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The Coaching Commons is a project of The Harnisch FoundationToday is Thursday, September 2, 2010

Written by Linda Ballew

Strength in Numbers: Help Us Connect Every Coach To The Coaching Commons

We sense it. The frantic world needs coaching to come on strong. People are past ready to make changes in their lives. Just watch CNN, observe the workplace, survey the marketplace. Freeze-frame time and look around. The time is right and ripe. When people know more about what coaching can do, they'll be lining up ... Read More

Welcome To The Next Generation Coaching Commons – Sleeker, Faster, Easier

LAUNCHING in 3 - 2 - 1  - The Coaching Commons team is proud to present our readers and subscribers with the next generation of the Coaching Commons, new features include: Top stories and breaking news from Coach Reporter, Mark Joyella Quick daily access to international coaching news Original reporting on timely coaching issues and hot ... Read More

Westfair Online: (Business Coach) Planning For The Unexpected

June 25, 2010 - Westfair Online - Josh Slavitt -  NY, USA The Gulf oil spill, the floods in Nashville, the series of tornados that cut a swath of destruction through the Midwest not long ago and the recent storms that disrupted power for weeks in the Northeast all underscore one ... Read More

Good News! Get Paid To Write For The Coaching Commons

In 2006, I began researching coaching news stories for The Chronicle of Coaching, a weekly global news roundup offered on the (now retired) Foundation of Coaching website. Back then, it was a challenge to find credible news stories about professional coaching. In 2009, when The Foundation of Coaching transitioned to The Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School ... Read More

Blue MauMau: The Entrepreneur’s Source® Named to RedHotFranchises.com’s 2010 ‘Hot 100 Franchise List’

April 16, 2010 - Blue MauMau - USA North America’s Leading Career and Franchise Business Coaching Company Ranks 10th Among All Franchises Southbury, CT – The Entrepreneur’s Source (TES), the leading career and business coaching company with more than 230 offices in the United States and Canada, has been ranked 10th ... Read More

Cherry Hill Courier Post: Professional Development Tips For Women Executives

March 5, 2010 - Cherry Hill Courier Post – USA According to a January 2010 article in The Economist, “Women now make up almost half of American workers (49.9% in October). They run some of the world's best companies, such as PepsiCo, Archer Daniels Midland and W.L. Gore. They earn almost ... Read More

Times Live: The Coaching Moment – The Choice Is Yours And Yours Alone

January 31, 2010 - Times LIVE – South Africa Everybody has been granted the wonderful gift of being able to choose what life they want to live Making a new start is not about instant success. It requires a fresh commitment at the start of every day.  EURIPIDES wrote, "A bad beginning makes ... Read More

Opportunity is Knocking

With all the dust stirred up around credentialing and certification, it seems that an extraordinary opportunity is rising above the dialogue. Coaches are feeling and expressing passionate viewpoints around the credibility and viability of coaching. They are determined to be heard and want to get this one right. Right? Within this passionate conversation, there ... Read More

Have You Received Your Gift from the Coaching Commons?

If you have contributed this month by writing a story or posting a comment at the Coaching Commons, we hope you've received your gift - a gift of coaching. When you participate at the Coaching Commons as a guest contributor whose post is a featured story, or when you make a comment that generates lively conversation, ... Read More

CBS News: Introducing “The Bod Squad”

October 16, 2009 - CBS News USA In "Early Gets Down2Size" Series, Three Weight Loss Gurus Will Help Selected  In the series, Down 2 Size, Harry Smith spoke with a panel of weight loss experts that promote fitness over dieting and being skinny. But the series isn't finished yet, by a long-shot. In ... Read More