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.

The Chronicle of Coaching strives for 100% accuracy and regrets any deviation from that standard. Our policy is to correct errors promptly and prominently, in the next edition and in the online archive. Please tell us immediately if you see something wrong.

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Executive/Business Coaching

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Business Coaches Help Workers Stay Focused
September 2, 2008, The Olympian - Olympia, WA, USA
Business coach Anese Cavanaugh, owner of Dare to Engage, says although we get stuff done, “we miss out on huge opportunities to engage and connect with other humans…

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The Art of Mentoring
September 2, 2008, SmartCompany.com.au - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
John Matthews, a director of the Institute of Executive Coaching, says that dropping mentoring at a time of job losses and cutbacks would be wrong…

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Grow Without the Boss’ Help
August 31, 2008, Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA
Therefore, they may hire mediocre performers and don’t spend enough time coaching them. It is a fact that in today’s flat organizational structures and with the incredible demands placed on managers, it can be very difficult to find the time to coach employees. But coaching and developing employees are essential tasks.

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Bringing Biz Logic to Search for a Prez
August 31, 2008, Chicago Tribune - United States
Think about how most large organizations hire a new leader. Most organizations looking for a new boss start with an executive search firm. They write a job description. They create selection criteria, solicit applications, review resumes and then conduct interviews. The presidential process reverses this logic. Instead of voting, let’s say we hired an executive search firm to find the next president of the United States‚Ķ

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Business Sense: Self-Reflection, Self-Coaching
August 29, 2008, Northern Echo - Darlington, England, UK
The answers to these questions will be different for each person and every business, but not everyone will take the time to explore and self reflect. People wanting to excel often turn to a mentor or coach to guide and train them, in the same way that our Olympic athletes use a coach to fine tune their performance.

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Striking the Right Balance for Performance Management
August 28, 2008, HRZone.co.uk - Bristol, UK
Knowing how to handle those situations isn’t easy and executive coaching can help. Classroom training can teach theory but it is no substitute for discussing actual cases. You don’t always have to find an external coach. Talking to other managers, who are getting good performance results from their people, can be just as helpful.

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Life Coaching

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How Do You Rate Yourself?
September 1, 2008, TrainingZone.co.uk - Bristol, UK
The specter of the credit crunch has been looming large in many sectors, forcing businesses and households to tighten the purse strings. The good news is it seems that the current gloomy economic outlook hasn’t yet justified a spike in training and coaching fees ‚Äì and may not for some months to come.

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A Life Coach Can Reignite Your Life
September 1, 2008, Out & About - Nashville, TN, USA
Specifically, when do you engage the help of a life coach? Although this list is by no means exhaustive, it should serve to give you a sense of the various times in your growth – both personal and career – that you might enlist the aid of a life coach.

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Organizing Expert, Life Coach Offer Ways to De-Clutter Your Life
August 30, 2008, News Chief - Winter Haven, FL, USA
As a life coach, Avery recommends making a list of what is draining energy, whether it is physical clutter or undone tasks like changing the oil or talking to a co-worker who has been obnoxious. “When you start to think of what’s sapping your energy, people can pretty easily come up with 20 things off the top of their heads,” Avery said.

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Think of Him as a Banjo-Playing Life Coach
August 29, 2008, Globe and Mail - Canada
Luedecke does not coach tritely. He is not a sugar-coater. Rather, he is a storyteller who likes the idea that his experiences can be woven into a “folky” song and passed on to others.

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The New Status Symbol: ‚ÄúWho’s Your Life Coach?‚Äù
August 2008, Bay Area Businesswoman News - Oakland, CA, USA
Her first encounter with a life coach was not what she anticipated. ‚ÄúI met this woman in Marin County who called herself a personal coach. I had coffee with her one day in Mill Valley and she pissed me off because she told me the truth about myself.‚Äù Broughton continues, ‚ÄúI left her in a huff, drove off and went back home to Walnut Creek, where I was living at the time. I walked in the house, went straight to the phone and called her. I told her ‘I don’t like what you said to me, but you’re absolutely right. When do we start working together?’‚Äù
NOTE: Language may be offensive to some.

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Niche Coaching

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Mental Coaching: A Career Opportunity In America
August 28, 2008, 3×24 - Your Newspaper and News Magazine - Kirchheim, Bayern, Germany
If you want to understand that mental health issues are very frequent and common illnesses is imperative that you take a thoroughly investigation. These conditions can bear upon a person on a personal as well as a professional point. You will discover how much it is important for an organization to have a mental health coach and his mental coaching on hand.

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Life Coaching Blogs

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Top Ten Reasons to Engage in Personal Life Coaching
September 2, 2008, By robkeith
I am often asked, “Why would someone contact a coach?” Here are my Top Ten Reasons.

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New Habits
September 2, 2008, By Charrise McCrorey
During the coaching process, the often destructive behaviors that people have perpetuated are replaced with a commitment to give them up. Once there is clarity around the outcome of the behavior, it’s pretty easy to see the changes‚Ķ

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Is Life Coaching New Age?
September 2, 2008, By RosalieG
It would be easy to fall for this muddied mixture as a life coach. Some may be skeptical about the concept of life coaching. I’ve even heard a pastor say, “Oh, Life Coaching, some people might think that is New Age.”

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Boost Happiness: Serve Life with A Cherry On Top
August 31, 2008, Beliefnet.com - New York, NY, USA
As summer comes to an end, and a part of me begins to feel ‘blue’ (I LOVE summer and I’m hanging onto it for dear life through October, at the very least.), I decided to serve up this holiday weekend with a Cherry on Top, metaphorically speaking.

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Patience
August 30, 2008, By Thomas
Patience is important when you want to have a happy life and even more so if you would like to be successful in business. Just after class my patience was tested. I wanted to buy myself a freshly squeezed fruit juice after class. …

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Life Coach for You?
August 28, 2008, By Donald K Aniston
There is a misconception that needs clearing up: the life coach’s job is not to cure all of your problems and your woes. Only you can reach those goals you set for yourself and it is not his or her job to fulfill those goals for you. It is important to remember that only you can make things happen. The coaching process can help you along by providing motivation and by helping you keep on track.

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Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

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Execution is Key in Business
September 2, 2008, By Jeremy McKane
I think most people in business have this problem. In my personal communications everyday with people, I find that a good majority are just wasting time. Most of them have great ideas, they plan everything out but they don’t do anything…

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Keep It Simple Strategy
September 1, 2008, By Terry
When the phrase ‚Äúbusiness plan‚Äù comes up, most people think of long, complicated documents that cover everything about your business and what you plan to do for the next few years. I’ve purchased a few business plan software programs…

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Performance Coaching - One Sentence Changed My Life
September 1, 2008, By admin
The ¬£72000 Management Coaching programme is underway and the Managing Director of that company is delighted, says Terry. ‘He’s now getting the sort of behaviour that he wants. People are more aware of each other and of the implications…

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Getting the Most Out of Your Team
August 31, 2008, By Maria
Team coaching is essential to supporting teams through change and progression. A business coach can work with the individuals of a team to form a cohesive working group. Team coaching is excellent in helping the business identify team…

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The Important Rules Of Business Coaching
August 29, 2008, By webgrafix
Hence, like any other skill, coaching is a skill that needs continuous learning, re-learning, and practice to be used effectively. Some of the important rules of business coaching are-. Confidentiality and Expectations- There should be…

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6 Key Strategies to Building a Six Figure Business
August 29, 2008, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
Do you remember about two months ago I told you that my Guerrilla Marketing Coach and mentor Mitch Meyerson had formed a new membership site with personal development expert Travis Greenlee - here’s my original introduction to the …

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Books & Products

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William Bridges on Transitions
August 30, 2008, By Ed Batista
These ideas are of more than theoretical interest to me, not only because of my work as a coach and change management consultant, but also because of two important transitions I’ve experienced in recent years: I launched my coaching …

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Publicity Releases

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The Entrepreneur’s Source Selected as One of “The Top 25 Most …
September 2, 2008, MarketWatch - USA
As the market-leading Business Coaching franchise, this acknowledgement further positions The Entrepreneur’s Source as a world-class franchise organization…

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Pitcairn to Aid in Business Initiative
August 31, 2008, Jackson Sun - Jackson, TN, USA
One business coaching firm, has been selected as a lead facilitator for the Small Business Administration’s Emerging 200 initiative in Memphis. …

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From the Boardroom to the Bike: Vistage Takes Executive Coaching …
August 30, 2008, Earthtimes (press release) – San Diego, CA, USA
When chief executives turn for help from an executive coach, they expect to meet in an office, a boardroom or maybe a coffee …

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Soft Sell Life Coach Will Show How to Make a Fortune Selling …
August 28, 2008, NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
“Terri Levine is a highly-respected life coach. When Terri speaks, clients listen, “Sniechowski said. “We brought Terri onboard because she is the very best person to address the age-old fear people have of selling.”

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