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Another View Of Coaching And Therapy/Counseling

As we, as a profession, continue to look at the relationship between coaching and psychotherapy / counseling, I thought another diagram might be helpful: There are a number of reasons we might want to continue to explore the relationship between coaching and the neighboring field(s) of psychotherapy / counseling: - Our clients ... Read More
June 17, 2010 | | 3 Comments »
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ICF Credentialing Process: Reactions to Proposed Changes?

The ICF recently sent out some additional information about proposed changes to the ICF credentialing process. I've heard from several coaches that they and some of their colleagues were not attending this year's ICF conference, at least in part because of dissatisfaction with the proposed changes. I'm curious about how those of ... Read More
October 22, 2009 | | 185 Comments »
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Self-Regulation of Coaching – What is your perspective?

Ed, I'll take you up on your suggestion to start a new thread about regulation of coaching. Over the years, it's my impression that there has been a strong effort to make sure that coaching remains self-regulated and does not become regulated by other bodies or governmental agencies. I raised the ... Read More
October 8, 2009 | | No Comments »
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Is the Executive Coaching Summit (ECS) still relevant?

As the planning committee prepares for the 11th annual Executive Coaching Summit (which will be held November 30 - December 1 in Orlando, Florida just prior to the global ICF conference), I wondered about the evolution of executive coaching and the Executive Coaching Summit and what role the Summit ... Read More
August 22, 2009 | | 1 Comment »
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Calling All Coaching Clients and Potential Coaching Clients

For over a year, the Coaching Commons has been a place for coaches to come together and discuss, brainstorm, share, and more. However, the Commons is big enough to fit not just coaches, but clients and potential clients. What if this could be a place for non-coaches to get to know ... Read More
February 16, 2009 | | 1 Comment »
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Do No Harm?

Looking at the ICF code of ethics, I don't see an explicit mention of "doing no harm" to the client, but assume it is considered to be implicitly covered by other statements within the code. I bring this up because I just returned from the ICF conference and heard recommendations to ... Read More
November 22, 2008 | | 1 Comment »
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Coaching Psychology Conference – A chance to follow-up on rich conversations

I just attended, along with 449 other participants, what I believe was the first coaching psychology conference to take place in the United States. Apparently, not only did the conference sell out quickly, but at least 100 unlucky people wanted to attend but there was no room for them! The conference, ... Read More
September 30, 2008 | | 5 Comments »
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Mindsets – Do You Have a Growth Mindset or Fixed Mindset?

I've just completed "Mindset - the New Psychology of Success" by Carol S. Dweck and think it can be a great resource for coaching and for our own self-growth. Dweck talks about two different mindsets that people fall into: A fixed mindset, where we are either smart or not, talented or ... Read More
August 18, 2008 | | 3 Comments »
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Examples of senior executives who are “out” about coaching?

I recently wanted to help someone make a case to their CEO that the CEO might want to explore receiving executive coaching. It seems to me that one way to interest this CEO would be to let her know about other CEOs (or, at least, senior executives) who are open about ... Read More
August 7, 2008 | | 4 Comments »
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Favorite Books for Executive Coaches

This started as a response to a question about additional training in executive coaching. I thought it might be helpful to have a separate thread for book recommendations. My list will tend to focus on books that I see as value-added over and above a clinical background, and those books that ... Read More
June 17, 2008 | | 1 Comment »
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