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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Grooming Women for the Top: Tips from Executive Coaches
January 29, 2008, Career Journal - Framingham, MA, USA
Some women may be missing out on the executive coaching that equally experienced men get at work. ...

Leadership Development is Organization-Wide Agenda: Leadership ...
January 28, 2008, MBAUniverse.com - New Delhi, India
Speaking on the subject, renowned executive coach Dr Marshall Goldsmith said, "Leadership is not just for leaders anymore. Top companies are beginning to ...

Six Tips for Turning Shoppers Into Buyers
January 28, 2008, MSNBC - USA
After a business coach determined that approach was a turnoff and changed the script, the firm's conversion rates doubled overall and quadrupled for the ...

Trust Makes Coaching Possible
January 27, 2008, Hindu News - Chennai, India
... others prefer learning by reading,” explains Coaching People from the ‘pocket mentor’ series of Harvard Business School Press (www.tatamcgrawhill.com). ...

Try to Turn Job Feedback into Job Coaching by Asking Questions
January 27, 2008, Vancouver Province - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Linda Hamilton is a certified life and executive coach and founder of the Solution Focused Coaching Association. She can be reached at linda@coachlinda.com ...

Business Coach Shows How an Underperforming Sales Team Will Lead ...
January 26, 2008, Lock Haven Express - Lock Haven, PA, USA
Studies indicate that a common reason for poor performance in the sales department is a lack of focus and poor time management. It’s vital for struggling ...

Tips from Executive Coaches
January 26, 2008, Wall Street Journal - USA
Some women may be missing out on the executive coaching that equally experienced men get at work. A recent study shows that at 20% of ...

Coaching: Common Dilemmas Rob Business Owners of Sleep
January 25, 2008, Milwaukee Small Business Times - Milwaukee, WI, USA
… for SBT Readers of this column and my coaching clients teach me a slew of valuable lessons. One of the most valuable is this: people ...

How to Avoid Burning Out
January 24, 2008, NEWS.com.au - Australia
ARE you losing interest in your work, lacking energy and not making time to do the things you enjoy in your personal life? ...

Speak Up and Be Noticed
January 23, 2008, Financial Post - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gail Voisin, chief executive of Gail Voisin Executive Coaching in Toronto, has one female client who flies to and from New York, twice a week. ...

Yoga Coaching Stretches to Boardrooms
January 23, 2008, nebusiness.co.uk – United Kingdom
“Executive coaching is extremely well recognized in business. For senior people, a coach is very much an accepted part of one’s development. ...

The Truth about Magic Lists
February 2008 Issue, Oprah.com - Chicago, IL, USA
Walk a mile in my life-coaching loafers and you'll start believing in freaking leprechauns. So what's the scoop? Is list-making mere perceptual bias, ...

Ramtha School Takes on Teacher
January 29, 2008, TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma, WA, USA
The school’s corporate arm, JZK Inc., has sued WhiteWind Weaver, leader of Art of Life Coaching, a personal mastery training company based in Lacey and ...

Perfecting Your Work-life Balance
January 29, 2008, Times Online – United Kingdom
You can’t succeed unless the balance is good, says US life coach Ginger Cockerham, who gives ‘laser coaching’ to Times readers. ...

Living Your Bucket List
January 27, 2008, Seattle Times – Seattle, WA, USA
For life coach Kathryn Lengell, it started with a divorce. Twenty-five years ago, she found herself in a miserable California apartment, thinking: This is ...

Life Coach Wants to Make People Happier, Healthier
January 26, 2008, Cumberland Times-News - Cumberland, MD, USA
As a life coach, Cristee Jo Cangianelli wants area residents to commit to being happier and healthier in 2008. She created her life-coaching business, ...

Why Simon Cowell Could Never Be a Life Coach
January 25, 2008, FOXBusiness - USA
Second, I didn’t get into the business of life coaching to stick a big fat needle in someone’s dream bubble. If a person comes to me and says he wants to ...

Famous Coach Offers Life Advice
January 24, 2008, The Daily Collegian Online - University Park, PA, USA
At the end of Coach Ken Carter's speech, he had the Eisenhower Auditorium audience stand up, raise their arms above their heads, ...

Football as a Life Lesson
January 23, 2008, FOXNews - USA
As this tight game unfolded, I saw in it nearly every lesson I try to instill in my life coaching clients. OK, OK, some of them are cliché, but they endure ...

'I'm Good Enough...'
January 22, 2008, San Diego CityBEAT – San Diego, CA, USA
Then I met Kay Richardson, a life coach who splits her time between San Diego and Seattle . Not only did she not yell at me—she silenced my inner skeptic ...

Getting Trained for the Achievement
January 19, 2008, El Observador – Uruguay
Fear of failure, not knowing what we want in life, or not feeling able to do it, are some of the obstacles that everybody can shoot down with the help of a personal coach

Diet: Pete Cohen Weight-loss Program - Day 1
January 28, 2008, Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
You can think of me like your very own personal coach. I’ll be with you 24/7 routing for you and helping you through the emotional ups and down until you ...

'Coach' Says Wine Helps People Connect
January 23, 2008, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
While "making great money" at the corporate gig, Forster's nagging dissatisfaction led her to a life coach. A thorough self-assessment pinpointed her two ...

Feeling Stuck Ladies? Take Action!
January 29, 2008, By Coach Joelle
Do you have a question for Coach Joelle? I am looking for the opportunity to fully serve each of you on your personal adventure. If you have a life or business challenge that you would like a coaching perspective on, please share your ...

Top 31 Motivation Hacks
January 29, 2008, By Todd
Life coaching and business counseling is taking off, and for good reason! These individuals are trained to listen and help you take productive action. From my experience, attaining a good life coach is motivation in its purest form. ...

Ruby Slippers and Coaching in the Game of Life
January 28, 2008, By Karen
What exactly is life coaching and why would you want it? All good questions. Learn more from this recent article in the New York Times that profiles a coach, her training and her goal to help others find the life they truly want. ...

Stay Tuned…Learn to Listen Closely
January 23, 2008, By motivationalmuse
Tune out the world and gift someone with your attention this week. Your return will be three-fold as you tap into the excitement, emotion and depth of the story or question with which they come to you. Tune in! Life Coach Katie Mattson ...

Coaching Employees Who are Unresponsive to Feedback
January 27, 2008, By Kimberly King
Ask a lot of open ended questions that identify personal motivations and insight. “What matters most to you in your job?” “How can I offer you the best support?” “What would motivate you to higher levels of success? ...

Formal and Informal Coaching
January 28, 2008, By Mark McGuinness
Scheduled appointments, Everyday workplace conversations. Programme with beginning and end, Ongoing process, a style of management. Most of the conversation in ‘coaching mode’, Manager can switch from coaching mode to other management ...

Business & Life Success Tip - The Value of Self-Investment
January 26, 2008, By Lorraine Cohen
Lorraine Cohen, President of Powerfull Living, brings more than 25 years experience in personal and business coaching, psychological counseling, and sales to thousands of spiritually minded business owners, entrepreneurs, ...

The Best Presidential Candidate for Your Business
January 24, 2008, By Rich Schefren
Have you made up your mind yet? Do you know who you’ll be voting for in the upcoming presidential election? Well, whether you’ve already made up your mind, or you haven’t… I want you to choose who you would vote for and who you wouldn’t ...

Expatriate Coaching Improves Management Performance and Corporate ...
January 24, 2008, By Pascale Cotton
The article presents the various aspects of culture shock among expatriates right after relocation, and how coaching can minimize the affects of culture shock. It is clearly focused on the coaching of expatriate executives that is ...
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Guidelines for Finding a Personal or Business Coach
January 23, 2008, By John Agno
As a profession, the personal and business coaching industry is still sorting out best practices and standards. Even professional coaching organizations do not agree on the core competencies of a...

Anger Management Goes High Tech
January 22, 2008, By George Anderson
As the largest and most experienced provider of Certification training, Executive Coaching for Physicians as well as curricula and material for anger management, Anderson & Anderson is committed to providing the most effective services ...

New Book from Portland-based Executive Coach Kenton Hill ...
January 23, 2008, Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA
Kenton Hill, Portland-based executive coach, has just released his first book entitled Smart Isn’t Enough, a compilation of authentic ...

OneCoach Franchise Announces Grand Opening in Michigan, Offering ...
January 29, 2008, Earth Times - London, UK
January 29, 2008, Earth Times - London, UK
"We are very excited to deliver our services and one-on-one business coaching to Michigan entrepreneurs." SaintAmour and Redifer enlisted Dave Crater as the ...

Coaching Drives Human Resources Workshop
January 29, 2008, Maktoob Business (press release) - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The British University in Dubai (BUiD) is set to open its cornerstone “HRM in Practice” series with an inaugural workshop, devoted to the theme of coaching. ...

Local Life Coach Offers a Free Workshop Just for Women
January 26, 2008, Orleans Star - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
As a Life Coach I often work with women, facilitating the types of discussions that help women to take on a new perspective in their lives. ...

New Coaching Seminar for Pastors and Spiritual Church Leaders ...
January 26, 2008, PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna, Bulgaria
Scott Hoffman, CAO of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, Ocean Grove, New Jersey announces a new series of week-long professional life coaching ...

Vistage International Names New Indianapolis Chair
January 25, 2008, Ad-Hoc-News (press release) - Germany
Her strengths include executive coaching and facilitation, core competencies required by Vistage for its Group Chairs. In addition to her education and ...

Executives Get Tutoring in Subjects Never Offered at Home...
January 22, 2008, PR.com (press release) - Ross, CA, USA
"Executive Coaching today requires more of a background in Liberal Arts which I had at the Robert Hutchins School of Liberal Arts at Sonoma State University ...

Spencer Institute Offers a Home-Training Course for Hemispheric ...
January 22, 2008, Earth Times – Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, USA
The business of life coaching takes another step forward with the Hemispheric Integration(TM) & Neuro-linguistics (NLP) Coach Certification program. ...