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CNN Health: ADHD Kids Benefit from Coaching

November 12, 2010 – CNN Health – Elizabeth Landeau – USA Tell students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to show up for an appointment to learn how to manage a calendar, and here's what's going to happen: They won't show up, they'll forget their calendar, or they won't follow through, says ... Read More

Hartford Business Journal: Volunteer Coaches Help School Councils Thrive

November 8, 2010 -  Hartford Business Journal - Matthew Broderick - USA In 2009, when the Hartford Board of Education called for the creation of school governance councils throughout the city — to give more control and accountability to individual Hartford schools — the plan included bringing all the key players ... Read More

St. Albert Gazette: Put Me in Coach … I’m ready to Play

More people are hiring life coaches November 06, 2010 - St. Albert Gazette – Cory Hare - Canada If, as you’re reading this, you sense that I’m preoccupied, it’s because I’m trying to prevent my throat from constricting as I write. You see, I’ve just completed a sample session with life coach Lisa ... Read More

Boston Globe: Just Doing It: A Mantra for Many – Stop Putting Off Life’s Goals

October 31, 2010 - Boston Globe - Nancye Tuttle - USA At 47, David Zoffoli suffered a massive heart attack that left him clinically dead for six minutes. When he recovered, he knew he had no time to waste. He needed to learn to sew shirts, reunite with the family he ... Read More

Calling All Life Coaches Of Youth!

Sandi Lindgren invites you to participate in the first global survey on Life Coaching Youth! This survey is done in partial fulfillment for my doctorate in Professional Coaching and Human Development through the International University of Professional Studies (www.iups.edu). The purpose of this survey is to gather information to compare the experiences, perceptions ... Read More

The Sunday Times: Coaching for Excellence

October 24, 2010 – The Sunday Times – Rozaine Cooray – Sri Lanka Imagine being an athlete who, from humble beginnings has risen to unimaginable heights through a string of heartbreaking defeats and exhilarating triumphs; the courage, motivation and determination of beating the odds to realize the impossible. How did you ... Read More

Postmedia News: Executives Need To Take Care Of Themselves, Too

October 23, 2010 - Postmedia News - Scott Simpson - Vancouver   Rosie Steeves has spent 35 years dispensing advice to senior corporate executives, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small startups, on topics like leadership and organizational development. Recently, the Vancouver-based executive leadership coach took some of her own advice to ... Read More

Forbes: How To Lead Like Oprah

October 22, 2010 – Forbes - Jenna Goudreau - USA In the last season of Oprah Winfrey’s 25-year-long television program, The Oprah Winfrey Show, the queen of media has been looking back with nostalgia on what she’s built—a global audience and a $2.7 billion net worth—and forward with excitement to what ... Read More

Vanguard: Empowered Shifts in Mindset – Powerful Change

October 17, 2010 – Vanguard – Patricia G. Omoqui - Nigeria In my work as a speaker, corporate trainer and life coach, I focus on developing human potential. My aim is to help individuals and groups move beyond fear, self-doubt and limitation to achieve great success and experience a life full ... Read More

FOXBusiness: Time for ‘Doing’ and ‘Doing Nothing’

October 15, 2010 – FOXBusiness - Nancy Colasurdo - USA As I sit here, fingers poised on keyboard, there is something glaringly obvious on my desk. It is a contrast drawn by the titles of two books sitting side by side: Me 2.0, 4 Steps to Building Your Future by Dan ... Read More