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At-Risk Girls Find New Direction With Coaching

Elzy Kolb — Tue, 04 May 2010 16:00:44 +0000

Caryl Lucas has been a news reporter and worked with designers and celebrities as a fashion commentator. But she discovered her life’s mission helping at-risk girls find new direction through workshops and coaching.

The author, coach and motivational speaker works with girls as young as 12, in schools, churches and correctional facilities to help them “break out of stereotypes, recognize personal goals, and make choices to build their futures.” Most of the girls are from single-parent homes in urban or suburban New Jersey communities.

Lucas’ message? “If you can believe it, you can be it – but you need an action plan.”

After almost a decade of working with groups, Lucas branched into one-to-one coaching about three years ago, following an encounter during a self-esteem workshop.

One of the young participants described seeing her father on a Newark street. The man walked by without acknowledging her. As the sobbing girl told her story, she threw her arms around Lucas and asked for help. “I realized then that I had to set up time for individual sessions, to help girls like this in dealing with their anger and coping with abandonment.”

Gilda Rogers, program director of the School-based Youth Services Program at Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver, N.J., has brought Lucas into the school several times. Part of the message to the students is that each of their lives is of value. “They’re hearing something they haven’t heard, they’re encouraged in a way they haven’t been encouraged,” Rogers says.

“Caryl tries to make them look inward, asks them pointed questions about the future, about their dreams.”

Lucas provides reading lists, recommends classes, helps the girls develop time management skills, and gives assignments including journaling and practicing “articulating what they want and don’t want for their lives.”

Among the most important lessons, Lucas says, is, “It’s ok if something doesn’t work out. It’s not the end of the world. You have to make the effort to keep growing.”

Her media and fashion background impresses the girls and “goes a long way” in boosting Lucas’ credibility with them, Rogers says.

Leslie Morris, director of Community Relations for New Jersey Primary Care Associates in Hamilton, N.J., calls Lucas a friend and colleague as well as an inspiration. “I’ve learned a lot from Caryl,” she says. “She gets people to look at themselves and make changes in their lives.”

Morris has hired Lucas to work with middle and high school students, and plans to bring her into a correctional facility for teen girls. “Caryl is going to talk to them about changes they can make in their lives, in their thinking, to prepare them for life after prison.”

The girls Lucas works with “are struggling with issues and exhibiting behaviors, but they don’t know where the problems come from,” Morris says. “Caryl helps them connect the dots. She gets them to see they can make different choices for themselves and make something productive of their lives.”

Lucas is in the process of starting a teleconference program for small groups, which she’ll use to supplement the coaching. She’s also working with adult women more often. “Women are constantly reinventing themselves,” Lucas says. “They’re thrust into change throughout their lives.”

But regardless of their age, Lucas strives to help her clients build tools that will “turn setbacks into nutrients” that enrich their lives and lead to personal fulfillment.

Thaindian.com: Sex Addiction Affects Work Life Too

coachingcommonsadmin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:22:57 +0000

April 17th, 2010 – Thaindian.com – UK

Sex addiction affects the work life of an individual as those affected may sit up through the early hours on chat rooms and sex sites, or find other ways to fulfill their needs, an expert says.

Twenty-seven percent of sex addicts readily admitted that they have lost career opportunities, Michelle Zelli, London-based Life Coach for the Mind, Body & Spirit and certified hypnotherapist, says.

During sex, our bodies release a powerful cocktail of chemicals that make us feel good. But some people get addicted to these chemicals and should seek help, she adds.

Most addictions begin as a happy habit that get out of control – this extends to eating, shopping, exercise, work, drugs, alcohol and much more.

If somebody has such an addiction and has tried unsuccessfully to take control, it is time to seek help, Zelli says. Read story.

Coaching the “Holes in Our Souls” with Art and Activism

Mark Joyella — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:00:40 +0000

Coach Tamara Herl has clients who sometimes have deep wounds, and she’s the first to beware of shifting from coach into the role of therapist.

But it’s not always the depth of the wounds that determines whether coaching can make a difference, she believes. “If they’re able to move forward and if they’re ready and willing to take responsibility for their own lives,” than they’re ready for coaching.

The coaching happens, she says, when a person looks back at the experiences–good and bad–in their life, and ask, “Where do I go from here?”

Her mission, Herl says, is reigniting the client’s passion for the thing–or things–that once inspired them. “Helping them rekindle that passion for that dream they once had…or that thing they want for their lives…usually it’s still in there. It might be a teeny tiny spark, and with coaching I help them believe in it again.”

Herl’s own passion–and love for artistic expression and spirituality–has led her to become an advocate for social change through coaching–either in traditional coach and client relationships, or by people affected by those who’ve been coached. “People from all walks of life can benefit from completing the process,” Herl says. “Those who are self-employed can develop a spiritually-based work ethic. People who work for someone else can explore ways to synchronize their own bottom line with that of their employer. People in management positions can create a work environment that supports both employee well-being and the bottom line of the organization. I have a vision of a world transformed by people and organizations who know how to do this.”

Herl spoke with CoachReporter Mark Joyella about this, and about her upcoming book “Transcending the Bottom Line: Creating a Spiritual Work Ethic.”

To learn more about Herl’s book–which is entered in a spiritual book contest–watch Tamara Herl’s video:

“Ideas Worth Spreading” – Watch Daniel Kahneman’s TED Talk

Ruth Ann Harnisch — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:47:55 +0000

What’s the point of working with a coach? As a client, my hoped-for outcome is a happier, more satisfying life. As a coach, I support my clients in creating lives that are joyful and fulfilling.

If you, too, think “happiness” is a good outcome for yourself and your clients, this is a must-see video.

Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman, chosen to deliver the first TED Talk at this year’s TED Conference in Long Beach, gives us important tips for creating pleasurable experiences and minimizing unpleasant ones. Would you believe that even a colonoscopy can be made less yucky?

If you’re new to the TED Talks, let this be the first of many exciting discoveries, all free, and most available in many languages. TED is devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading,” and there’s no better idea than happiness. Enjoy!

Click here to view the Daniel Kahneman video.

Realitywanted: Having Career Trouble? Seeking Advice? Now Casting!

coachingcommonsadmin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:57:24 +0000

February 11, 2010 – Realitywanted – USA

I am the producer of “The Mel Robbins Show” on the radio.

Mel is an experienced life and business coach who can help you find the happiest version of your professional self.

Having trouble with your coworkers and/or boss? Do you hate your job? Unsure of what you really want to do? Do you want to quit, but are too scared? Mel is here to help! Read Story.

iPhone Footprint: A Reality Check with LifeCheck on the iPhone

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:59:08 +0000

September 16, 2009 – iPhoneFootprint.com

I’m sure most of us have this niggling doubt now and then about how well our life is going and where we are headed. If you are not one among ‘us’, then congrats, you must be doing something great with your life. But for the rest of us who need a reality check, let us grab this new application from Emerald Life Coaching called LifeCheck and see if it’s any good at indicating the present status of our lives.

Life coaches seem to be the new trend in town for living a holistic life. But then not many people have the time, money or inclination to actually sit down with one and analyse our lives. For LifeCheck, all we need to spend are just five minutes, shell out $3.99 and have a little concern for ourselves. The application is developed by a life coach himself, so we need not worry that we are losing on the expertise of a certified professional. The interface is easy to use and presented well.

LifeCheck addresses six main areas of life, ranging from career to health to social happiness. There are two steps to the analysis; in the first step, we have to answer questions about how well we are doing in a certain sphere of life. The latter step asks us about how important these issues are to us.

Read story.

CoachReporter Interview with Jayson Blair, Disgraced Journalist Turned Life Coach–Listen to the Podcast

Mark Joyella — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:31:04 +0000

In his most extensive interview in years, disgraced former journalist Jayson Blair speaks with CoachReporter Mark Joyella about the plagiarism scandal that cost him his job at The New York Times and led the storied newspaper to describe the period as a “lowpoint” in more than 150 years of publishing “all the news that’s fit to print.”

Out of sight for years, Jayson Blair’s new line of work was revealed this week in an Associated Press report: Blair, now living in Northern Virginia, has become a certified life coach, working with clients at a psychological practice in Ashburn, Virginia.

Blair spoke with Mark Joyella from his new job, speaking frankly about the plagiarism scandal that ended his career as a journalist and crippled the careers of two top New York Times editors, and the time since. He also speaks to the criticism he’s received from coaches concerned that “Jayson Blair: Life Coach” cannot be good for a the field of coaching as it strives for respect and a professional code of ethics.

Download the transcript here.

The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – May 7, 2009

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Editor’s Note: Wave goodbye to the Chronicle of Coaching. The weekly compilation of global media-talk about coaching is getting a makeover. Sort of.

Three years ago, when the Chronicle first went live, there were only 10-15 coaching articles to be found each week. It was like detective work to find them. Now the Chronicle of Coaching is overflowing with TMI! (too much information) At least, too much to read in one sitting. So starting next week, we’ll offer coaching news, hot and fresh each day, under the headline, ‚ÄúThe Commons DeNewsinator.” You’ll find it front and center on our Coaching Commons homepage. So visit more often to read what’s new – Still BIG news, just smaller bytes.

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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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

Your Office Coach: Focus on What’s Important
May 5, 2009, San Luis Obispo Tribune – San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Although you’re putting a lot of energy into this battle, it’s not clear what the war is about. In fact, you might be the only person fighting. Since these co-workers seem to be doing you no harm, your resentment may simply reflect the inevitable frustrations of a mid-life career change.

Motivators, Coaches Weigh In On ‘Dirty’ CEO Label
May 2, 2009, International Business Times – New York, NY, USA
A group of three motivators, whose work includes executive coaching, business management consulting and formulating creative approaches for changing organizations, weighed in on a discussion topic asking if the negative perceptions some Americans have about chief executive officers as being greedy and incompetent is fair and when the CEO label can stop being a ‚Äúdirty word.”

Leadership’s Ripple Effect
May 2, 2009, Telegraph-Journal – Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Leadership is an important skill for managers, but a company with developed leaders across the workforce right down to the lowest level employees will have a ripple effect of benefits, executive coach Marilyn Singh says.

Someone to Watch Over Me
May 1, 2009, TrainingZone.co.uk – Bristol, UK
How many coaches have supervisors, and of those that do, are they truly benefiting from it? Alan Ward argues that supervision, done properly, is in the best interests of the coach and the coachee.

Five Steps for Effective Sales Coaching
May 1, 2009, BusinessWeek – USA
While the link between effective sales coaching and better sales performance is widely known, the majority of sales organizations fail to realize the full potential of their investments in sales coaching training. Often times, this means missed opportunities for dramatic improvements in top-line revenue growth, margin enhancement, conversion rates, as well as sales forecast accuracy, and sales rep retention and engagement levels.

Outplacement Becomes a Coveted Benefit in Hard Times
May 2009, Workforce Management – Irvine, CA, USA
Also as a result of the recession, career transition services for executives have begun to take a new form. Many employers that signed up for executive coaching and promised outplacement services for these employees (should that be necessary) now find themselves in a position where they don’t want to lay off executives, but they’ve eliminated the positions for which they were hired.

Your Office Coach: Adjusting to Different Management Styles
April 30, 2009, Grand Forks Herald – Grand Forks, ND, USA
Getting a new leader almost always means adjusting to a different management style. The key is to recognize “different” does not mean “wrong”. Your previous boss apparently liked spontaneous interaction, while this one prefers planned communication. Either approach can work, but the change is uncomfortable, especially if you are a more spontaneous person yourself.

Life Coaching

If I Were My Own Life Coach…
May 5, 2009, Beliefnet.com – New York, NY, USA
If I were my own life coach, I would say: “Victoria, the hell with it. Seriously. Take care of yourself, take care of your family, and everything else can take a number.” And since I am my own life coach right now (I’m spending my money on book publicity), I’ve been taking my advice.

What Have You Been Up to These Past 100 Days?
April 30, 2009, Huffington Post – New York, NY, USA
Everyone is welcomed to join in the practice, and many of us do. However, how many of us applied this random time marker to our own lives, and conducted a review and assessment of what we have been up to these past 100 days?

Life Planning After Divorce: Tips to Rebuild Your Life and Your Goals
April 30, 2009, San Luis Obispo Tribune – San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
“Divorce shakes the whole foundation of your life and puts it on sand that blows in the wind,” said Joanie Winberg, author of “Rising to the Top: A Guide to Self Development.” Winberg became a single mom after a 20-year marriage. Her struggle to rebuild her life after divorce led her to become part of the newest coaching specialty – life planning after divorce.

Niche Coaching

Tackling the Teething Pains of a Busier Lifestyle
May 5, 2009, Financial Times – London, England, UK
One of the most important issues for any organization’s human resources department is how best to manage maternity leave. In recent years, some companies have been turning to specialist maternity coaches to help ease the shift from high-flyer to mother and back again.

Money Shrinks Soothe Souls of the Tragically Rich
April 30, 2009, San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
Across the country, so-called wealth coaching has never been more profitable than in the current economy because rich people have never been more frightened. “And the reason they’re more afraid is that more of them believe this time is different,” Gottfurcht said. “They believe this (recession) is more semi-permanent.”

Life Coaching Blogs

How Life Coaching Helped My Blog
May 5, 2009, By Tracy, I Hate My Message Board
After our last coaching session, I felt like much of the conflicting emotions I was having dissipated greatly. We spoke about obliterating undermining beliefs and reframing situations, which helped me enormously in my tendency to second guess decisions.

The Fine Art of Listening
May 5, 2009, By Gina Baksa
Think back to the last time someone really listened to you. I mean really listened. For more than a few minutes. Without interrupting. Listening with all their being, until you’d actually finished your train of thought, and in some cases even your whole sentence?

Guest Interview with Dr. Margaret Jones on Leadership and Spiritual Abuse
May 3, 2009, By Futurist Guy
Dr. Jones’ own status of a survivor of spiritual abuse in several church settings – plus her work as a psychologist, counselor, and life coach – give her a unique, pastoral care perspective on such topics. And so, I posed a series of five virtual interview ‚Äúcluster questions” on topics related to spiritual abuse.

Company Life Coach
May 2, 2009, By Coach Scott, Corporate Life Coach
Today there is no separation between work and life. Problems outside of work are brought into work. A company life coach will benefit you by sitting down with troubled or upset employees and help them overcome their problems.

How Do You Become a Life Coach Who Has Total Certainty About Your Ability to Find Clients
May 1, 2009, By Jeffrey T. Sooey
If you are like many life coaches, one of your greatest fears is wasting time and money on a marketing strategy, and falling short of your coaching client goal. There is so much information; you might often not know where to start. This is coach training you can start using today to improve your results.

Learning and Empowerment
April 30, 2009, By Stephen
There is a shift in the balance of power that happens in a typical coaching, mentoring or managerial relationship. At first the coach may need to manage the client, having power ‚Äòover’. As the work progresses, the coach hands back power, sharing it with the client.

Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

Follow Your Dream
May 5, 2009, By Real Business Coaching
Do not care what other people say. Men have no clue what’s going to happen and what is going to happen certainly isn’t based on the past! Many visionaries have stuck to their dreams despite the criticism and declaration of others. A dream is powerful. Ideas cannot die.

Books, Products, & Services

A Mother’s Day Gift for You
May 4, 2009, By Kailani, Island Life
Beginning May 8th-for 48 hours only-you can download a free copy of the new, award winning book, The Mother’s Guide to Self Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life by Renee Trudeau, a nationally recognized career/life balance coach (a $20 value).

Newt Gingrich, as Life Coach, Offers Success Story Based on 5 Principles
May 4, 2009, U.S. News & World Report – Washington, DC, USA
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has rarely strayed from the public’s eye since leaving the House of Representatives more than a decade ago. The author of several books, fiction and nonfiction, Gingrich is now adding “life coach” to his list of accomplishments.

Join ‚ÄòCoaches United for Success in America’
April 30, 2009, By Key to Success Coaching
Coaches United for Success is a coaching program designed to help support job seeking professionals as they navigate their search. Through the coaching relationship, we help our clients to look at the possibilities and the potential for something wonderful to manifest on the other side of unemployment. In some cases, being laid off frees you to take risks, reinvent yourself, and find the job of your dreams.

Flight of the Conchords Opener Plays Life Coach in New Book
April 29, 2009, St. Louis Post-Dispatch – St. Louis, MO, USA
The advice site grew into a self-help parody book, ‚ÄúThe Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life,” released earlier this year. ‚ÄúIt can help you do anything from raising a family to becoming a rock star to farming ‚Äî literally whatevs,” said Mirman.

Publicity Releases

Hummingbird Reinvents Life Coaching with AboutMyLifeStages.com
May 6, 2009, PR Web (press release) – Cincinnati, OH, USA
Hummingbird Coaching Services has unveiled the newest version of its life coaching service, AboutMyLifeStages.com. The service enables employers to encourage healthy, balanced lifestyles among employees and positively impact health care costs and productivity.

Life Coach Social Network Membership Site Being Auctioned
May 5, 2009, WebWire (press release) – Atlanta, GA, USA
The BigLife.ws life coaching social network is a cornerstone of the most valuable and respected industry in the world… life coaching, entrepreneur coaching and self development. All the hard work has been done. You just take it over and run it. You can do this business from home or while you travel. Your creativity and ability to network is a valuable asset.

Divorce Coach Jerry Canino of Top Divorce Coach LLC to Expand His Practice Nationally
May 4, 2009, PR.com (press release) – Merrick, NY, USA
Divorce coach and founder of Top Divorce Coach, LLC, Jerry Canino, is now expanding his practice to accommodate the growing demand of men and women throughout the United States who seek his progressive personal coaching strategies to help them recover from divorce.

Executives Embark on Second Careers in Tough Economy
May 1, 2009, Franchising.com (press release) – Highland, IL, USA
Despite the serious challenges in the current economy, however, Dr. Bruce McLaughlin, Business Coach with The Entrepreneur’s Source in Highland, Illinois says there’s a light at the end of the tunnel for many seasoned executives looking to make promising career changes.

The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – April 30, 2009

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Editor’s Note: The rollercoaster global economy means the job market is more competitive. This week’s Chronicle offers a wide variety of coaching counsel addressing leading stressors in the workplace. For the first time, Britain is offering coaching to citizens living in public housing or claiming government benefits in order to help boost their confidence and motivation to find a job. In Ireland, job coaches are offering individuals practical assistance seeking employment and emotional assistance coping with a job loss. One London career coach advises carefully crafting a network of friends, colleagues and family members to increase progress in the job search. Another coach from the US suggests that accepting a pay cut may be the best and only choice for now. So is there a bright note this week? Certainly – Life coaches say add optimism and creativity: organize a to-do list with color or poetry, make a list of 100 (yes 100) things to be grateful for, and take a walk and breathe with nature, enjoying what the Japanese call ‚Äúforest bathing.”

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Executive/Business Coaching

Newly Unemployed? Your Coach Awaits
April 29, 2009, Irish Times – Dublin, Ireland
A new industry is springing up on the back of the thousands of people who have lost their jobs due to the recession. Courses advising people how to find work, how to cope with unemployment, and to how to keep their sanity while on the dole are proving very popular. Two such ‚Äújob coaches”, Clodagh Hughes and Nial O’Reilly, are offering free coaching to unemployed people as their contribution to get the country get back on its feet.

Lost Your Job, Boss? Join the Club
April 29, 2009, Times Online – UK
Thus, it is to support the region’s beleaguered business community that Mr Criddle has launched a kind of executive support package. The Metier passport scheme is a combination of career coaching, psychological support and networking opportunities. At ¬£3,000- ¬£4,000 a year it is not aimed at those on their uppers, but at top-level executives affected by the recession.

Your Office Coach: Adjusting to Different Management Styles
April 28, 2009, The Olympian – Olympia, WA, USA
Calmly explain you are worried about morale and feel your new manager could use some coaching. Offer examples of the business problems created by her leadership style. Suggest the HR manager talk with some other employees. Then wait and see what happens.

Career Coach: Go With the Flow and Accept the Pay Cut
April 26, 2009, The Star-Ledger – NJ.com – Newark, NJ, USA
Let me be clear: The world has changed. Salaries and benefits packages have fallen and that trend will continue as many companies reduce costs to stay afloat. You must get with the program and change your expectations. This is not the time to get rich, but a time to survive.

Put Me In, Coach
April 23, 2009, Examiner.com – USA
Sharon’s journey to becoming an ‚Äúexecutive coach” began at a local church where everyone ‚Äúwould line up outside my door to ask my advice on team development, strategic planning, and how to develop their ministry and staff. I thought it would be really cool to help people bring more of who they are into the workplace, so I talked to people and found out about coaching.”

Coffee Break: Coach Says Entrepreneurship Not a Bad Idea
April 23, 2009, The Star-Ledger – NJ.com – Newark, NJ, USA
The economic downturn actually presents entrepreneurs and small-business owners with a variety of advantages like reduced competition and lower leases, according to Nick Cohron, a business and career coach in Summit.

When You’ve Set the Pattern With an Employee, You Have to Be Tough to Change It
April 21, 2009, InfoWorld – San Francisco, CA, USA
At the risk of sounding self-serving, sometimes executives like the ones you describe need someone from the outside to tell them what to do differently. In this case, I’d advise bringing in someone who can provide both strategic consulting and executive coaching: the strategic consulting to help these two understand what they need to do differently from an operational perspective, the executive coaching so that they understand how they need to behave differently to lead a larger organization.

Life Coaching

Life Coach to Help Jobless Londoners
April 27, 2009, This is London – London, England, UK
Unemployed Londoners are to be assigned a free “life coach” to help them find work. In the first scheme of its kind in Britain, people claiming benefits and living in social housing will be offered free therapy courses to improve their confidence and motivation to find a job.

Coaching: The Global Perspective
April 27, 2009, TrainingZone.co.uk – Bristol, UK
With a Global Convention on Coaching and key UK coaching bodies signing a ‘statement of shared professional values’, 2008 seemed a ground breaking year for this emerging industry. The convention’s laudable desire was to establish more defined codes of ethics, standards of practice and qualifications within the coaching industry.

Lawrence Life Coach Offers To-Do List Tips
April 27, 2009, Lawrence Journal World – Lawrence, KS, USA
Train yourself to think that every task on your to-do list is something that you personally want to accomplish, rather than something you have to do. If you need to clean the house, don’t dwell on the chore; remember that you want the house to look nice, so that is why you are cleaning it.

Life Coach: Recommended Diet, Lifestyle Changes
April 26, 2009, Lansing State Journal – Lansing, MI, USA
Making diet and lifestyle changes will have long-term benefits on your health and your heart. These recommendations are from the American Heart Association.

6 Networking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
April 23, 2009, HarvardBusiness.org – Cambridge, MA, USA
If you were my coaching client, I would simply say: network, network, network. And yet among my clients, networking is often an underdeveloped skill.

Artists Use Life Coach to Beat Recession
April 23, 2009, Wimbledon Guardian – Cheam, England, UK
Europe’s largest collective of artists, huddled in a small annex of Wimbledon, are enlisting the help of a life coach to stave off the recession.

Niche Coaching

Communication Coach: Slackers Hit Chopping Block First in Lean Times
April 25, 2009, The Star-Ledger – NJ.com – Newark, NJ, USA
The people he wanted to let go were underachievers — people who just weren’t producing or carrying their weight. In fact, there was a list of employees whose names came up over and over again as people who were pulling down the firm.

Media coaching: Do the Hardest Thing First
April 22, 2009, Examiner.com – USA
I was just media coaching a woman who was in a major scuffle with the media due to a very controversial product that her company recently released. We were prepping for another equally controversial product that’s now on the market and she was scared out of her mind. Rightly so.

Life Coaching Blogs

Coaching ‚ÄúSafety Net” Questions – For When Your Mind Goes Blank
April 28, 2009, By Become A Certified Coach
Using a safety net question helps the flow of the coaching conversation, takes the pressure off the coach and puts the focus back where it belongs – on the client (as opposed to on ourselves and ‚ÄúWhat do I say next?”).

Manifesting Evolution in Consciousness: On Self-Compromise
April 27, 2009, By Sherry Bakhtian
Once again love, not having it, not recognizing it, and anything related to it has determined the course of our lives. When a coaching client comes to this point in their session, they are usually ready to acknowledge what exactly it is that they do want in a relationship.

Be Your Own Mentor: The Healing Power of Trees
April 27, 2009, By Karin Marcus
As a Life Coach and Retreat Leader, I have always thought of nature as an essential partner. My preferred method of one on one coaching of “Walk and Talks” is done outdoors.

The 4 Stages of Transition
April 27, 2009, By Shann Vander Leek
My talented and brilliant mentor coach, Deb Martin shared some valuable information with me awhile ago about the 4 stages of transition. This material along with my personal story have become a big part of the focus of my life coaching.

Qualities of a Good Coach
April 25, 2009, By MTI Coaching
It is very easy to advise people. All you need to do is look at his or her situation and come up with suggestions on how you think he or she will be able to improve it. But this is not the essence of coaching; coaching requires a relationship between the coach and the client wherein both are in the same place and move towards the same goal together.

Are You Grateful?
April 24, 2009, By Kelly Thorne
One of my favorite life coaching exercises to do with women is to help them create a list of at least 100 things (yes, I did just say – 100 things on a list) that they’re grateful for in their life.

Using an Online Dating Coach to Find Love, Happiness. and Even Find Your Soulmate
April 22, 2009, By Anything Personal
As an added benefit to the convenience of online dating, clients can also receive the services of an Online Dating Coach or ‚ÄúLove Coach” as we’re sometimes referred to by our clients.

Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

Sales Management: The Role of Coaching
April 27, 2009, By Ian Brodie
And finally, they need to understand not only what’s needed for their team’s roles: but also what is needed to continuously improve their sales management capabilities.

What Do Children Teach Us About Leadership?
April 27, 2009, By Andrew Bryant
Both Tasha and Nathan like to clap for themselves when they do something right and they both beam when Zurina and I give them praise. As a leadership consultant I know how important it is that I continue to praise even moderately good performance as research by Dr Ethna Reid shows that teachers who get the best results, validate regularly.

Did Christopher Columbus Have a Coach?
April 24, 2009, By Tom, SmartCompany.com
I’ve worked for a couple of coaching companies, OneCoach and TEC /Vistage, so I’ve seen how having a business coach in your corner can make a huge difference. I ran a faster marathon (and achieved one of my life goals) because I had a great coach, pushing me further than I might have gone on my own. But here’s the thing: You can actually coach yourself.

Books, Products, & Services

Inspiring Mother’s Day Gift is Full of Heart and Easy on the Wallet
April 26, 2009, PR.com (press release) – San Francisco, CA, USA
The Women Masters Teleseminar Series makes a wonderful and meaningful gift for mothers and daughters alike. Offered free of cost, this program is about sharing the wisdom and insights of our most respected women experts with women (and men) worldwide. Additionally, 10% of proceeds from the upgrade package benefit Women for Women International And Girls, Inc.

Publicity Releases

JavaBlackBelt Adds Coaching to e-Learning in Breakthrough Java Courses
April 19, 2009, Emediawire (press release) – Brussels, Belgium
JavaBlackBelt, a global leader in Java learning and powered by over 50,000 developers in its global community, today announced the immediate availability of coached e-Learning for Java developers in Europe, North America, and India.

The Chronicle of Coaching – News of the Week – April 23, 2009

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Editor’s Note: As the economic challenges continue, job jitters create opportunities for coaches. Coaches are helping clients become indispensable to their employers, they’re helping lawyers and auto dealers find new business, or they’re championing clients who are rethinking their careers. Some people are deciding that now is the perfect time to become a coach, including supermodel Nandinii San, now offering soul coaching in Mumbai. Autistic adults in Delaware are getting specialized coaching to help them succeed at jobs that allow them to do something productive and satisfying. Health coaching helps children learn new diet and exercise habits. What’s the right thing to say to someone who’s fighting cancer? A communication coach told a television audience that a greeting card might not be the best way to send your message, and he got an earful from people who disagree. Finally, in the week we celebrate Earth Day, it seems appropriate to feature a coach whose specialty is green – a green thumb, that is.

Professional Coaching: Friendship for Sale? Voice your Opinion

Executive/Business Coaching

Coaching Conundrums: What to Do When Your Client is Feeling Defeated by the Recession?
April 21, 2009, TrainingZone.co.uk – Bristol, UK
During the current financial crisis, we’re hearing more worries from clients (who are) concerned about staying afloat. This particular conundrum features a business owner – but the coaching points raised could apply equally to someone concerned about losing their job within an organization.

Emerging Program, CEO Coaching & More
April 20, 2009, Kansas City Star – Kansas City, MO, USA
Pusateri was so impressed with CEO Coaching & More that he signed on in 2008 to be a coach and this year he joined an alumni group for those who have completed the program but want to continue to learn and network with one another.

Mentors Can Show You the Way
April 19, 2009, Examiner.com – USA
It’s easy to confuse mentoring with its popular first cousin, executive coaching. There are, however, some big differences between coaching and mentoring.

Is This the Time to Chase a Career Dream?
April 18, 2009, New York Times – USA
This interest in what makes people tick, and curiosity about what keeps them from realizing their dreams, drove me to become a business coach 13 years ago. I never tire of hearing people’s stories, or of learning ways to help the creatively oppressed come alive.

6 Ways to Sabotage Your Career
April 17, 2009, FOXBusiness – USA
Jennifer Mounce, founder of Coach Effect, a career coaching and consulting firm, recalls a client who found two candidates for a position, and ran a check on different social media sites. “One of the two candidates actually had a video online talking about how they hate their job and their company. Suffice it to say, if something is going to tip the scale, having a video posted about how much you hate your company is it.

Stress Management for the CEO
April 17, 2009, Forbes – NY, USA
Debra Nelson notes that CEOs have three unique areas of stress that can exceed other people’s. Those are the pace of their work life, the pain of downsizing (in today’s economy) and social isolation. Nelson is president of the NelsonQuick Group, an executive coaching firm, and has 25 years of experience in stress research.

Aspiring Rainmaker: You Can’t Go It Alone
April 16, 2009, The Complete Lawyer – Atlanta, GA, USA
Working with a mentor, coach, or a coach-led rainmaking group helps lawyers get objective feedback about their client development goals, develop a strategy for reaching those goals, identify the high-payoff activities that harness the lawyer’s strengths and match his or her preferences, create a step-by-step plan to incorporate those tactics into a routine, and overcome the obstacles that will inevitably arise.

Can Happiness Help You in Business? A Visit to Zappos
April 15, 2009, Huffington Post – New York, NY, USA
An online retail company whose CEO says their primary purpose is not to make money, but to spread happiness‚Ä¶
Whose customer service agents try to make an authentic connection with callers…
Whose in-house coach’s job is to support staff no matter what their needs, even if it means helping them develop a plan for quitting the company and switching vocations.

Life Coaching

Good Coaching Can Increase Performance in Sports, Personal Life
April 20, 2009, Naples Daily News – Naples, FL, USA
In the past decade careers in business and personal coaching have shown prolific growth. Ren√©e Kennedy-Edwards founded Coaching 4 Success on the theory that coaching with a degree makes a difference. Kennedy-Edwards is uniquely qualified with a master’s degree in educational psychology.

NHS to Give Overweight Children ‘Life Coaching’
April 20, 2009, This is London – London, England, UK
Those attending will get monthly face-to-face sessions with psychology coaches as well as weekly telephone sessions. The life-coaching scheme is being piloted from this Saturday by the NHS in north-east London. Redbridge primary care trust is the first to test the life-coaching classes, but others are also signed up to the programme. Experts say mind training will transform the attitudes of children to food and exercise.

Web Worker Careers: Coaching
April 16, 2009, WebWorkerDaily – San Francisco, CA, USA
Despite the current economic climate, in which training tends to be the first thing cut from tightened budgets, the coaching industry continues to grow. A coach acts as a sounding board, motivator, mentor and teacher, and can provide advice topics ranging from time management to relationship issues. Is coaching a possible career for you?

Interview: Ariel Joseph Towne, Life Coach
April 16, 2009, Digital City – New York City, NY, USA
Thus far 2009 seems to be both a year of rebuilding and change, with millions of people finding themselves at a crossroads and wondering what to do about it. But if you’re finding yourself completely baffled to the point of inaction, maybe you need a life coach.

Niche Coaching

Turning to a Health Coach
April 21, 2009, News & Observer – Raleigh, NC, USA
A key component of the integrative approach: a trained individual familiar with the system and what it has to offer who is also in tune with a patient’s goals for healthy living. Someone who could provide direction, motivation and support in reaching that goal. A health coach. “We start with basic things like listening skills,” says Julie Kosey, Duke’s integrative health coaching manager, who also was Kathy Hare’s coach. “We teach how to be present with a person, to listen deeply and understand their goals and motivation. We let the client hold the agenda.”

From Supermodel to Spirituality Coach
April 20, 2009, Daily News & Analysis – Mumbai, India
Supermodel of the 70s and 80s, Nandinii Sen has returned to Mumbai to take up her role as soul coach, transformational therapist and past life ‘regressionist’ after having lived for many years in Bangalore.

DIY: Personal Training Via Internet or Phone
April 20, 2009, Los Angeles Times – CA, USA
Now there’s training via Internet and the phone. Such coaching has become enormously popular in the last few years, spawning a mini-industry of tailored but flexible workouts. Some programs offer customized, downloadable regimens based on an online questionnaire, with little or no trainer interaction; others provide extensive one-on-one phone coaching.

Coaching, Training Can Lead to Right Job for Autistic Adults
April 20, 2009, The News Journal – Wilmington, DE, USA
Ben’s mother said her son’s successes as the first autistic adult to go through a job coaching and training program created by Autism Delaware — formerly the Autism Society of Delaware — highlight the potential within this growing population. With help, these adults can put to use the skills they’ve spent most of their lives learning, and also meaningfully contribute to their community.

Communication Coach: Readers Deliver Thoughts on Card Controversy
April 19, 2009, The Star-Ledger – NJ.com – Newark, NJ, USA
I received an overwhelming response — most of it critical — to my recent column and “Today” show appearance in which I argued that Hallmark greeting cards for sensitive subjects, particularly cards for people dealing with cancer, can miss the mark.

Time Out With the Garden Coach
April 16, 2009, Lake Oswego Review – Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Lessons are available for just about anything to anyone wanting to learn or improve a skill set. And now, locals can tackle another obstacle that may have grown into a daunting task after a long winter – gardening.

Life Coaching Blogs

Do You Need a Life Coach or Therapist?
April 21, 2009, By Shann Vander Leek
Coaching is a good fit for a goal-oriented person who prefers to take responsibility for their processes and outcomes. Coaches work with ‚Äúhighly-functioning” people. Meaning the assumption is that the client is healthy, willing and fully capable of achieving their goals.

Awesomeness Inspirer: What I Didn’t Pack
April 20, 2009, By Life Coach Jen
I’m number one in my life now. I have many loves but if I’m not first, meaning my mental health and happiness, than the loves in my life will suffer. I’d gotten so good at taking care of me through journaling, breathing, meditating, walking, lying with my cats, writing, coaching, being coached, etc, that I thought I’d never leave that place.

Coaching Through Debt
April 19, 2009, By Paul Cullingworth
I was in debt and I mean serious debt. That day I decided to stand up and use all my Coaching skills to help me get through my debt. I took my head out of the sand and faced up to the mountain of debt that I had built up and ignored over the previous few years. And because I made the decision to take my head out of the sand and face up to my debt, it became not only one of the most frightening days of my already eventful life, but it also turned out to be the turning point in my life.

Make Money Online: Keep Your Sanity With a Mindful Life Coach
April 18, 2009, By Jijo Sunny
If your objective is to get your professional and personal life in order, then you should hire a life coach. An ideal skilled and professional coach will give you the self-esteem needed to achieve peace of mind and your goals.

Professional Coaching: Friendship for Sale?
April 16, 2009, By Linda Ballew
Are coaches just high-priced buddies? Are people becoming so dependent on ‚Äúexperts” that they can’t make personal or professional decisions without hiring one? Yes, according to Charles Eisenstein.
NOTE: Linda Ballew is the Co-Editor of the Chronicle of Coaching and serves as team leader at the Coaching Commons.

3 Myths about Life Coaching
April 16, 2009, By Scott Asai
1) Crazy: Only people who are confused or messed up need a Life Coach
2) Age: Life experience determines competence. A Life Coach can only help clients that are younger than them
3) Value: Life Coaching sounds great, but it’s too expensive.

Executive/Business Coaching Blogs

Business Coaching: Simpleology Joe Vitale Law Of Attraction
April 21, 2009, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
Interesting to see that the Law of Attraction is attracting more attention again. Today it is the announcement of the next Simpleology course, Great Teachers Series: Dr. Joe Vitale Teaches the Law of Attraction.

My Dealer Coach: Prime Time for Safety First, Safety Inspection That Is
April 20, 2009, By Steve Shaw
Interestingly enough my service advisors all developed a blank stare for a few minutes. So it was necessary to explain the concept further. After some discussion it became apparent that this was actually a new technique that other dealerships are using successfully and that it actually made sense.

Corporate Life Coach: Leaders Need a Coach
April 18, 2009, By Dr. John Townsend
If you aren’t getting some sort of coaching in your particular area of leadership, you probably should consider doing so. A high percentage of people reading this article are likely getting some form of coaching. In fact, it is the norm today to have a coach, and almost aberrant not to have one.

Books, Products, & Services

The Successful Single Mom: Get Your Life Back and Your Game On
April 20, 2009, Business Wire (press release) – Las Vegas, NV, USA
May the 11 million single moms in the United States have a happy Mother’s Day, although many of them are struggling to get their life back while being everything to everyone. That’s why Honor√©e Corpron, an executive coach, speaker, and author, has written The Successful Single Mom: Get Your Life Back and Your Game On, Leading Edge Publishing.

Publicity Releases

Coaching Culture Needed in Recession, Says CIPD Study
April 20, 2009, PM Online – USA
‚ÄúLine managers should be encouraged to develop a ‘coaching style of management’ but can never be expected to fulfill all the functions of a specialist coach, according to a new CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) research report.”

Plumbers Coaching Provide Effective Strategies for a Successful Plumbing and Trade Business
April 20, 2009, PR Friend – USA
Plumbers Coaching presents an effective concept to plumbing and trading. Many businesses close down before even getting started or even remain at grass root level due to misconception or little or no information regarding the right concept. Plumbers coaching offer an informative insight as well as tips and videos along with strategies to guide you through a successful profitable business.

CorpTalk Introduces New Coaching Concept
April 16, 2009, MarketWatch (press release) – Westfield, NJ, USA
To help the broadest possible range of clients stay on the front end of this economic downturn, CorpTalk is pleased to introduce three online, self-directed coaching programs and one easy-access live coaching program.