Online Breaking News, Original Reporting and
Reader Commentary for Professional Coaches Worldwide

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

Who We Are

Nice to meet you! The Coaching Commons team represents many visions and dreams coming together to construct a wide assortment of offerings for coaches.

This team imagined a thriving, vocal community where every coach is welcome to join in and express themselves, their triumphs and challenges, their information, questions and requests.

What is The Coaching Commons?

The Coaching Commons is the online news source for executive, business and life coaches. Check this site for breaking news, original reporting, and provocative reader commentary. The Commons relies on a network of professional coaches, journalists and readers to cover and discuss what’s happening in the coaching industry worldwide. In ... Read More

Meet Our Team – Ruth Ann Harnisch – The Philanthropist

Ruth Ann Harnisch is President of The Harnisch Foundation, which has given grants to hundreds of not-for-profit organizations since its founding in 1998. She was the founding funder of the Coaching Commons, and the Commons continues to be a project of The Harnisch Foundation. Ruth Ann is a proponent of creative philanthropy ... Read More

David Goldsmith – The Strategist

David Goldsmith is the founder and Senior Partner of The Goldsmith Group, LLC.The Goldsmith Group provides a combination of coaching, mentoring, strategic consulting, management and legal expertise to companies built around the principal or founders intellectual property, ideas and vision. Clients are authors (many New York Times bestsellers), seminar presenters, creators ... Read More

Andrea J. Lee – The Architect

Andrea J. Lee has 'worked' in the coaching field since 2001, though she's hard pressed to call it work, it's so rewarding. She specializes in helping business owners use the internet to make money and meaning, sustainably, and is delighted to play a role in the launch of The ... Read More

Linda Ballew – Team Lead, Operations

Linda Ballew has 20 years of experience in the nonprofit world, including 14 years teaching at a private college preparatory school. After returning to college in 2000 to study Mass Communication, Psychology and Marketing, Linda returned to the nonprofit community, raising friends and funds, coordinating special events and securing corporate ... Read More

Mark Joyella, Community Supported Journalist

Mark Joyella is an Emmy Award winning journalist, writer, and media coach. As a reporter and anchor at television stations in Miami and New York City, Mark's covered stories across the country and around the world. In addition to Mark's television work, he's written magazine articles on media ... Read More

Sandra De Freitas – Team Lead, Technology

Sandra De Freitas is a top tech coach, speaker, trainer and expert in internet technology. She is the founder of TechCoachForCoaches.com, a successful coaching, consulting and training firm and is delighted to be the Technology Team Lead on this exciting Harnisch Family Foundation project.Sandra's tech skills are second only to ... Read More

Elizabeth Crouch – Team Lead, The Coaching Commons

Elizabeth Crouch, RPT, PA-C, CPCC, is a life coach and community developer. Elizabeth has coached teens, young adults, physicians, emerging and established leaders in diverse professions and organizations since the late 90's. While new to coaching, she worked with Thomas Leonard on the launch of his Attraction and Million Dollar ... Read More

Vikki Brock – Team Lead, Virtual Museum of Coaching

Vikki Brock, MCC, is Team Lead of the one-of-a-kind Virtual Museum of Coaching here at The Coaching Commons. Based on interviews about the evolution of coaching with over 175 coaching 'influencers' she also contributes mightily to our Coaching Hall of Fame. Though some may consider 'The History of Coaching' a ... Read More