The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, designed to show where and how coaching appears in the popular culture worldwide. It is not intended to be a summary service nor a news roundup, although it may serve that purpose for some readers. The Chronicle is new each Thursday morning. Compiled and edited by Alex Goldsmith, Linda Ballew, and Ruth Ann Harnisch.

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Good Leadership: The Starting Point for a Better Business
January 13, 2008, Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee, FL, USA
George Rosenberg is a principal of The Rosenberg Group, a coaching and consulting company that works with executives, entrepreneurs and business ...

Love the One You're With
January 13, 2008, Vancouver Province - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Linda Hamilton, certified life and executive coach and founder of Solution Focused Coaching Association, suggests people start this year by remembering why ...

Bosses Can Boost Skills With New Coaching Course
January 11, 2008, Online Recruitment - UK
It combines theoretical, applied and reflective learning to produce coaches who are able to apply a range of techniques to real-life business situations and ...

Managing a Manager Cost State $10000
January 11, 2008, Hartford Courant – Hartford, CT, United States
Marie C. O'Brien received "executive coaching services" from a New Haven-based consulting firm from October to December, after a state personnel official ...

Turkey's Top Executives Find Their 'Doctor' at Praesta
January 11, 2008, Turkish Daily News - Ankara, Turkey
Lloyd Denton, a US native is co-founder of the first international exclusive executive coaching firm. With his unique experience in history, ...

Stay Professional on Facebook, Career Coach Advises
January 10, 2008, FCW.com - Falls Church, VA, USA
... that young feds can use to manage their careers, said Jeffrey Ward, a principal at Northward Leadership and Development, an executive coaching firm. ...

Executive Coaching: The Key to Leadership Development
January 15, 2008, Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
Increasingly, these rising stars get a boost from personalized leadership development, in the form of executive coaching. The Sherpa Executive Coaching ...

42 Amateur Writers Launch Inspirational Book in Under 24 Hours
January 14, 2008, Channel News Asia – Singapore
Life coach Kelvin Lim brought together 42 amateur writers to compile their personal ...

Smile! Make Your New Year's Resolutions a Reality This Year
January 14, 2008, CNNMoney.com - USA
Internationally recognized life coach, Laura Berman Fortgang, is an expert at helping people make realistic resolutions and stick with them throughout the ...

So You Don’t Have a Life Coach Yet?
January 14, 2008, New West - Missoula, MT, USA
So you don’t have a Life Coach yet? What can you do to better stick to your goals? 1. What you think you become. Believe in yourself. ...

Change Your Life in Small Doses
January 14, 2008, BostonNOW - Boston, MA, USA
Hollywood life coach Sherri Ziff Lester of Rock Your Life Coaching helps educate Americans about how small, sustainable "mini resolutions" can help make ...

Spend Every Second Wisely
January 13, 2008, icNewcastle.co.uk - Newcastle, England, UK
V ANNABEL SUTTON is a professionally certified life coach and author of 52 Ways to Handle It — a Life Coaching Year, available from Neal’s Yard Remedies ...

Coaches Wanted in the Game of Life
January 13, 2008, New York Times – New York City, NY, United States
Shawn Driscoll, formerly a business consultant, has certification as a life coach. She helps people make decisions at times of transition in their lives. ...

Mind Over Matter
January 12, 2008, Northwich Guardian - Northwich, England, UK
A man with a once fiery temper is giving up teaching Thai boxing to become a life coach. Vinnie Shoreman said he planned to use a ...

Valley Life Coach Inspires Locals with "Fearless Workshops"
January 11, 2008, EVLiving - Gilbert, AZ, USA
Carey Powell, Certified Life Coach and owner of Fearless Soul Life Coaching, today announced her upcoming 2008 "Stick to Your New Year's ...

‘Gentle Butt-Kick’ for Hire
January 11, 2008, Times Record News - Wichita Falls, TX, USA
Work Life Coach Diane Cunningham (left) meets with the staff at Felicity Hair Salon located at Avenue K and Kemp Thursday in preparation for a Bridal ...

Getting to Know ...
January 10, 2008, Fairfax Connection – Fairfax, VA, USA
Why do people need a life coach? What are the most common reasons people turn to you? As I mentioned above, it's about becoming, on the outside, ...

Horoscope as Blueprint to Venturing Out of the Box
January 9, 2008, FOXNews - USA
So much of this is aligned with life coaching. We work with our clients to dream their dreams out loud and then make them concrete with deadlines and a plan ...

Reasons to Feel Good about the Future
January 9, 2008, CNN - USA
I hate the phrase life coaching. That said, the life-coaching movement has made me very happy indeed. Aside from giving me a profession, it has allowed me ...

Mentor Helps Parents Prepare for the Biggest Game in Their Life
January 15, 2008, commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis, TN, USA
Formal parent coaching is a burgeoning industry, fueled by today's stressed-out child-rearing culture of more dual-career families, longer workdays, ...

When Execs Plan to Retire
January 14, 2008, Chicago Sun-Times – Chicago, IL, United States
Gray Hair Management, a career-coaching and job-search resource, conducted the survey in December 2007 and included almost 1000 senior level executives age ...

Coaches 'Grow Gardeners Rather Than Gardens'
January 13, 2008, Salt Lake Tribune – Salt Lake City, UT, United States
''I work with clients whose skills range from novice to master gardener,'' said Jack McKinnon, who runs a business called The Garden Coach in the San ...

Coach Nutrition to the Rescue!
January 13, 2008, By Dr. Gwenn
From life coaches to financial planners to couple's therapists to parenting coaches to potty training coaches...you name it, you can find an expert to guide you! And, don't forget old fashioned sports coaches! ...

Yes, Life is Difficult... Now What?
January 13, 2008, By Carolyn D. Townes, SFO
Michael Jordan, basketball star Throughout the course of my coaching practice, with individuals and groups, I often hear women say things like, “But it’s so hard!” or “That’s easier said than done.” M. Scott Peck’s wonderful book The ...

Coaching: When It’s Beyond Oprah and Dr. Phil
January 13, 2008, By admin
D. is a personal coach whose mission is to help others balance their lives, achieve personal goals and begin living their passions. For a complimentary coaching session or more information about coaching, go to www.bridgetosolutions.com ...

Coaching: The Unasked Question
January 12, 2008, By quinncreative
Coaching is a calling. I didn’t have a divine light come from the sky. I wanted to help creative people be comfortable with their creativity–being creative writers, illustrators, parents, employers, speakers–whatever life they choose. ...

New Year New You?
January 11, 2008, By Paul Bailey
People often ask me as a coach what New Year resolutions I have made. I’m afraid to say that I never make them. Let me explain though. Every three to six month I take a sheet of paper and draw a circle. I divide up the circle into 8 ...

Goal Setting for 2008 by ‘Carol the Coach’: Pick One Word To ...
January 9, 2008, By ManagingEditor
Pick your word and make your life work for you. Anything is possible when you’re willing to work on it with energy and a thoughtful plan. All the Best in the New Year! Carol the Coach.

Self-Talk
January 14, 2008, By charrise
... change your negative self talk to positive, one thought at a time, your path to joy begins to open up. There are so many things in life that we can not control; thankfully, our thoughts are not one of those things.

Great Collection of Internet Marketing Articles 2007
January 12, 2008, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
I am seriously impressed and I may try to put a similar list together for 2008 of business based articles. I will be following up on some of the social media articles. Here a re a couple of articles from Dosh Dosh as well, again thanks ...

Corporate Coaching and Employees: One Step Ahead
January 12, 2008, By admin
Contrary to popular belief, a corporate coaching session with your employees is not the beginning of the change process. Our studies and consulting indicate that, 90% of the time, employees already have a clue that a problem or ...

Phases of Executive Coaching For Physicians
January 11, 2008, By Gregory Kyles
For those who are making referrals of physicians or other executive to executive coaching/anger management, it is useful to have an understanding of the coaching process in order to accurately explain to the potential coachee the four ...

11 Common Sales & Selling Mistakes
January 11, 2008, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
Is there potential for improvement in your business? Are your sales staff making some of these common mistakes that mean that you miss out on opportunities for extra sales and profit? Work through the questions and it's best to do it in ...

Is 'Coaching' the New Management?
January 10, 2008, By stevebruce
Should you be coaching instead of managing and supervising? We'll lay out some coaching basics and tell you about an exciting new January 22 audio conference on successful coaching skills.

The 3 P's of Peak Performance
January 10, 2008, By BruceElkin.com
I can help you find what you love-and create a life that shows it! > NOW is is a great time to re-assess purpose, direction, and action. It is a great time to enter into a coaching relationship. it can help you make this year, ...

I Know a Little About That Book; My Name is Rosa
January 9, 2008, By Rosa Say
It's required for one of my hospitality management classes, and turns out that my boss suggested we read it too for our internship, so I'm killing two birds with one stone." "Seems like you went through a lot of trouble copying it like ...

The “NEW” Biz Doc Show on Real Coaching Radio Network
January 8, 2008, By realcoachingradio@msn.com (Coach Steve Toth)
We are going to have lots of fun and excitement while discovering new ways to enhance your success in life and in business. For a while now my friends have called me the “Biz Doc” because I seem to have a knack for helping people who ...
NOTE: Radiocast not reviewed.

"Listening Skills" by Mark Brady
January 13, 2008, By Paul Simister, Your Profit Coach
Listening is covered in much of the coaching literature I've seen but I haven't seen much about it in the mainstream business resources. Yes you get told to research the market and listen to customers but few of the marketing books tell ...

Review of “Quiet Strength (The Principles, Practices, & Priorities ...
January 13, 2008, By The White Rhino
Even before opening the thin volume, I was well aware of Tony Dungy’s career and life. As a fan of the New England Patriots, I know of him as the head coach of our perennial rival – the Indianapolis Colts. As a frequent visitor to top ...

Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference
By Andrew Blauner (Author), Bill Bradley (Contributor)
Contributions by: Jonathan Ames, Thomas Beller, Ira Berkow, Buzz Bissinger, Christine Brennan, Benjamin Cheever, Bud Collins, Pat Conroy, Frank Deford, John Irving, Jane Leavy, Robert Lipsyte, David Maraniss, Charles McGrath, John McPhee, George Plimpton, Francine Prose, Lauren Slater, Andrew Solomon, Darin Strauss, E.M. Swift, Touré, George Vecsey, John Edgar Wideman, Bob Wolff.

Celebrate Aging? Professional Aging Coach Helps Adult Children of ...
January 14, 2008, PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
Gail McConnon is a Professional Aging Coach who helps adults in life's second half navigate the often messy work of aging. Gail is certified as a coach, ...

Dr. Mike Davison, Life Design Coach, Launches New Blog to Help ...
January 14, 2008, PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
Dr. Mike Davison is author of "An Invitation to Personal Peace” and a Clinical Psychologist and life design coach. The busy and successful use his life ...

Best Selling Author and Life Coach Paula White to be Presenter At ...
January 12, 2008, PRLog.Org (press release) – Tampa, FL, USA
Best Selling Author and Life Coach Pastor Paula White of Paula White Ministries will be among the presenters at the 16th ...

Living Your Life by Design…Not by Default! Teleseminar Jan 23rd
January 12, 2008, By The Virtual Nation
PDI provides executive and business coaching; and consulting in the areas of organizational development, human resources management, leadership, management, performance, and change. Elizabeth is a catalyst and facilitator of change. ...

Project Management Training Online Provides “Coach with Confidence ...
January 10, 2008, PR.com (press release) – Mendham, NJ, USA
Project Management Training Online – pmtrainingonline.com offers the online course package “Coach with ...

Want to Make Your Life Easier? Learn to Laugh More!
January 10, 2008, NewsBlaze (press release) - Folsom, CA, USA
She is a Certified Life Coach, specializing in diet dysfunction, ie healing the spirit from damages incurred by failed weight loss attempts. ...

Late Availability for January Sunshine
January 10, 2008, Easier (press release) - Chester, UK
Life Coach, Michael Eales will offer classes in 'The Path of Happiness', an opportunity to reconsider life choices, take risks and to make 2008 the best ...