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Welcome to the 'Featured Articles' section of The Coaching Commons.
In this space, you'll find articles from other 'Commons Areas' showcased. This may take the form of an exciting new grant announcement, a breakthrough in coaching research, special projects for your participation, or other milestones in the work made possible by The Harnisch Family Foundation.
In the big scheme of things, treat the 'Featured Articles' section as the 'front page' or your Coaching Commons newspaper. Just don't forget to dive into your favorite sub-sections too. Enjoy!
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Coaching Generation Y
The Gen Y market is a massive generation, even larger than the Baby Boomers.
They are graduating from universities in a down market and facing as much as 50 percent unemployment. Now is a ripe time for coaches to work with this generation.
The Baby Boomers are not retiring as fast as ... Read More
December 31, 2010 | Erin Flynn Jay | 1 Comment »
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Business Coaches Aiding Alumni
Many business coaches today are coaching alumni from their colleges or universities - at no cost.
Steve Langerud, DePauw University graduate, and an executive coach in Grinnell, IA, said it is the right thing to do because alumni need the help. "The economy is difficult and people need every advantage to ... Read More
December 30, 2010 | Erin Flynn Jay | No Comments »
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A Sign Of Coaching’s Growth? What May Be The First Coaching-Specific Scam
The pitch, made to U.S. coaches in cities including New York and Chicago, offers an opportunity to help grow the field of coaching—and to make a significant amount of money in the process.
In email inquiries sent to the coaches in December, “Catherine Thornton” of “LifeChangingWomen” invites the coaches to join ... Read More
December 29, 2010 | Mark Joyella | 9 Comments »
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Wealth Coach: How To Work with One and Not Lose Your House
If you hired a wealth coach to help you build a seven-figure income by investing or starting a new business, would you expect to find yourself in bankruptcy court a year later, with your house on the auction block?
I wouldn’t either, but that’s a story I’ve heard from several people ... Read More
December 29, 2010 | Julia Stewart | 24 Comments »
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Pricing the Profession
For a coach, pricing is a tricky business. Overprice and you might lose the engagement. Underprice, you could tarnish your image.
So how do you get it just right?
• Sell the benefit
The first step, says Harry Mills, a New Zealand-based expert on sales and author of 26 books on sales and negotiation, ... Read More
December 28, 2010 | Bennett Voyles | No Comments »
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Coaching Athletes Back from Defeat
Sports psychology coaches teach athletes to develop mental skills that are paired with high level athletic skills. Sport and performance psychology is also about teaching athletes the emotional skills necessary to perform consistently, on demand, when it matters most.
Almost every athlete deals with feelings that interfere with optimal performance--the classic ... Read More
December 27, 2010 | Erin Flynn Jay | No Comments »
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The Big Opportunity of Small Business Coaching
Even now, maybe 25+ years after executive coaching began to be a recognized field of practice, the most glamorous end of the business is still the Fortune 500. Powerful global firms, talented executives, big budgets— what’s not to like?
But bigger isn’t necessarily better.
In fact, there may be much more opportunity ... Read More
December 26, 2010 | Bennett Voyles | 1 Comment »
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What Kind of Coach Are You?
What’s in a name?
Does it matter if you call yourself a “business coach,” “life coach,” “executive coach” or “professional coach?"
From a marketing and business development perspective, names certainly do matter in terms of establishing brand identity and conveying signals—however subtle—to potential clients. While there is clearly some variation in definition, ... Read More
December 24, 2010 | Lin Grensing-Pophal | 5 Comments »
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Productivity: See Coach Run
As a profession, coaching has a lot to be said for it – all that variety, all those personalities. As a business, however, it leaves something to be desired, even for the most successful coach: it’s not scalable.
In the end, a coach has only so much time to sell. After ... Read More
December 24, 2010 | Bennett Voyles | No Comments »
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Executive Coach: Peter Drucker
Five years after his death at age 95, Peter Drucker is still considered perhaps the greatest management writer of all time.
The ideas in such books as The Effective Executive and Innovation and Entrepreneurship influence the way business operates throughout the world. Even today, one of the best-selling business books in ... Read More
December 23, 2010 | Bennett Voyles | 2 Comments »
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