The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – January 15, 2009

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Editor’s Note: Many coaches customize their services for a specific clientele. This week’s news explores a variety of coaching specialties. One contestant on the reality television show ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Big Brother‚Äö√Ñ√π has an unusual client base‚Äö√Ñ¬∂ gangsters. Law.com takes a look at how lawyers, a group with many clients of their own, are increasingly hiring executive coaches to ready themselves for leadership roles. People lacking culinary skills can ‚Äö√Ñ√∫hire‚Äö√Ñ√π a coaching video game that helps improve their cooking and better organize their kitchen time and space. And the overarching theme comes from an executive coach who suggests that the best leaders are those who don’t lose sight of their clients. This week – it’s about concentrating on the client.

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.

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Executive/Business Coaching

Coaching Lawyers to Attain Leadership Roles
January 13, 2009, Law.com – San Francisco, CA, USA
According to a research report by Diane Coutu and Carol Kauffman in the January Harvard Business Review, coaching is a business tool that is most often used to develop the capabilities of high-potential performers or facilitate leadership transitions.

NOTE: Carol Kauffman heads up the new Institute of Coaching, funded by The Harnisch Foundation. The Coaching Commons and The Chronicle of Coaching are projects of The Harnisch Foundation.

North Attleboro Man Coaching in the Boardroom
January 12, 2009, Attleboro Sun Chronicle – Attleboro, MA, USA
Ed Drozda, of North Attleboro, is a business coach. His company, E & D Associates, works primarily with clients from the health and technology industries. He helps them prepare for presentations, improve communication among their colleagues and set goals.

Satyam Employees Call Coaching Centers
January 11, 2009, Times of India – India
Management coaching centers in the city were flooded with calls ever since the CAT results were announced on Friday.

NOTE: The team at Coaching Commons thinks CAT is a College Aptitude Test. We are checking with the author to confirm.

Beyond Training and Support: Business Coaching Fosters Franchisee Leadership, Accountability, And Growth
January 7, 2009, SmartBrief – Washington, DC, USA
For franchisors, the benefits of business coaching include more satisfied franchisees, better validation, greater unit growth, increased system value, advantages in recruitment and retention, and improved prospects for a resale/exit strategy.

Words of Advice for a New Manager
January 7, 2009, Washington Post – United States
A more personalized solution would be to hire an executive coach who can help you to analyze and overcome your professional challenges. Good executive coaches are hard to find and their value is largely determined by your willingness to engage in the coaching process openly and earnestly. If the conditions are right, however, such relationships can yield astonishing results.

Life Coaching

Concern Over New Role for SNP Councilor
January 13, 2009, Aberdeen Press and Journal – Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
It emerged yesterday that Stirling Council leader Graham Houston has been hired to be the chairman of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)‚Äö√Ñ¬∂Mr Houston has more than 20 years’ experience in management development and executive coaching, and has held senior positions in the travel and leisure industries.

Tina is ‘Life Coach to Gangsters’
January 12, 2009, Digital Spy – UK
(From TV’s Big Brother) Tina claimed that she is a qualified life coach with “gangsters” as clients last night. The ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Shameless‚Äö√Ñ√π star made the revelation to Michelle and Ben as the trio chatted before bed….The actress went on to reveal: “I’m a life coach. I’m qualified in psychology. You wouldn’t believe the clients I’ve got….gangsters, doormen.”

Life Coach Plan to Help Flintshire Residents Beat Recession
January 12, 2009, Evening Leader – Wrexham, Wales, UK
Robert Barr, of Mynydd Isa, says many people will find themselves at a crossroads in 2009 as the economic downturn sparks job losses. He said: “This year in particular will bring many challenges for all of us, and some of us will find ourselves at a crossroads.‚Äö√Ñ√π

LifeCoach: Our Experts Answer Questions
January 12, 2009, Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Our panel of experts answers your questions on everything from marathon running tips, keeping bones healthy, to malodorous cats.

A New Group Approach to Life Coaching
January 10, 2009, Times Online – UK
‚Äö√Ñ√∫Life Clubs provide a confidential space for people to review and refocus on what they want from life. They can do this by creating their own agenda within the parameters of each workshop.‚Äö√Ñ√π

Living on Purpose: It Takes a Village
January 10, 2009, Vail Daily News – Vail, CO, USA
Henry asked if there were any other ways to integrate coaching into his life at a price he could afford. He was convinced that if he just moved off center, he’d be on his way; he just needed a little push. I suggested some do-it-yourself solutions but he seemed pessimistic, explaining that each time he had tried, he had failed. I then suggested group coaching. There are many benefits to working within a group, including lowering the cost and gaining support from other participants. This appealed to him and he joined a coaching group.

Life Coach: Making More Room in the Driver’s Seat
January 8, 2009, Grand Junction Free Press – Grand Junction, CO, USA
Kinlee seemed nervous as she arrived for our first coaching session. It can be intimidating to meet someone for the first time and talk about issues that are very personal … and yet, I witness how relieved clients are to be able to talk openly and begin to make changes in their lives during the coaching process. One of my favorite quotes is by Anais Nin, who said, ‚Äö√Ñ√∫And there came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.‚Äö√Ñ√π When people call for life coaching, I know they are at that point.

Warning: A Hidden Truth Finally Revealed
January 6, 2009, Gather.com – Boston, MA, USA
As a certified Life Coach, my clients contact me for various reasons. I have a habit of zeroing in on truth and hate the slightest taste of even a mixture or what some like to call ‘white lies’. So when my clients hire me to discern, divide and dissect a situation, I may take hours to research, uncover and present all sides, fairly, so that success in personal as well as career is something they can expect to receive.

Help for Troubled Teens
January 2009, Action 3 News – Omaha, NE, USA
“One of the phrases we teach in our program is that I’d rather be unlovable than invisible and if I have to be unlovable to be visible, I will be,” says Life Coach, Mary Kay Mueller. Mueller believes Robert Hawkins desperately needed attention. While she never met him, she’s very much a part of Foster’s life. A year ago, he started her program “8 to Great”. Eight steps to get you thinking positive. Instead of the streets, Foster now spends his evenings on the court. And he’s not her first success story. The program has actually gained national attention.

Niche Coaching

Nintendo Games Tap Life Improvement
January 8, 2009, Inside Bay Area – Oakland, CA, USA
If you don’t have a Wii, then “My Weight Loss Coach” for the Nintendo DS is a good alternative. Think of this as a portable personal trainer.

Life Coaching Blogs

Live Without Fear
January 11, 2009, By Tara’s Published Stuff
A Certified Fearless Living Coach (CFLC), Veenkamp believes in this particular style of coaching because it worked for her. ‚Äö√Ñ√∫People buy self help books, read it, and then leave it up on the shelf. Fearless Living has exercises that push you forward.‚Äö√Ñ√π

Are You Guilty of Goal-Tending?
January 2009, By Gary F. Eby
In Basketball, Goal-Tending is not a good thing! In life, tending to your Goals is not only a good thing, it’s essential to success‚Äö√Ñ¬∂ I agree with the great orator, Yogi Berra, who once said‚Äö√Ñ¬∂”If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”

So Yeah: Get Creative with Creative Management
December 8, 2008, By Admin
My first topic would be on collaborative styling which is the essence of creative management. The words ‘coach’ and ‘coachee’ are slightly unfortunate in implying that the coach is a senior person who is there to dispense wisdom and advice.

Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

Let’s Get Ethical
January 12, 2009, By Dutchcoach
The leaders I coach influence the behavior of others. Assuming that the culture of a business or organization is the behavior of the leader, the ethical behavior of the leader is critical‚Äö√Ñ√Ænot only for those within her or his realm of influence, but indeed for all those peripherally connected to her or to his place of work. Therefore, the privilege of a coach working with a leader is potentially enormous and far-reaching.

What Are the Different Types of Coaching?
January 12, 2009, By Better Business Coaching
There are many different types of coaching that can help you in business including business coaching, personal or life coaching, skills coaching, executive coaching and performance coaching.

The Best Leaders
January 10, 2009, By Marshall Goldsmith
I cannot make the successful people I work with change. I don’t try. Too many people think that a coach — especially an accomplished one — will solve their problems. That’s like thinking that you’ll get in shape by hiring the world’s best trainer and not by working out yourself.
Truly great leaders, like Mike, recognize how silly it is to think it’s about the coach. Long-term success is created by the 40,000 people doing the work — not just the one person who has the privilege of being at the top.

From B to A
January 7, 2009, By Emergence Business Coaching
I had a big breakthrough during a coaching session yesterday with my good friend George Watson. He is one of my favorite people in the world; loving, generous, and driven. He is also an extremely effective coach. I want to share the lesson with you, because I know it can help you have your own breakthrough.

Books, Products, & Services

A Personal Cooking Coach and Other Trends Can Keep You Organized in the Kitchen
January 8, 2009, Muncie Star Press – Muncie, IN, USA
The new Nintendo DS Personal Trainer Cooking game: No. 1 on my list, it combines an interactive cookbook and live cooking demonstration with technique videos, ingredient explanations and advice to help you cook more than 245 international recipes. You even get to select the country of origin. It also accepts voice commands, has a built-in timer function, and provides calories and the degree of difficulty of each recipe. The game proceeds at a speed you set and lists the ingredients so you can take it to the store.

Publicity Releases

Team and a Dream Announces Goal Setting Teleseminar for Web Businesses
January 8, 2009, PR.com (press release) ‚Äö√Ñ√¨ Wayne, PA, USA
Using a proprietary mixture of Web business coaching and proven habit-building skills, the teleseminar provides the framework for achieving goals to accomplish the mission of the business, adapts targeted metrics to track progress, and also identifies the habits necessary to achieve those goals.

Coaching Offered with All Media Friendly Training
January 6, 2009, 24dash – Hereford, UK
Executive Coaching is now offered as an option with every training course at Media Friendly. This helps to ensure that what is learnt on the course is acted on back in the workplace.

Life Coach Amy Barnes to Conduct Workshop: Imagine! Believe! Create!
January 6, 2009, dBusinessNews Indianapolis (press release) – Indianapolis, IN, USA
Life Coach and owner of Life Options, Amy Barnes MA MBA LMHC will offer a new workshop: Imagine! Believe! Create!

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