Welcome to The Coaching Commons » es http://coachingcommons.org Where Radical Possibilities are Explored & Pursued Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:43:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – October 16, 2008 http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-chronicle-of-coaching-news-of-the-week-october-16-2008/ http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-chronicle-of-coaching-news-of-the-week-october-16-2008/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:00:57 +0000 admin http://www.coachingcommons.org/?p=1491 read more]]> 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.

Executive/Business Coaching

Taking a Time Out
October 14, 2008, Conde Nast Portfolio – New York, NY, USA
You’ve been assigned an executive coach to work with, and you don’t agree with his advice. How should you respond?

Lone Rangers in Danger
October 13, 2008, Business New Haven – New Haven, CT, USA
So what should a small-business owner do to weather the storm? Bob Kademian, owner of ActionCoach, a business coaching firm in Milford, lays out several…

Managing a Beauty Salon
October 12, 2008, New Straits Times – Persekutuan, Malaysia
Aspiring individuals who wish to venture into the beauty industry will receive professional business coaching in salon management…

Synago: Leading Together
October 10, 2008, Macomb Daily Journal – Macomb, IL, USA
Executive coaching is building strengths, advancing and developing individuals. It’s more future-oriented.”

Financial Firms Need ‘Nutrition Labels’
October 10, 2008, Christian Science Monitor – Boston, MA, USA
David Peck is president of Leadership Unleashed, a California-based executive coaching firm, author of “Beyond Effective: Practices in Self-aware Leadership…

Business Workout!
October 9, 2008, Roundtownnews.co.uk – United Kingdom
Small business coaching is hot. A few years ago the only coaches anyone talked about were sports coaches. But today…

Beware of ‘Self-Imposed Ageism’
October 2008, Calgary Herald – Montreal, Canada
It’s a myth that corporate skills don’t translate, said Worthing, who has been an executive coach and was a senior vice-president at Avon…

Life Coaching

Market Your Skills, Not Your Title
October 13, 2008, Newsday – Long Island, NY, USA
Flood, now 48, consulted with his wife, father, friends and mentors who told him to pursue what he was passionate about: life coaching…

Thanks, Dad, For Being My Life Coach
October 13, 2008, Mormon Times – Salt Lake City, UT, USA
It’s my dad’s birthday — a good time to catalog the lessons he’s taught me over the years. Here goes!

Stacey Vicari, Life Coach
October 13, 2008, Louisville Courier-Journal – Louisville, KY, USA
Intro to coaching: “I have, once a month, a free motivational introduction to what I do as a life coach. I call it a “Power Hour” and it’s at…

Personal Safety Net: Friends Who Will Catch You When You Fall
October 12, 2008, Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
“I just see so many people who are anxious and afraid, and they want (the worries) to go away,” said Seattle counselor and life coach John W.
Gibson…

Opinion: The Secret That Every New Coach Should Know…
October 8, 2008, TrainingZone.co.uk – Bristol, UK
With her newly won coaching accreditation, a colleague’s daughter was enthusing about how wonderful it was going to be to offer her services as a life coach…

10 Ways to Be Your Own Life Coach
October 2008, Beliefnet.com – New York, NY, USA
In this gallery, Victoria Moran, inspirational speaker, spiritual life coach and author, offers us the top 10 questions she asks her coaching clients…

Niche Coaching

Skiing With a Life Coach
October 12, 2008, Times Online – UK
I’ve just come off the slopes after a life-coach skiing lesson, and now, bursting with confidence, I’m going to take you from the top of the article here…

When Players Turn Into Boyfriends
October 9, 2008, Globe and Mail – Canada
Date coaching companies now want to turn the players into boyfriends. Zosia Bielski reports Nick Savoy remembers well…
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Gordian Health Extends Health Coaching Agreement With City of Charlotte, NC
October 8, 2008, Nashville Business Journal – Nashville, TN, USA
Charlotte ‘s iCoaching participants will receive unlimited access to the company’s personal health coaches via channels that include telephone…

Shoemaker the ‘Coach’ of a Successful Insurance Business
October 7, 2008, Gaston Gazette – Gastonia, NC, USA
Most people don’t think of their insurance agent as a coach, but clients stepping into Art Shoemaker’s State Farm Insurance office in Belmont might be…

Life Coaching Blogs

Tips for Working with a Life Coach
October 13, 2008, By Jeanette Meierhofer
Get the most out of the time (and money) you spend with a Life Coach. Follow these simple rules and get to your goals in record time!

What Should I Expect During Life Coach Certification
October 13, 2008, By David Essel
Depending on the course that you may sign up for, coaching certifications can take between 16 and 100 hours to complete…

The Amazing Power of Decisions — Small Ones!
October 12, 2008, By Your Dreams Life Coaching
Sometimes life brings disasters. When these disasters happen in our personal lives, we often take the blame and give up. Natural disasters somehow seem different don’t they? But they’re not. Things happen.

Coming Alive!
October 9, 2008, By mahribest
When I am experiencing the taking back of my personal energy in so many of the every day occurrences I am feeling lighter and lighter each day and that feeling can only be described for me as “coming alive!”

“Get Fired Up About Your Life”
October 9, 2008, By Linda Wisler-Luft
When I attended my first Central Ohio Coaches meeting, I discovered the wonderful career of coaching. My life had been very successful up to that time. I had been a sales person‚Äö√Ñ√Æwinning contests, gaining achievement club status and…

Common Reasons People Work With a Life Coach
October 7, 2008, By Jim Farfaglia
You also may have imagined what it would be like to work with a Life Coach and that idea might have seemed either intriguing or intimidating. Perhaps you have something that has been ‚Äö√Ñ√∫gnawing at you‚Äö√Ñ√π and wonder if it is a ‚Äö√Ñ√∫coachable…‚Äö√Ñ√π

Anger Management Coaching for Law Enforcement Officers Gains …
October 7, 2008, By George Anderson
Post-tests should be used to determine the success of the coaching intervention. Follow-up assessments at three and six months are useful. Anderson & Anderson has been selected as a Vender to provide Anger Management Coaching for the…


Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

Hire A Coach Now
October 13, 2008, By Charrise McCrorey
This is not a time for business as usual. You understand the importance of new markets and new products. You must find and meet new opportunity. A coach will help you discover the specifics of that strategy…

The Whys and Hows in Business Coaching
October 13, 2008, By Dane Masters
Are you wondering why business coaching is even necessary for certain business owners and entrepreneurs? Don’t presume that business coaching is assistance for businesses that are struggling to succeed; in fact…

Succeeding Areas of the Business Coaching Cycle
October 10, 2008, By Amandeep Sandhu
This is where business coaching comes into the picture. Business coaching helps in taking people through a systematic and specific process that will help them learn how to use their skills and expertise in the business field.

Continuity is King
October 9, 2008, By Terry Dean
Besides the above two forms of continuity, I also have my monthly coaching clients (all coaching clients sign up for a monthly program) and partial ownership in a couple of other membership sites. What kinds of continuity income do you…

Benefits of Executive and Management Coaching
October 8, 2008, By Kevin Nash, Ph.D. (Aspen Organization Development)
Increasingly, organizations are providing their rising stars and emerging leaders with a management coach to help accelerate their development. Gone are the days when coaches were seen as a remedial solution to someone’s poor…

Seven Steps to a Successful Executive Coaching Programs
October 8, 2008, By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
Leadership coaching is different from executive coaching – and both are different from organizational and team coaching. The same is true of the assessment tools that I use. Leadership assessment is different from management assessment…


Books, Products, & Services

Play to Your Strengths
October 14, 2008, By Andrea Sigetich
This is a comprehensive, thoughtful and above all a practical book that looks at what you can do with your growing knowledge of strengths, how to transform strengths and strengths- based work from interesting information to practical application…

Self-Help for Busy Women: The Woman’s Field Guide to Exceptional Living
October 8, 2008, PR-Inside.com (press release) – Tryon, NC, USA
Women’s Life Coach and author Corrie Woods delivers just that in the award-winning book, “The Woman’s Field Guide to Exceptional Living”. …


Publicity Releases

Construction Business Coach to Address Stone Industry Business
October 13, 2008, PR Web (press release) – Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Construction business and life coach Clay S. Nelson will give stone industry professionals a fresh perspective…

Training To Help Them: Become A Certified Corporate Wellness Coach
October 9, 2008, PRnine (press release) – Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA
Spencer Institute for Life Coaching is introducing a program to make employers/supervisors help their employees to become more productive, less stressed, and healthier in the work place. Becoming a Certified Corporate Wellness Coach (CCWC), employers can teach others how to promote health and happiness in the place of work.

]]> http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-chronicle-of-coaching-news-of-the-week-october-16-2008/feed/ 0 The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – July 3, 2008 http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-chronicle-of-coaching-news-of-the-week-july-3-2008/ http://coachingcommons.org/news/the-chronicle-of-coaching-news-of-the-week-july-3-2008/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:31 +0000 admin http://www.coachingcommons.org/featured/the-chronicle-of-coaching-news-of-the-week-july-3-2008/ read more]]> 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.

Executive/Business Coaching

New Leaders Don’t Get Coaching Needed for Success, Says Survey
June 30, 2008, Chief Learning Officer – Oakland, CA, USA
Twenty nine percent of developing leaders (vice presidents, directors, and managers) receive coaching. Thirty five percent of executive/strategic leaders…
Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management Helps …
June 30, 2008, SunHerald.com – Biloxi, MS, USA
… that simplifies the appraisal aspect of the performance management process, from planning goals and coaching to assessing performance and rewards. …
Workplace Coach
June 29, 2008, Providence Journal – Providence, RI, USA
Management can then decide how to deal with gossip. Marie G. McIntyre is a workplace coach and the author of Secrets to Winning at Office Politics. …
What Can a Career Coach Do for You?
June 28, 2008, The Gazette – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
What distinguishes business coaches from life coaches, he says, is the fact that they’re work-focused. “A life coach will help you develop your self-esteem …
Creating Superior Sales Managers with Coaching
June 27, 2008, NewsFactor Network – Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Most sales and executive leadership programs are too general to provide opportunities for intensive, personalized work on self-development. Coaching…
CDC Leader: Economy Can Be Revived
June 27, 2008, Idaho Mountain Express and Guide – Ketchum, ID, USA
Jima Rice, founder and director of Jigsaw, said she’s been talking with Rapport about instituting just such a business coach, or success coaching, program. …
Career Doctor: Managing Older Staff
June 26, 2008, Irish Independent – Dublin, Ireland
Business coach answers question about a younger executive managing older staff.
Generation Y: Entrepreneurial Leaders of the Future
June 26, 2008, Rocklin and Roseville Today – Sacramento, CA, USA
The Entrepreneur’s Source is a leading business coaching firm that specializes in helping people to discover the right business for their lifestyle…

Life Coaching

Life Coaching Course Helps People Get Back on Track
July 1, 2008, The Star – Sheffield, England, UK
A course taking life coaching from the classes to the masses to help Doncaster residents get their lives back on track has celebrated the ‘graduation’ of …
Hope Rising for At-Risk Youth
June 29, 2008, American Chronicle – Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Each young person is matched with a Life Coach with whom they meet four to six hours per week. With the guidance of their coach, the youth develops a plan…
Why People Need to Harness Their Thoughts
June 29, 2008, Vanguard – Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
For two days last week, US-based, international speaker and life coach, Patricia Omoqui, was guest of Vanguard, brain-storming with Nigerian women on how to…
Life Coach Column: Too Distracted to Listen
June 28, 2008, Vail Daily News – Vail, CO, USA
Sheri Fisher is a Life Coach who lives in Grand Junction. Her practice, Living On Purpose, focuses on personal and professional coaching. …
Coaching Character
June 27, 2008, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin – Ontario, CA, USA
He uses this same philosophy with his two children, Eric Jr., 13, and Ebony, 8, so they will play the game of life with “purpose.” On July 12, DBI will hold…
Kingston Consulting Firm Offers Life Coach’s Services
June 26, 2008, Times Herald-Record – Kingston, NY, USA
By Taryn Clark KINGSTON – Imagine Your Life, a Kingston-based business consulting and life coaching firm, has contracted to offer the services of …
Edwards: Man of Many Talents
June 26, 2008, Houston Chronicle – United States
“Mainly what I do is ‘life coaching,’ ” Edwards said.‚Äö√Ñ√πWe have 300 employees. This is the club’s way of saying, ‘We care about you as a person,

Niche Coaching

Life Coach for Dogs: Taking Bite Out of the Big Apple
June 28, 2008, The Age – New York, NY, USA
I call myself a life coach. For dogs. And their owners,” Mr Feigel said. “We have clients who are CEOs, used to commanding so many people, but when they …
First Group Completes Coaches Advancement Program
June 27, 2008, Dowagiac Daily News – MI, USA
“This program is based on the way people coach – face to face – imparting not only sports skills, but life skills,” says MHSAA Executive Director John E….
Hands on with My Weight Loss Coach on DS
June 25, 2008, Pocket Gamer – London, UK
My Weight Loss Coach (My Health Coach: Weight Management in the UK) aims to replace the conception of games as sedentary with one of activity and healthful…

Life Coaching Blogs

From Greedy to Grateful – Appreciating What You Have
July 1, 2008, By David B. Bohl
I’m not implying that you’re greedy, but most of us expect a lot out of life and often forget to be grateful for what we have. We seem to quickly jump from one accomplishment to the next, from receiving good things that we enjoy only…
Shopping and Song
June 28, 2008, By Nancy Colasurdo
This evening a kindred spirit friend joined me at a performance by one of my former life coaching clients. She sings opera and it was a wonderful experience to see her using her gift. I coach an awful lot of creatives and frankly I…
Life Coach Training – A Brief Introduction
June 27, 2008, By Fast Track Coach
While browsing the internet, you’ve probably come across a website offering life coach training. So then you are wondering what life coach training is. Is it something you might be interested in? How long does it take? …
Knowing What You Don’t Want is a Great Start‚Äö√Ѭ∂.But, Finish it off …
June 27, 2008, By Higher-Self Life Coaching
Defining what we do want can help us to navigate through life, incorporate changes, and most importantly, reach goals and aspirations. Yet, as my dear friend repeated to me one day, ‚Äö√Ñ√∫I don’t want to have zero dollars in my account‚Äö√Ñ√π…
The Principles Behind Life Coaching
June 27, 2008, By Dr. Jacobson
They believe that achieving their goals is impossible and so are resigned to whatever life seems to hand them. It does not have to be that way. If you are one of these people, then it is possible to get ahead. Life coaching may be the…
Get Inspired by Your Dream!
June 27, 2008, By Tessa
If you fancy making a Virtual Dream Board as opposed to a physical one; the ‚Äö√Ñ√∫Morning Coach‚Äö√Ñ√π site offers a free opportunity to do just that! (I really get a kick out of listening to the Morning Coach Podcasts-if you haven’t experienced …
Using Kerplunk and a Life Coach to Believe
June 26, 2008, By Dream Liver
People deserve to believe in themselves don’t you think? As you answer that question consider another: Do you believe in yourself? The answer to that question lies very deeply within your mind; it is a sub-conscious decision to believe…
More Adversity…Carrots, Eggs and Coffee
June 24, 2008, By Patricia Eslava Vessey
I just completed a session with my coach, and by the way, if you are shopping for a coach, it’s important to ask potential coaches if they are recipients of coaching. This is because you want to know if your coach is also growing…
Life Coaching and Kids
June 24, 2008, By blaxter
I have noticed a distinct increase in the number of books aimed at teaching coaching to counselors. One that is useful is Dave Ellis’s Life Coaching: A Manual for Helping Professionals, recently republished. Another is David Skibbins’…

Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

On Being an Executive Coach: The Hindu Business Line: Mon 07 …
July 1, 2008, By Shalini Verma
It was a select gathering of some of Chennai’s young entrepreneurs, and among them a sprinkling of top executives from a few multinationals, who listened with keen intent to a session held recently on the concept of executive coaching…
New Secrets of Guerrilla Marketing
June 30, 2008, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
The latest call from Jay Levinson on the Guerrilla Marketing Association was on the new secrets of Guerrilla Marketing which have now crept up to eighteen fundamentals that you need to incorporate in your marketing. …
Business Coaching Engagement Expectations
June 29, 2008, By admin
Your coach will stay focused on developing strategy and providing trusted advice in your engagement. However, your coach is not obligated to act in a project management role in filling specific needs. For example, if you determine with…
Why Coaching is the Way to Go in Team Management
June 27, 2008, By Kenny Tran
Coaching is no longer reserved to sports teams; it is now one of the key concepts in leadership and management. Why is coaching popular? Coaching levels the playing field. Coaching is one of the six emotional leadership styles proposed…
Six Disciplines Provides Integrated Consulting, Coaching, and …
June 27, 2008, By Bill Ives
To support this program, Six Disciplines offers a hosted solution that both the talent management issues but also the collaboration and content management requirements of a small business. Their platform acts to integrate a number of…
Invest In Yourself
June 26, 2008, By Charrise McCrorey
As a business coach, much of what I focuses on helping others learn to bring more joy to their work life. During this process, we identify what works, what doesn’t, what is missing, and what is next. Together, my client and I seek to…

Books & Products

New Book on Leadership Engages Readers with Storytelling Format
July 1, 2008, PR Web (press release) – Southern Pines, NC, USA
‚Äö√Ñ√∫A Leadership Story‚Äö√Ñ√π by executive coach and author, Bea Fields challenges readers to set higher standards for themselves, their businesses and their lives. …
Life Coach Leader Contributes to the Philosophy and Practice of Coaching
June 28, 2008 Palm Coast, FL
Dr. Patrick Williams, owner of the Institute for Life Coach Training, lays the groundwork for quality coach training and proven client empowerment tools. The future of coaching and its contribution to the world has become a global conversation. One of Wiley’s newest publications, The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching: Insights and Issues for a New Era, edited by David B. Drake, Diane Brennan and Kim G‚àö‚àèrtz, shares the expertise of 17 leading coaches from seven countries, who discuss the cutting edge issues that professional coaches are faced with today.
NOTE: Patrick Williams was awarded the 2006 Global Visionary Fellowship by The Foundation of Coaching and is a regular contributor for the Coaching Commons.
Local Author Offers Upbeat Views on Business Management
June 24, 2008, Business Lexington – Lexington, KY, USA
A translator interpreted his suggestions for instituting a coaching program for the supervisors that would help instill leadership. …

Publicity Releases

One Page Marketing Plan Fills a Small Business Need
July 1, 2008, PR Web (press release) – New York, NY, USA
Prime Strategies, a small business coaching service in New York City , was started in 1996 to provide the small business owner strategic help in growing …
Fidelity Announces New Business Initiative in India
June 30, 2008, Business Wire India (press release) – New Delhi, India
… for mutual fund agents (MFAs) by providing them Business Coaching to help them grow their business aided by state-of-the-art Practice Management tools. …
Executive Coaching Helps HORAN Build Leadership Strength
June 30, 2008, PR Web (press release) – Seattle, WA, USA
Yet for Cincinnati firm HORAN, executive coaching and leadership development has helped the company achieve targeted goals for the last three years. …
Human Factor International Executive Coach Jeffrey Jones Connects …
June 29, 2008, NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) – USA
‚Äö√Ñ√∫As a Transcultural Leadership Coach I was inspired by the diverse mix of coaches from around the world, but in particular from Europe. Executive Coaching…
Law of Attraction Magazine Now Online
June 28, 2008, PRLog.Org (press release) – Bucuresti, Romania
This unique site blends articles, features, profiles, and Law of Attraction instruction provided by numerous luminaries in the Life Coaching field. …
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Kroger and the City of …
June 25, 2008, Insurance News Net (press release) – Cincinnati, OH, USA
… Co. today announced the launch of the Pharmacy Coaching Program with the City of Cincinnati . The innovative medication therapy management program will…
Tips to Make More Money During This Recession – Reinvention Expert …
June 25, 2008, Emediawire (press release) – Ferndale, WA, USA
Part NLP, part practical business executive coaching, and part spiritual psychology Davidson’s coaching clients and motivational speaking clients…
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