fitness coach Are you having fun yet? 09 Spreading the E-Fitness bug How to make it viral Don't keep it to yourself: the value of sharing the benefits Developing a wider vision Becoming an E-Fitness instructor Talking about E-Fitness The ripple effect Exercise References Index