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Written by Mark Joyella
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Color Coaching: Is It Coaching–Or Marketing?
“Before you open your mouth, the colors you wear communicate a message about you.”
So begins a description of “color coaching,” a method that claims to reveal to a client what the person is telling others about themselves by the colors they choose to wear.
Is that coaching? Or it is a ... Read More
December 3, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 3 Comments »
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Coaching with Compassion: Better Results and Better Leaders
A compassionate coach will have better results with clients—thanks to the human brain.
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University studied the ways the brain responds to compassionate versus critical coaching methods. What they found will be encouraging news for coaches who seek to uplift—the brain wants to believe:
"By spending 30 minutes ... Read More
December 1, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 8 Comments »
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Survey Offers Detailed Look at State of Coaching in China
For the first time, a comprehensive survey of coaches offers a detailed look at the state of coaching in China—a nation many coaches see as the profession’s most important new market.
“Coaching is a great change tool and I thought where is the place with the greatest growth and where there ... Read More
November 29, 2010 | Mark Joyella | No Comments »
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First Draft of Australia’s Coaching Standards Released for Public Comment
Today, coaches Down Under will get their first look at the draft document written by the Australian Standards Project—a group of more than 40 people who hope to establish “standards of practice” for the coaching industry.
“We hope this document will be a valuable contribution to the growth, development and flowering ... Read More
November 24, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 5 Comments »
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Our Goal, Small Pledges, and One Grand Gesture
As promised, we want to update you on efforts to gain “1,000 true fans” of The Coaching Commons—people who value the independent journalism we provide and will commit $40 each toward keeping the Commons on the job through 2011.
It would be fantastic to be able to tell you that we’d ... Read More
November 22, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 2 Comments »
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Testing the “Coaching Toolkit” That May Soon Tour the World
Patrick Williams’ idea—to collect coaching’s most effective tools, to package them up into a “toolkit” and bring them to the most remote spots on Earth—has taken a significant step toward reality.
Williams’ group, Coaching the Global Village, working with the Greensboro, NC based Center for Creative Leadership has created the “kit” that ... Read More
November 19, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 1 Comment »
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After Disappointing Turnout for ICF’s 15th Anniversary, Another Coaching Conference Boasts Big Turnout
Does the ICF have a coaching conference problem?
On the heels of the International Coach Federation’s 2010 conference in Texas—which despite the celebration of the group’s 15th anniversary failed to meet attendance goals—another coaching conference has announced a sharp rise in registrations.
The European Mentoring and Coaching Council’s 17th anniversary conference, which ... Read More
November 16, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 9 Comments »
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Advancing the Field of Coaching: Master’s Degree in Executive Coaching, McColl School of Business
Dr. John Bennett considers it a dream come true--the creation of a master's degree program in executive coaching at the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte.
"You talk about the excitement of doing this, it’s absolutely incredibly exciting. It’s one of those dreams that I’ve had for a ... Read More
November 12, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 1 Comment »
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Revealing the Details (and the Unanswered Questions) in Australia’s Drive Toward Coaching Regulation
The ongoing effort in Australia to develop coaching guidelines--has reached a key turning point—the public release of a work in progress.
The document, the result of two years’ work, is designed as a “handbook of coaching,” but many hope to see the final document accepted as a set of Australian standards—what ... Read More
November 10, 2010 | Mark Joyella | No Comments »
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Insight from a Reporter on Getting Media Coverage for Your Coaching Business
At The Coaching Commons, we scour publications around the world every day of the week, searching for unique and interesting coaching news to keep you informed. We pass the best stories along to you.
But there’s a lot more out there.
It seems that in all corners of the globe, coaches are ... Read More
November 8, 2010 | Mark Joyella | No Comments »
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