For Newer Coaches
Welcome to the 'For Newer Coaches' section of The Coaching Commons.
Thomas J. Leonard Coached Me To Go With The Obvious
I came to the coaching phenomenon after being a psychologist and executive coach since 1990. I had a private clinical practice since 1980 and added coaching to the mix for a training firm in Ft. Collins, Colorado in 1990 called, The People Business. I coached top-level executives from Hewlett Packard, Kodak, IBM and others about […]
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Can a leopard change its spots? Coaching the bullies!
As I was reading this article at http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=181593, I thought of the extraordinary work that many of you are doing with ‘children’, teens and young adults. There is much research, many tomes written about relational aggression, bullying, the misdirected/misguided use of language and physical aggression. We all know that these unsavory behaviors can, and do, start early […]
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To Learn
“In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” — Eric Hoffer
Hofer’s words remind me…….
When I was a very clever, insightful teenager and young adult, I was determined to read every book in the school library, graduate at the […]
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Is There a Cure for New(er) Coach Overwhelm?
Although I’m not technically a new coach, I have the joy of working with some, and there’s one observation I can make:
There is almost always a Eureka moment when a person identifies with this thing called coaching - it doesn’t matter if it happened yesterday or 10 years ago. As invigorating as that moment is, what often happens next can deflate even the […]
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A Special Hello and Note to Newer Coaches!
It’s come to our attention that some of the big projects at The Coaching Commons may be rather impressive-sounding, so much so that a newer coach or two has asked us:
“How do I know if The Coaching Commons is for me?”
“What do I want to read first?”
“Gosh, I’d like to join a conversation or two, […]
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