Fyi for Your Improvement Handbook: A Development and Coaching Guide

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Summary: One of the best tools available for developing people
Review: The FYI book is published by the Lominger Limited, Inc, organization as part of their "Leadership Architect Suite". If you are purchasing here on Amazon, please ensure you get the latest 3rd edition. Basically the book outlines over 100 leadership competencies, career stallers, and performance dimensions, and specific information on each to help leaders improve performance.

The competencies section is filled with some insightful leadership aspects that often get left out of most leadership books including: Humor, Dealing with Ambiguity, Approachability, Composure, Caring About Direct Reports, Dealing with Paradox, Sizing up People, and others which are essentially the more difficult "EQ" elements of leadership. Along with these are more traditional concepts such as Business Acumen, Planning, Time Management, etc., and all told nearly 70 specific competencies are discussed in detail.

Each of the over 100 competency and other sections outlined begins with an examination and list of likely symptoms and behavioral results that may occur with an individual who is skilled, unskilled, or is overusing the skill. Each section then lays out some possible causes, and gives some remedies which are pretty detailed and actionable, and provides a comprehensive list of suggested readings for further study.

Not only is this information quite interesting to study from a personal development standpoint, but is quite effective at outlining information critical to building development plans for your associates. I have given this book out to my team, and business leaders for years, and consider it the best tool out there to help any leader coach their associates and help them improve their performance and effectiveness.

While the price of the book is high, the value is higher still if used consistently. If you are a leader of people in any organization who wants to improve your ability to develop your employees then this is a book you will use. Highly recommended.