Welcome to the LARA Resource Centre. Congratulations on purchasing one of my LARA Leadership Learning modules from Amazon. This page is exclusively for LARA customers to provide you with additional resources and reading material.
Throughout each module there are references to additional resources you may wish to study. Many of these are available from the Coaches Toolkit on this Blog. You will find this toolkit under ‘Subscriber Recourse Pages’. It’s free to subscribe to the Blog. Or, if you decide not to subscribe to the Blog, you will find the resources and additional reading you need below.
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Trevor Sherman, The Sherman Partnership (TSP-UK)
Twenty Five Years | 1994 – 2019
General Resources
- LARA Leadership Learning Series on Amazon
- Praise & Recommendations for the Author Trevor Sherman
- Trevor Sherman LinkedIn Profile
- Trevor Sherman Author Page on Amazon
- TSP-UK: Multi-PersonalView 360 Feedback Tool (Excel)
Communicating with impact
Communicating with Impact Expressing yourself in a clear, succinct and engaging manner to capture the attention of your audience (LARA Leadership Learning Book 1)
- Fog Index Test. What can you do to reduce the ‘fog’ and improve your readability?
- BusinessBalls Communication and Listening Article: Clean Language
- Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Habit 5 ‘Seek to understand, then be understood’
- Authors Tips: How to Create Meaningful Obstacles via Conflict
- Improve Communication Skills: Positive Affirmations
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
cultural interpersonal effectiveness
Cultural Interpersonal Effectiveness Leveraging cross-cultural experiences and values to promote an inclusive approach to leadership, work practices and … (LARA Leadership Learning Book 2)
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
Building Positive Working Relationships
Building Positive Working Relationships Using appropriate methods and interpersonal styles to build effective relationships with key individuals to facilitate … success (LARA Leadership Learning Book 3)
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- Elliott-Kemp Stakeholder Matrix
- MindTools Building Great Working Relationships
- BusinessBalls Personality Theories, Types and Tests
- MindTools Self-Disclosure: Connecting With Honest, Personal Communication
Coaching for Performance
Coaching for Performance Unlocking people’s potential so they set high positive expectation around the goals they intend to deliver and exceed (LARA Leadership Learning Book 4)
- Coaches Toolkit: SMART Goals
- Coaches Toolkit: GROW Goals
- Coaches Toolkit: Coaching Contract
- Coaches Toolkit: Coaching Preparation
- Coaches Toolkit: Building Trust and Rapport
- Coaches Toolkit: GROW – Reality
- Coaches Toolkit: Purposeful Questions
- Coaches Toolkit: Levels of Listening
- Coaches Toolkit: GROW – Options
- Coaches Toolkit: GROW – Way Forward
- Coaches Toolkit: Situational Coaching
- Coaches Toolkit: Challenging Perceptions
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- Coaches Toolkit: Feedback in Coaching
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
Leadership Influencing
Leadership Influencing Using appropriate methods and interpersonal styles to persuade others to accept a point of view, adopt a plan or take a course … goals (LARA Leadership Learning Book 5)
- PO Europe: Predictive Index (PI) Model
- Coaches Toolkit: Coaching for Change Leadership
- LARA Module: Communicating with Impact
- Coaches Toolkit: Cultural Context for Coaching
- Coaches Toolkit: Purposeful Questions
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- Influence at Work: Principles of Persuasion
- Harvard Business Review: Harnessing the Science of Persuasion by Robert B Caildini
- Change Leaders Network: Free Resources for Change Leaders
- Rick Maurer: Resistance to Change – Why it Matters and What to Do About It
Team Development
Team Development Using appropriate methods and interpersonal styles to develop, motivate and support a team toward successful outcomes and achievement of team goals (LARA Leadership Learning Book 6)
- Coaches Toolkit: Team Development Overview
- Coaches Toolkit: Team Charter Template
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- Belbin: Team Role Summary
- Belbin: Resources
- Edward de Bono: Six Thinking Hats
- Reading Graphics: Summary of Edward de Bono’s book Six Thinking Hats
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- BusinessBalls: Tuckman Team Forming Model (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing)
- Business Balls: UK Government Department of Trade & Industry (dti) People Development & Teamwork (PDF)
Driving Execution
Driving Execution Translating strategy into operational reality and establishing systems to ensure effective implementation and delivery of business goals (LARA Leadership Learning Book 7)
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- Coaches Toolkit: Delegation Discussion Planner
- Covey ‘7 Habits OF Highly Effective People’: Habit 5 Seek to understand, then be understood (PDF)
- Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy book summary: Execution – the Discipline of Getting Things Done (PDF)
Operational Decision Making
Operational Decision Making Recognising alternative courses of action, making timely judgements on best decision and committing to a course of action (LARA Leadership Learning Book 8)
- Coaches Toolkit: GROW Reality
- Coaches Toolkit: GROW Options
- Coaches Toolkit: Purposeful Questions
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
- Mindtools: How to Make Decisions (*)
- Mindtools: 5 Whys (*)
- Mindtools: Root Cause Analysis (*)
- Mindtools: So What? (Appreciation) (*)
- BusinessBalls: Brainstorming
- (*) Mindtools is a subscription service
Mobilising Available Resources
Mobilising Available Resources Matching resources to business priorities, meeting demands of key stakeholders, adjusting to changing conditions and driving … (LARA Leadership Learning Book 9)
- LARA Module: Coaching for Performance
- LARA Module: Team Development
- LARA Module: Driving Execution
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
Driving for Results
Driving for Results Setting SMART goals, instilling high positive expectations for achievement and taking a planned and purposeful approach to achieving … goals (LARA Leadership Learning Book 10)
- Coaches Toolkit: SMART Goals
- Kanbanize: Gemba Walk – Where the Real Work Happens
- Coaches Toolkit: Leadership Learning Log
- Coaches Toolkit: AIDA Guidelines for Feedback
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