Soft Skills Hard Results

Anne Taylor is the Director of DIRECTions Coaching Ltd. Armed with a degree in Business from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, she built an impressive career over 20 years with companies such as Procter & Gamble and Nestlé where she held positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, overall business management and business strategy development. After leaving her Global Marketing role at Nestlé in Switzerland, she re-trained as an Executive Coach. Her first clients included IMD business school and Nestlé. Later in the UK she established a successful practice with clients such as LEGO®, Deutsche Bank, L’Oréal and Ford among others. She is an associate coach for London Business School and LHH Penna and is certified through ICF to the level of Professional Certified Coach – one of fewer than 300 in the UK. She creates safe spaces for executives to grow as leaders by bringing challenge & support and provocation & acceptance. She helps successful leaders their impact particularly around EQ, strategic thinking and influencing.

Loved this book! Easy to read, full of practical advice and resources for maximizing your potential as a leader and your team’s potential. Buzzing with ideas on how I’ll implement them!

• ForewordNote to Reader Introduction Part I – INSIDE Principle 1 – It starts with YOU Principle 2 – You think you know yourself? Go Deeper inside with more self-awareness, self-management and conscious choice Part 2 – OUTSIDE Principle 3 – Actively give (and solicit) feedback Principle 4 – Choosing a coaching approach more often over telling Principle 5 – Influence and engage through storytelling Part 3 – BETWEEN Principle 6 – Adapt authentically to others and the situation Principle 7 – Human interaction is a balancing act Principle 8 – Choose courage and vulnerability in leadership (and life) Part 4 - BEYOND Principle 9 – Live a life of no regrets Principle 10 – Live a life of gratitude Final note to reader Contact, coaching and speaking Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index of Tools