The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – June 5, 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, Linda Ballew and Ruth Ann Harnisch. 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.
Executive/Business Coaching
Retain Top Employees by Being a Better Boss
May 25, 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
Sadly, in my coaching practice I see good employees who are leaving good jobs as a result of unchecked “bad bosses.” Exit interviews are enlightening (too …
Company Teaches Business Owners a Better Way
June 1, 2008, Daily Nonpareil – Council Bluffs, IA, USA
AIM would likely help develop series-based programs to help them achieve more through delegation, coaching and developing the team. …
Panda Managers in Leading Role
June 1, 2008, Chain Leader – Oak Brook, IL, USA
They learn about time management and Panda’s coaching model, which identifies different types of learners and the best ways to coach them. …
Chambers of Commerce Strive to Attract a New Generation
May 31, 2008, Buffalo News – Buffalo, NY, USA
The home base business council and executive coaching program launch next month in Amherst . They aim to eliminate the isolation of those who work from home. …
Executive Coaching: What is ‘Talent Coaching’?
May 30, 2008, Online Recruitment – UK
Kate, a senior consultant and executive coach at HDA, has over ten years’ experience working as an HR professional. Her CV includes three years as an HR…
Failure for Hire?
May 30, 2008, Forbes – NY, USA
Coaching, on the other hand, occurs in 32% of the cases, but is highly effective, according to 42% of respondents. There’s a way to make it better. …
Getting the Most from Management Teams
May 30, 2008, BusinessWeek – USA
He argues that many of these CEOs and their teams need outside coaching services such as those provided by his firm. Here are edited excerpts from a…
Entrepreneurship – Women Driving the Surge
May 29, 2008, Rocklin and Roseville Today – Rocklin, CA, USA
‚Äö√Ñ√∫We are proud to say that The Entrepreneur’s Source has provided career and business coaching services to hundreds of women helping them find the right …
Hot Ticket in B-School: Bringing Life Values to Corporate Ethics
May 29, 2008, New York Times – USA
Students talk about Stewart D. Friedman, a management professor at the Wharton School, with a mixture of earnest admiration, gratitude and rock star adoration.
Caught in the Middle: Why Developing and Retaining Middle Managers …
May 28, 2008, Knowledge@Wharton (subscription) – Philadelphia, PA, USA
Another solution gaining popularity today is coaching, Colligan adds. Coaches are no longer brought in only for remedial reasons. …
When Good Leaders Go Bad: Training in the Use of Power
May 28, 2008, TrainingZone.co.uk – Bristol, UK
Dawn Smith examines the use and abuse of power in the workplace and looks at what can be done through training and coaching to help leaders use their power…
Definitely Not 9 to 5
May 28, 2008, Bedford Minuteman – Concord, MA, USA
‚Äö√Ñ√∫We are proud that The Entrepreneur’s Source has provided career and business coaching services to hundreds of women helping them find the right business or …
Life Coaching
Financial Advice is “Better Than a Life Coach”
June 3, 2008, London Stock Exchange – UK
Pensioners who seek financial advice to help them maximise their retirement income are far more likely to enjoy a prosperous later life, a survey has shown.
Do You Need a Life Coach?
June 1, 2008, American Chronicle – Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Life coaching began decades ago from the practice of executive coaching. Businesses commonly used executive coaches in various group-training sessions for…
Weight Management Center Does ‘Life Coaching’
May 31, 2008, The Greeneville Sun
A new weight management center featuring life coaching and personal trainers has been opened by Dr. Jo Lynn Hawthorne, a local obstetrician/gynecologist….
Get a Life Coach? No, Get a Life!
May 30, 2008, WalletPop – VA, USA
A piece on Fox Business talks about the role that a life coach can play in improving your life and provides some “tips” on how to pick one. …
Life Coach Helps People by Turning Problems into Advantages
May 28, 2008, Seminole Chronicle – Ovieo, FL, USA
He now does life and business coaching, and has for more than 20 years. But why did he make such a drastic life change? He wanted to change the world. …
Niche Coaching
Owner Targets Ultimate Cycle of Fitness
June 2, 2008, London Free Press – Canada
Actually, he has a lot of theories, and they’re all based on his studies and personal experience helping people with wellness coaching to achieve their fitness and health goals. …
Charleroi Area Benefits from Coaching Initiative
June 1, 2008, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Instead, PAHSCI is “a comprehensive, cooperative groundbreaking strategy designed to increase student achievement,” noted Executive Director Ellen Eisenberg…
My Health Coach: Weight Management
June 1, 2008, By wraggster
My Weight Loss Coach DS is a game for every adult, male and female who considers reaching and maintaining their target weight as a challenge. A program that fits your own objectives and respects your daily life constraints…
Life Coaching: His and Her Biological Clocks
May 29, 2008, Jerusalem Post – Israel
I’m 35, newly engaged, and gainfully employed in my own time-sharing business. After several months of hearing my fianc‚àö¬©e Angelica’s lectures about her…
Lifecoach: Jupitus Stands Up in West End Drama
May 29, 2008, Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
The first is that, while Reed, who also directs, has fun caricaturing aspects of life-coaching, with its stern commandments and business boardroom approach…
Quit Smoking With New Nintendo DS Game
May 2008, HEXUS – London, UK
Not content with helping people to lose weight in ‘My Weight Loss Coach’ or offering tips on how to improve our lives in ‘My Life Coach’, Ubisoft has added …
Life Coaching Blogs
Journey to the Centre of the Soul
June 2, 2008, By Nicole
Soul Coaching is fundamentally different from other forms of life coaching, in that it is not primarily focused on the attainment of a future goal or desire. Nor is it the same as therapy, which concentrates on healing emotional hurts…
Personal Coaching Is a Must
June 2, 2008, By Mike McCrary
Aside from being miserable because my game is pathetic; I was profoundly affected by my “personal coach” watching every twist, turn, and swing. He seemed to have a drill for every bad habit I had developed trying to be successful on my…
What Does A Christian Life Coach Do?
June 1, 2008, By Scott Couchenour
As you may already know, one of the services I offer people helpers as a life coaching benefit. If you’ve ever wondered what a Christian life coach does, here is a video of my mentor coach, Chris McCluskey, explaining the 5 key roles of…
Enough Already!
June 1, 2008, By Paola(Thomas)
That too is possible – you just need to understand how you are operating today and if it’s not where your REALLY want to go, then STOP and get some assistance. As life coaches we understand, because we see the patterns in our own lives…
The Power of Coaching
June 1, 2008, By Your Personal Growth Coach Glenn
If you know me, you know that I place a very high value on coaching! I do this not because it is my career, but because COACHING WORKS! If you have not worked with a coach recently chances are you are not growing! …
Hiring a Life Coach
May 31, 2008, By AZRON
He told me that he works with a life coach to keep his attitude up and to give him guidance. Life coaching is a big business. If you type, life coach, into your Google search engine you will get 5,300,000 listings. …
Enlightenment Begins with the Serendipity of Paradox
May 31, 2008, By A.J. Mahari
Touchstone Life Coaching with AJ Mahari … I have exhausted the need to engage the compulsive, hyper-vigilant and defensively-closed fearful anxiety-riddled way of life that is the trap of unresolved abandonment trauma. …
Preston Careers Advisor Turns Networking Coach
May 31, 2008, Preston Citizen – UK
As a networking coach, she will work with business professionals coaching them on how to build key relationships effectively and with confidence. …
The Power of Negative and Positive Thoughts‚Äö√Ѭ∂.Where Does Your Power …
May 30, 2008, By Higher-Self Life Coaching
I then noticed how my thoughts continued to think of other negative thoughts about my own life and experiences. For example, I thought about a storm I had seen years ago that left me feeling as if I were in a re-make of The Wizard of Oz…
How to Overcome the #1 Fear: Public Speaking
May 30, 2008, By David B. Bohl
Do your knees tremble and hands shake when you have to make a speech in public? Would you rather do your taxes than speak in front of a group? If so, you’re not alone. The #1 fear of most Americans is the…
Top 10 Self-Coaching Tips
May 2008, By admin
A good way to embark on your journey of self-coaching is to make one change and see what kind of impact it has upon your life. The following tips are designed to help you improve your life and become your own life coach. …
Executive/Business Coaching Blogs
Business Coaches and Business Culture Worldwide
May 31, 2008, By George Purdy
A business coach is important for anyone starting in the international business field. A skilled coach can help to start a business in a foreign country by navigating legal and tax implications. An experienced, well-versed coach with…
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Always Find Your Doubting Thomas
May 30, 2008, By Rosa Say
A large part of my coaching to people when I facilitated these shift sessions, as we called them, was that we had to leave the room K∆í√Ökou, ‚Äö√Ñ√∫all in‚Äö√Ñ√π and ready to proceed together in our separate areas of operation. We had to be L‚âà√ßkahi…
Business Not Growing? You Need Coaching!
May 30, 2008, By thewahm
No matter what type of business you run if the business is not being productive something is probably wrong. Anyone reading this is an online Entrepreneur, and anyone reading this very post right now who is thinking they need help with…
Busy Doing Nothing
May 30, 2008, By Editor
Now, what will you do with all the extra time you’ve created? Tell me at charrise@emergencebiz.com. Include your creative ideas and I will provide free coaching around them. And don’t tell me you’re too busy…
Small Business Cash-Flow Killers
May 29, 2008, By Walt Goshert
Melanie Benson Strick, Million Dollar Lifestyle Business Coach & Virtual Team Building Expert, teaches entrepreneurs how to stop feeling overwhelmed so they can create more money, more freedom and more prestige…
Is Hiring a Coach Worth the Money?
May 29, 2008, By akemi
The objective of this post is not necessarily to promote my coaching business but rather to inform you of a good way to choose a coach if and when you are interested. No one knows coaches like professional coaches, you know. …
Why Incongruent Values Matter
May 29, 2008, By Epic Living
When I was much younger (a time when I thought I was invincible) I had one significant incongruent value. That was the value around my physical health. …
Leadership Principles
May 28, 2008, By N2 Growth
While I without question write more on the topic of leadership than any other subject, I realize that much of what I pen tends to deal with complex arguments, sophisticated logic, esoteric theories, strategic applications, and intricate contextual nuances ….
Books & Products
Review – The Pocket Life Coach
June 3, 2008, Metapsychology Online Reviews
The self-help genre is alive and well. Visit any bookstore and you’ll find shelves filled with books that counsel, advice, and direct life’s course‚Äö√Ѭ∂
Life Coach Launches Practical Self Help Book on Parenting …
May 31, 2008, Free Press Release Center (press release) – Toronto, Canada
Author and life coach Brian Fox shares insight on why you should not be raising children but striving to create responsible adults. …
Life Coach Releases New Self Help Book to Help Domestic Abuse Victims
May 31, 2008, Free Press Release Center (press release)
Apparently not just another self-help book, in reality this is much more. Domestic abuse is a widespread problem and this book offers a detailed insight into what really happens in an abusive relationship from various angles and what can be done to help.
Publicity Releases
The LifeCoachCenter.org announces Virtual Life Coaching
June 3, 2008, PR-Inside.com – Englewood, NJ, USA
Calling it ‘the most personalized coaching experience to achieve short term goals at an affordable price.’ Carol Giannantonio, Executive Director, The Life Coach Center‚Äö√Ѭ∂
Axelrod Uses Business Coaching to Help Lawyers Improve Quality of Life
June 3, 2008, The Earth Times – Tucson, AZ, USA
Dean Axelrod and Constance Charlier will present their unique half-day business coaching program: “Your Law Practice, Your Life, Your Legacy.” This strategic planning workshop will begin‚Äö√Ѭ∂
Conversations with Mrs. Claus’ Podcast Explores Insights with …
May 30, 2008, PR Web (press release) – Melbourne, Australia
This month’s podcasts start with Mrs. Claus visiting Irish expert Deirdre Morris, Psychologist and Life Coach at her practice in Spain …
Effective Health Coaching Depends on Convenience, Motivation, Says …
May 29, 2008, PR Web (press release) – Cincinnati, OH, USA
… Evolution and Key Factors is a new white paper available for download from Sean Slovenski, chief executive officer of Hummingbird Coaching Services. …
Comment by Nicole - Modern Goddess Online on 6 June 2008:
Thanks for including my article “Journey to the Centre of the Soul”.
Comment by Akemi - Yes to Me on 6 June 2008:
Thank you for including my post “Is Hiring A Coach Worth The Money?” in your Executive / Business Coaching Blogs section of the Chronicle of Coaching.
Yes to Me discusses Life Purpose, Entrepreneurship, and Spiritual Growth. In addition to my own articles, it features Interviews With Successful Entrepreneurs. I’d like to develop it to be a hub of community where we seek deeper meaning of work – life.
I welcome all like-minded people to my blog community. Let me know if you have any questions.