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The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – September 18, 2008

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The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, designed to show where and how coaching appears in the popular culture worldwide. It is not intended to be a summary service nor a news roundup, although it may serve that purpose for some readers. The Chronicle is new each Thursday morning. Compiled and edited by Alex Goldsmith and Linda Ballew. T

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Executive/Business Coaching


Workplace Coach: Your Top Talent is Likely on Hunt for New Job
September 15, 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
Consider what it would mean to your business to lose key contributors, who would exit with their critical company knowledge or account relationships…


Opinion: A New Dawn for Coaching?
September 15, 2008, TrainingZone.co.uk – Bristol, UK
It’s fair to say that coaching has exploded onto the development scene a few years ago. Now a multi-million industry in its own right, there is still no single common coaching qualification and no regulatory body. As the sector matures, Pervin Shaikh argues it is time for coaches to put their house in order.


Performance Management and Gen Y: Feeding the Feedback Fervour
September 14, 2008, PersonnelToday.com – UK
Reynolds says roughly 200 managers at Elior, which employs 12000 staff in the UK , have also taken part in a coaching programme to help understand how they…


September 12, 2008, Skolkovo Launches First Degree
Financial Times – London, England, UK
Team coaching, stress management, communications, negotiations, conflict management and motivation are also covered in this programme…


Tapping Into the Minds of the World’s Top CEOs
September 12, 2008, Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
After a career that has spanned ICI, management consultancy and running his own executive coaching company, the 42-year-old is now trying to shake up the…


Mentoring Sweetens the Marzipan Layer
September 12, 2008, Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Peninah Thomson, a consultant at executive coaching firm Praesta Partners, says: “The report has reinforced the need for senior women to have support and…


Life Coaching


5 Questions That Will Change Your Life
September 16, 2008, The Huffington Post – USA
Tim Browning, Professional Life Coach and sometime contributor to Pick the Brain has penned a lengthy and highly recommended screed on the 5 questions he believes will change your life.


The Top Five Coaching Myths
September 16, 2008, People Management Magazine – UK
As a relatively new discipline, coaching has accumulated a lot of received wisdom without the benefit of specific research to establish what reflects actuality and what is simply supposition. Coaching is at a similar point…


HomeGrown: Her Goal … Help Others Reach Their Goals
September 15, 2008, Mail Tribune – Medford, OR, USA
I’m a business and life coach, which is all about focusing on my clients’ success. I’ve had my coaching business for five years, but have been coaching…


Life Coach Helps Women Transform Themselves
September 15, 2008, Bradenton Herald – Bradenton, FL, United States
”There are some who do executive coaching for business. There are coaches who deal with sports,” she explained. “Some coach young aspiring tennis players…


Coaching Life
September 14, 2008, Sun.Star – Philippines
Its four priorities evolve in training students for leadership, integrity, faith and excellence (LIFE). ‚Äö√Ñ√∫LIFE Coaching‚Äö√Ñ√π is the very heart of the…


Coaching Us on How to Get a Life
September 13, 2008, Toronto Sun – Toronto, ON, Canada
Today she is a life coach. It’s been a great move for her career — and probably not a bad financial decision either. Depending on the coach and client…


Woman Who is Perry’s Savior
September 12, 2008, Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
The “coach” Perry privately credits with saving his career is Shez Atkins, his life coach and personal mentor. Atkins admits to having only a…


Broadway League’s Alan Cohen Hangs New Shingle as Life Coach
September 11, 2008, Playbill.com – New York, NY, USA
Coaching can be utilized for business planning, budgeting and goal-setting; to balance business and personal life; to prioritize actions and projects…


Life Coach: Finding Your Professional Direction
September 11, 2008, Grand Junction Free Press – Grand Junction, CO, USA
As we began our coaching session, my client expressed frustration at work. A sales representative for Casey Pharmaceuticals, Carol had worked diligently for five years to develop her territory…


Finding Your Inner Guide
September 10, 2008, Calaveras Enterprise (subscription) – San Andreas, CA, USA
Through Challenge Day, Ross learned about Debbie Ford, a life coach and author who holds workshops not only for people who need coaching, but those who are…


Niche Coaching


Peer-to-Peer Coaching: The Start of the Peer Show
September 15, 2008, PersonnelToday.com – UK
Peer-to-peer coaching, usually defined as a forum of non-competing business leaders, has been making huge inroads into corporate coaching for a couple of…


FSSC (Financial Services Skills Council )Wins Funding to Coach Senior Women
September 11, 2008, ifaonline.co.uk – London, UK
The programme, ‘Through the Glass Ceiling: training and personal coaching for senior women’ is now open for applications.


Eco-Conscious Coaching – What is it and Why?
September 10, 2008, NewsBlaze – Folsom, CA, USA
When looking at eco-conscious coaching and consulting, I want to bring this awareness of our actions into the field of life- and work-improvement…


Life Coaching Blogs


How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
September 16, 2008, By Helen Flint
If you are a born worrier like me, think about a few sessions with a life coach who can help you to put some of these principles in place and help you stop worrying and start achieving your goals.


My Coaching Philosophy
September 15, 2008, By Debra Moorhead
I don’t know if it’s due to Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn, but I’ve had a lot of life coaching inquiries lately and have been doing quite a bit of copying and pasting of the following information. I decided to just write a post…


FAQ on Life Coaching
September 15, 2008, By allaboutlifecoaching
There are many questions that are frequently asked regarding life coaching. Many answers are found right here on this blog. Since this coaching trend is growing constantly and people are looking for more information like WHAT IS IT…


What is Life Coaching?
September 13, 2008, By goddesslunagaia
The International Coaching Federation states, “Coaching is partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”


Till Death Do Us Part
September 12, 2008, Gay Wired – Los Angeles, CA, USA
If you were looking for a sexy relationship topic, you came to the wrong article. But if you are middle-aged and in a life partnership and want to stay that way till death do you part, read on…


Why Top Producers Achieve Stellar Results With Life Coaching
September 10, 2008, By Earned Wealth
What if instead a life coach could help you achieve victory across many different aspects of yourself? Nearly all great sales people who experience life to the very fullest take advantage of life coaching. Here is what I want to share…


Executive/Business Coaching Blogs


Where’s the Traffic?
September 15, 2008, By Terry Dean
Every week I spend some time looking at the numbers in my business. For example I’ll spend a few minutes over in my Adwords account each day making some slight modifications, adding another ad to test, and changing around a few bids. …


Identifying Knowledge Gaps
September 13, 2008, By Maria
A programme of business coaching can act as that inspirational ingredient to motivate staff and develop a strong, professional working culture. It can inspire natural leaders to shine and encourage others to develop further in…


The Benefits of a Business Coach
September 12, 2008, By genelii
It is very important to have an efficient executive coach to help realize the set goals. A business coach helps to apply the productive methodology and plans, in the best possible manner. The selection of the right business coach is…


The Passion of a Business Coach and You!
September 12, 2008, By Paul Duxbury
More and more people are turning to business coaching as a way to reach their goals. Once reserved for high powered CEOs of large corporations, the growth in the coaching industry has made it possible for owners of home businesses to…


101 Ways to Get More Coaching Clients
September 12, 2008, By jryanhaber
Offer a reporter from your local paper free sessions in exchange for a write up. It will not only talk about you, but contain their own personal experience as well.


Time Management: Failing To Manage Your Time
September 12, 2008, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
Continuing my series of entrepreneurial mistakes we come to number 3 about time management and in particular, failing to manage your time. Confession time. There is an element of “do as I say and not do as I do” on this one because…


Keep Moving Forward
September 10, 2008, By Jeremy McKane
In any business, you might have an issue with someone not paying you. Maybe it’s a new prospect that just keeps taking forever and never commits. Other times it might be a client who knows that he/she is wasting time‚Äö√Ѭ∂


Stretch
September 10, 2008, By Charrise McCrorey
I realize other people are not like me, and I’m really okay with that. However sometimes, people are stagnant simply because they can’t clearly see what is possible for them. That is one reason that I love being their coach…


The Arguments against Introducing Coaching
September 10, 2008, By Paul Wilczynski
Coaching, it seems, is one of the skills of management that is expected to manifest itself in the manager by some kind of osmosis. In other words the expectation is that of course managers can coach – they’re managers!


Books & Products


New Business Strategy Book by Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Jeff Wolf
September 16, 2008, PR Web (press release) – San Diego, CA, USA
This book is a practical tool for developing your business strategy. You’ll learn key concepts and management essentials from three of the most successful business minds today‚Äö√Ѭ∂


Thought Leader Kevin Cashman Rewrites the Book on Leadership …
September 15, 2008, PowerHomeBiz.com (press release) – Minneapolis, MN, USA
To address these critical issues, Cashman harnesses decades of work delivering comprehensive leadership development, executive coaching and team…


Publicity Releases


Renowned Life Coach and Leading Women’s Health Organization Join …
September 15, 2008, PharmaLive.com (press release) – Red Bank, NJ, USA
The National Women’s Health Resource Center (NWHRC) today teamed up with Emmy award-winning life coach and best-selling author Rhonda Britten to launch a new educational campaign to raise awareness of fibromyalgia‚Äö√Ѭ∂


Executive Coaching “Taster” Day
September 15, 2008, Cambridge Network – Cambridge, UK
In response to a number of queries about executive coaching, how it works and its applications, Managing Change is holding a “Taster” Day on Tuesday 30th…


Launch of Self-Help TV – The Web Video Site for Self Help and …
September 15, 2008, Response Source (press release) – London, UK
Already many leading life coaches are joining and are ready to upload video clips and give advice on the forum, ranging from life coaching…


Life Coach on a Personal Mission to Support Air Ambulance
September 15, 2008, Felixstowe TV – Felixstowe, UK
Felixstowe life coach and nutritional consultant Rachel Green is offering free coaching sessions to clients in return for a donation to the East Anglian Air Ambulance, which saved her sister after a serious accident 5 years ago.


Companies Continue To Invest In Corporate Leadership Development …
September 12, 2008, PR Web (press release) – San Francisco, CA, USA
We continue to see a steady increase of new companies investing in executive coaching and leadership development despite the economic headwinds,” states …


Jeffrey Jones Executive Coach Participates in Neuroleadership …
September 10, 2008, NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) – Sydney, Australia
“One of the things at the heart of anyone’s experience is how we interact with our own mind and brain,” says David Rock, CEO of Results Coaching Systems and the person who coined the word ‘NeuroLeadership.’

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