My Books
Myles Downey is a thought-leader and entrepreneur in the world of performance, learning and coaching. Myles is recognised as one of the leading business performance coaches in Europe with extensive experience spanning over twenty-five years.
EFFECTIVE MODERN COACHING The new and updated edition of this book provides authoritative and proven guidance and techniques for any manager, executive or indeed coach who wants to bring out the full potential of their employees and clients through coaching. Individual performance is a cornerstone of corporate performance and the need to achieve more–be that productivity or innovation–from fewer is becoming increasingly vital.
ENABLING GENIUS This fascinating book examines the nature of genius in human beings and what it takes to go beyond mediocrity and ordinariness. Written by a leading thinker and consultant in human performance, together with contributions from other experts in the field, the book identifies three specific kinds of genius that are within everyone s reach: unique individual genius (in a specific discipline, craft or skill set); genius in any discipline, craft or skill set; moments of genius (that occur as spontaneous, unplanned events); and collective genius (the coming together of individuals to deliver something extraordinary).
THE ENABLING MANAGER A practical, modern book for managers and leaders who need to know how to get the best from their teams in a 21st century business world. Leading business coach Myles Downey and Ian Harrison apply the concept of coaching to modern-day management, showing managers how to motivate and enable teams and team members to achieve their goals.
THE SESSIONS The Sessions is about Padraig, a senior manager in a medium-sized Dublin IT company, which has been acquired by a larger corporation. The culture and ethos of the company is at risk. Padraig is feeling overwhelmed, overlooked and undervalued. He’s worried about his future with the company but can’t see a clear way forward in this new landscape. In the process of figuring this out he meets a somewhat mysterious man who becomes his mentor.These ‘lessons’ are drawn from Myles’s experience and learning in an almost forty year career as a consultant and coach. The use of fiction and reported conversations allows Myles to ‘point to’ the lessons from which the reader can construe their own meaning.
“A brilliant read for all future leaders”
G Blackman-Sheppard
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