Feature Article #1
Executive Coaching: Measuring (and Communicating) ROI
Researchers in Norway recently set out to answer an enduring question: does coaching (in this case, executive coaching) really work?
The Dutch researchers looked at 144 executives and middle managers at a Fortune 500 company and found that yes, coaching makes a difference.
It can even, they wrote, “transform” performance on the job. ”Findings indicate that there [...]
Mark Joyella | March 12th, 2010 | Continued
Feature Article #2
Coaching History: 1996 Book – ASTD Trainer’s Sourcebook COACHING
Written by the late Dennis Kinlaw, The ASTD Trainer’s Sourcebook COACHING – Create Your Own Training Program, includes customizable training designs and fully reproducible workshop materials. This book was published as part of an open-ended series where all materials are open-source, and can be reproduced or modified without constraint.
The purpose of coach training is to [...]
Vikki Brock | March 11th, 2010 | Continued
Feature Article #3
Coaching the Narcissistic Client
They come in many forms–control freak, risk taker, charismatic leader.
In the executive suites of major corporations around the world, these traits are common–and often combined with a healthy dose of narcissism.
“The predominance of narcissism in our executives…(makes) it likely that coaches will deal with these types of behavioral tendencies,” says Kerri Kearney, an assistant professor [...]
Mark Joyella | March 10th, 2010 | Continued
Feature Article #4
Foundation for International Leadership Coaching
Our world is in a time of extraordinary challenges which create unprecedented opportunities for change. We need effective international leadership more than ever before. As leadership coaches we cannot wait for those leaders to appear.
The new non-profit Foundation for International Leadership Coaching, seeks to address a serious unmet need. Many government and international non-governmental organization [...]
Feature Article #5
Coaching Teachers at Troubled Schools Without Playing the Blame Game
In coaching—as in comedy—it’s often all about the timing.
As the recent decision to fire the entire staff at an underperforming high school in Rhode Island has sparked a fiery debate over how best to improve failing schools, IAC president Bob Tschannen-Moran is releasing a new book and training method focused on coaching teachers and improving schools [...]
Mark Joyella | March 8th, 2010 | Continued
Feature Article #6
Innovative Public-Private Program Employs Coaching to Build Stronger Communities
The three stars on the flag of the State of Tennessee represent three geographic regions–East, Middle, and West Tennessee–but the three stars have taken on new meaning with Tennessee’s “Three-Star Program,” which uses coaching as a critical tool in helping rural and urban communities improve quality of life and grow jobs.
“We at the state value [...]
Mark Joyella | March 5th, 2010 | Continued
Feature Article #7
Research Update: Coaching Guides Cancer Survivors to Better Health
Most coaches would argue passionately that coaching changes lives. But does coaching save lives?
New research suggests wellness coaching may make significant strides for recovering cancer patients, putting them on track for healthier, longer lives. “We are excited about our initial results,” said Dr. Mary Lou Galantino, a professor at Stockton College and Adjunct Research Scholar at [...]
Mark Joyella | March 4th, 2010 | Continued
Feature Article #8
Coaching History: Cheryl Richardson – Personal Development Guru
Cheryl Richardson, in her own words, “had been working as a tax consultant in the late 1980s, specializing in small business development, and she discovered that a lot of life planning questions and issues would come up as a result of that work.” She joined Coach University in 1992 and soon afterward changed careers.
The first president of the [...]
Vikki Brock | March 3rd, 2010 | Continued
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