The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – January 8, 2009

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Editor’s Note: From grim to hopeful. In this week’s news, coaches are speaking out to offer hope and help to clients anxious about their businesses and their lives. A business coach in Long Island outlines a plan for the city’s businesses to stay afloat in 2009, and a life coach is asked for advice for a Michigan City. Life coaches in Florida have seen their business improve in a down economy, a sign that people are eager for guidance. Denver-based Mission Wear is coaching former convicts and prostitutes to turn cloth and thread into grocery bags while they turn their lives around. Business coaches have advice for setting and achieving big goals for more success in 2009. For the first week of 2009, hope is the keyword.

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Executive/Business Coaching

(Governor-Elect) Markell to Focus on Quality of Life to Promote Business Growth
January 5, 2009, Brandywine East Community News ‚Äö√Ñ√¨ Hockessin, DE, USA
More than 200 Delaware small businesses went bankrupt in 2005, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Kleszics belongs to a business coaching group and said its members gave him the confidence to move into a larger location on Lancaster Pike in 2005. He is hopeful the Markell administration will be good for small businesses because of the governor-elect’s business experience with Nextel and the fact that he is a Democrat.

Become a Meeting Master
January 5, 2009, ITWorld Canada – Scarborough, ON, Canada
Prioritization is also key, said Karen Denega, founder of Toronto-based executive coaching firm Cobalt Blue Consulting. ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Determine what meetings come first based on deadlines,‚Äö√Ñ√π she said. ‚Äö√Ñ√∫A meeting should be held when it is determined that face-to-face is the best way to convey the information, and you don’t want that to-ing and fro-ing of information.‚Äö√Ñ√π

Long Island Businesses Plan for 2009
January 5, 2009, Newsday – Long Island, NY, USA
Andrea Feinberg, a business coach in Port Jefferson Station, said that once business owners got over the “panic” of facing such difficult economic times, they started to “take a look at the new realities of our economy to find the opportunities,” asking, “What elements of my business proposition are still viable, and how do I reinterpret those in the new economy?” For the coming year, she said, her clients are looking to develop new niches and strategic alliances, as well as less expensive products and services….

Will You Ask for Help in the Recession or Go It Alone?
January 5, 2009, Henley Standard – Henley, UK
All those companies which will survive and will actually thrive in this recession, will do so with help ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ sustained investment in business coaching.

An Arsenal of Engaging Stories Can Bring More Clients
January 3, 2009, The Tennessean – Nashville, TN, USA
Are they a prospective client for executive coaching? Now, I have choices. I might say: “I am a speaker who helps audiences discover their authenticity, which I define as finding the very best of who they are.”

The Imposters: When Business Leaders Fear They’ll Be Found Out
January 2, 2009, U.S. News & World Report – Washington, DC, USA
After years of coaching executives and managers, I’ve concluded that these self-declared impostors make up a sizable portion of the average business meeting. These are not real impostors who are hiding their incompetence. These are talented people who think they are unqualified. In some cases, they’ve spent decades denying their worth.

No Worker Should Tolerate Personal Criticism
January 2, 2009, Salt Lake Tribune – United States
Criticism at work is part of any job, but when personal attacks are part of the package, then it’s a “double whammy,” says Sharon Melnick a New York-based psychologist and executive coach.

Business Coaches Say They’re ‘A Necessity’ In This Economy
December 31, 2008, Atlanta Journal Constitution – GA, USA
But Hanville and others in his field have a unique vantage point on the economy. They’re the coaches other small business owners hire to help them learn ways to become more efficient and to weather ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ or even prosper from ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ a scary economy.

Life Coaching

‘Life Coaching’ a Good Effort
January 5, 2009, Journal-Advocate – Sterling, CO, USA
The major component of the program is the volunteers who serve as the life coaches. They are former inmates who have completed their prison or jail terms and will share their life experiences and what has helped them to return to a correct path. Through their guidance and counseling, it is hoped the clients will develop healthy relationships and a support system.

‘Someday Coach’ Helps Make Goals a Reality
January 3, 2009, Tampa Tribune – Tampa, FL, USA
Kukuda has been a certified personal trainer for 15 years and created her own 11-week nutrition program, Weigh-To-Go Solutions, which can help people adopt better eating habits. She also teaches circuit training classes and has a walking club.

Keeping On the Right Path in 2009
January 2, 2009, Washington Examiner – Washington, DC, USA
A movie, flowers or other small treat will positively reinforce goals, said life coach Aurelia Williams of Real Life Coaching in Washington.

Troubled Economy Brings Rise in Business to Life Coaches
January 2, 2009, Central Florida News 13 – Orlando, FL, USA
The bad economy is translating into big business for one local company. Creating Your Masterpiece is defying odds in these tough times. In the recent months, (life coaching) business has actually quadrupled.

Life Coaches Help Some Reach New Year’s Goals
January 2, 20009, WISC – Madison, WI, USA
“If they’re ready to make a change, then I ask them to build from their strengths, (and) also to have a compelling vision or sense of direction in life,” said Don Mendenhall, with DeForest-based Emergence Life Coaching. “It’s about finding the professional support on the specific issue that’s really bothering you, staying active and involved, and live by your best principles.”

Life Coach Makes Suggestions to Change Saginaw
December 31, 2008, The Saginaw News – MLive.com – Saginaw, MI, USA
The Saginaw News approached life coach Mari A. Broman of LaSalle to see what advice she would offer our region for 2009. For starters, she said, we need to expect and believe that good things will happen. “If you just keep seeing hopelessness, there is no hope,” she said. “It’s called learned helplessness.‚Äö√Ñ√π

Niche Coaching

Work-Based Wellness and Diet Coaching Line Up With Employee Resolutions
January 5, 2009, Talent Management – Oakland, CA, USA
Workplace Options said, according to recent studies, pairing personalized coaching with employee wellness initiatives leads to higher success rates. Workplace Options’ Advantage Live Well integrates coaching with other tools, such as online interactive programs, to help employees achieve their health and wellness goals.

A Better Life in the Bag
January 4, 2009, Denver Post – Denver, CO, USA
Mission Wear has been around for several years, coaching a handful of women ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ former convicts, former prostitutes and others who’ve known hard times ‚Äö√Ñ√Æ to sew functional (grocery) bags.

Life Coaching Blogs

My Resolutions
January 5, 2009, By Tara
I write resolutions down, tell supportive people like yourself, my husband and my life coach about them. I’m going to set smaller steps that lead to the big goals in mind. I’m going to allow myself set backs and mistakes and reduce the guilt I feel when it happens.

Hard Times Require Focus!
December 30, 2008, By Exit Real Estate 540
Coaching today is used to support top producers, not just underachievers. Think about it; even Tiger Woods has a personal coach. Coaching can provide professionals with focus that is unavailable from other forms of support in their business. Personal coaching should be designed to coach the total person.

Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

Quit Working So Hard
January 5, 2009, By Terry Dean
What’s the solution? The first step is to recognize this problem. I do much better when I’m concentrating on it. Set up short ‚Äö√Ñ√∫project‚Äö√Ñ√π sessions. You need to complete A within the next 30 minutes. Then take a 5 minute break.

Goal Setting
January 5, 2009, By Internet Marketing Coaching
In most New Year’s Resolution posts I have read, it is here that they list down some examples of areas of your life you might like to change. I personally believe that is counter-productive. I believe for a New Years Resolution to be really powerful, to get results, to be your guiding light you must follow this Step by Step Guide to Goal Setting.

Excellent Customer Service Is Even More Important in Tough Times
January 2, 2009, By Paul Simister
My Business Coaching Blog came a long way in 2008 but one of my regrets is that I did not focus enough on bringing you articles about creating excellent customer service. All my ideas for increasing your sales to and through your existing customers rely on you delivering the excellent customer service your customers can depend on and confidently build into their own business strategies.

Books, Products, & Services

Must-Read Career Book for Life After College: @ the Entry Level
January 4, 2009, By Jenny Blake
As I work on writing my own book with tips and exercises for Life After College (major dream goal from the life checklist), I re-read my list of 10 Books that Changed My Life from earlier this year, and realized I’m missing one – BIG TIME.

Publicity Releases

AdviCoach Business Coaching Franchise Listed as Top 500 Franchises
January 4, 2009, Franchise Wire (press release) ‚Äö√Ñ√¨ Southbury, CT, USA
In its three years of servicing the business community in North America with Business Coaching services, the AdviCoach franchise has been listed for two consecutive years in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 500 Franchises. AdviCoach has also been honored in recent years in Franchise Market Magazine as one of the top 100 new franchises.

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