Breaking News in Coaching
Welcome to the 'Breaking News in Coaching' section of The Coaching Commons.
In this area, you will find current news items on the topic of Coaching, including everything from the serious to the sublime.
These nuggets are highlights from a publication called 'The Chronicle of Coaching' which consists of up to 100 news nuggets each and every week. That's a lot of coaching-related news in one place, and this is where you can get it.
If you'd like the full 100 or so nuggets each week, you can subscribe to The Chronicle by clicking here.
The Chronicle of Coaching - News of the Week - May 15, 2008
The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, designed to show where and how coaching appears in the popular culture worldwide. It is not intended to be a summary service nor a news roundup, although it may serve that purpose for some readers. The Chronicle is new each Thursday […]
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Economic Woes: Will Coaching Thrive or Fizzle?
An article in Training Zone addresses a subject I’ve been wondering about for a while. As money gets tight and budgets are cut, how will this affect coaching?
Will coaching be viewed as an “add-on” and be the first service cut from budgets? Or will business rely on coaching to keep and train key talent or help companies and their […]
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A New Niche: You’re Invited to a Life Coaching Home Party
Yes, I’ve attended Tupperware parties, art parties, home decorating parties, and all sorts of other home party varieties. You know, have a glass of wine, listen to the sales representative’s pitch, look over the merchandise and buy a plastic bowl.
Now there is a new idea in home parties…life coaching. Seriously.
A Florida life coach is now […]
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The Chronicle of Coaching - News of the Week - May 08 2008
The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, designed to show where and how coaching appears in the popular culture worldwide. It is not intended to be a summary service nor a news roundup, although it may serve that purpose for some readers. The Chronicle is new each Thursday […]
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For Coaches Living in the New York Area: The Gift of Soul: a conversation with Thomas Moore
The Gift of Soul will take place at: Marble Collegiate Church
29th Street/Fifth Avenue
New York City
Saturday, May 10, 2008
11:00 pm to 2:00 pm followed by a tea reception and book signing
from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul,
Soul Mates, Dark Nights of the Soul, and Original Self will be in […]
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Uh-Oh, Your Ego is Showing
How do you keep your ego in check during coaching sessions?
No one can be so neutral, eh? How do you not rush-think-ahead and automatically devise what’s best for your client, even as your client is still talking in earnest about their goals and challenges? Your ego wants to be a great coach. Your ego wants to have all the right […]
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“Intuitive” Computers Will be Coaching Us?
Intuitive computing……..what? Yes, you heard correctly.
According to a new article from Cnet, and I quote, “Intuitive computing could even one day be used to “nurture” or “coach” its user by answering questions like: “‘Can you give some guidance? Should I become a fashion model or enroll in medicine?’ “
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Layoff Coaches: Coaching Lives Turned Upside Down
Sounds like a difficult/rewarding coaching niche. How about that initial coaching session with someone who’s losing their job, feeling insecure, angry, frightened and confused….. and they initially take it out on you - because you’re viewed as one “hired by the employer.”
You grant the client sufficient ranting and raving time. They calm down and wait for your next […]
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It’s the New York Times’ most emailed story of the day – did someone send it to you?
“Tighten Your Belt, Strengthen Your Mind,” by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang contains a valuable piece of information for coaches.
In a nutshell, “the brain has a limited capacity for self-regulation, so exerting willpower in one area often leads to backsliding in others.
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Coaching Has Zoomed Past the “Latest Fad” Stage
This year’s CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) survey reports that coaching is used by almost 71% of UK employers in their organizations. This compares with 63% in 2007.
Although purposes of coaching vary from organization to organization, (general development, improving poor performance, management coaching and more) coaching has passed the “fad” stage and is now seen […]
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How Much Coaching is Enough?
A client signs on for coaching and then asks, “How long will it take?” How do you calculate the answer? Is there general agreement in the coaching world on an answer? A blog about the Dose/Effect Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy piqued my curiosity.
There are so many factors to consider. What is the client’s […]
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No Kidding: Something for Everyone in this Week’s Chronicle of Coaching
Every week, I explore the Internet and read a bizillion coaching articles, blogs, press releases, book reviews, new coaching product announcements and more. Every issue of the Chronicle of Coaching is crammed with a variety of articles for coaches……a weekly “greatest (media) hits album of the week” in coaching. This issue is one of my […]
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Opinions About the “Shared Values Statement” from the UK
I discovered these opinions today in Training Zone. These coaches are weighing in on the story I brought you last week about coach organizations in the UK reaching agreement on a shared values statement. OK, here is a great opportunity for discussion!
Read these opinions and post a few of your own - I think you may have […]
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Should Coaches Offer a Money Back Guarantee?
“Put your reputation on the line and offer a 100% no quibble, money back coaching guarantee,” suggests Olivia Stefanino in her controversial column for Training Zone.
But wait! Coaching is future-based, correct? Much like doctors and lawyers, eh? Do doctors offer a money back guarantee if you don’t regain your health? Do attorneys offer a money back guarantee […]
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Trainingzone.com.uk: Major Breakthrough in the Coaching Industry
Training Zone reports today that “A major breakthrough in the coaching industry has occurred with key professional coaching bodies in the UK signing an agreed ’statement of shared professional values’ at a coaching roundtable.”
The article continues to outline the four shared beliefs and seven coaching principles agreed on by Association for Coaching, UK-ICF, the European Mentoring […]
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What Makes a Thoughtleader?
Forgive me Eckhart Tolle, (The Power of Now) but I have always been drawn to people who think beyond today. To me, there is nothing more thrilling than thinking about ”what’s possible.” Foward thinkers imagine and lead us to the future. They inspire us, sweep us up, or in some cases, drag us along.
Many coaches are thoughtleaders. You see what your […]
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Can We Make Believers Out of Skeptics?
Did this writer have his mind made up about coaching before he ever put pen to paper? Seems that the lack of standardized coaching qualifications, not understanding how coaching works, and the cost, oh yes, the cost……well, that was just topping on his skeptical cake.
Do you have experience in transforming doubters? What made the difference? Results? Relationship? ROI?
And by the […]
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Is Coaching the Key to Helping Ex-Convicts Find a New Life?
Scotland and the non-profit Wise Group implemented this pilot program, assigning life coaches to prisoners preceding their release, and continuing after release to help them reconnect meaningful relationships and find employment. Well, to me this is groundbreaking new territory for coaching - and my guess is - what a ROI this could prove to be!
Can coaching close the […]
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