Lead with a Coaching Mindset - by Damian Goldvarg (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This practical guide teaches essential coaching mindsets and skills, helping transform traditional management approaches into an empowering leadership style that builds trust, engagement, and results.

Drawing from thirty years of global executive coaching experience, Damian Goldvarg delivers an actionable framework to help leaders develop coaching skills crucial for today's workplace. The book provides practical tools for building trust, improving communication, managing virtual teams, and fostering innovation through coaching conversations.

Lead with a Coaching Mindset breaks down key coaching competencies into digestible chapters:

• Leading with a coaching mindset
• Building trust and psychological safety
• Active listening and powerful questioning
• Team coaching and conflict resolution
• Strategic thinking for future readiness

With examples from global organizations like Google, Microsoft, and the United Nations, plus practical exercises in each chapter, this book helps leaders develop the skills needed to create collaborative, high-performing teams in our complex postpandemic world.

About the Author

Damian Goldvarg, PhD, MCC, is a Master Certified Coach and leadership authority with over thirty years of global experience. As former president of the International Coaching Federation (2013-2014), he has trained thousands of coaches worldwide. Based in Los Angeles but originally from Argentina, Goldvarg brings a cross-cultural lens to leadership development.

He holds a doctorate in Organizational Psychology and has worked with Fortune 500 companies, the UN, and major institutions across 50+ countries.