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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UK Star of European Coaching Survey
February 11, 2008, TrainingZone.co.uk - Bristol, UK
In just 11 EU countries, professional one-to-one business coaching is already far advanced on its way to becoming a real profession in terms of ...

Opinion: Everybody Wants to be a Coach
February 11, 2008, TrainingZone.co.uk - Bristol, UK
In 2003 (28 July) TrainingZone.co.uk printed an article called 'Measuring snowflakes – calculating the RoI from executive coaching'. ...

Coaching: Flavour of the Month or Firm Favourite?
February 11, 2008, TrainingZone.co.uk - Bristol, UK
There are two quite distinct uses of coaching in the business world: the provision of executive coaching to the chosen few (a good thing) and the ...

Let Us All Overcome the Mysterious Forces Inside
February 11, 2008, The Press - Christchurch, New Zealand
Mark Skelly is a director of Red Hot Business Coaching. Red Hot Business Coaching has helped many New Zealand business owners to establish new empowering ...

Is Customer Service Weakening Your Business Brand?
February 7, 2008, American Chronicle - Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Founder of The Moment Group a small business coaching and customer service training firms serving clients globally. Robert's greatest actual talent is ...

Love the People
February 7, 2008, By charrise
... because we feel it is inappropriate in the workplace (naturally I’m not speaking of romantic love). This doesn’t change the fact that we all have an ultimate desire to be loved and respected, regardless who and where.

How to Recession Proof Yourself
February 7, 2008, Times Online - UK
Ask what’s important to him/ her and other key decision makers, says Rachel Brushfield, a career coach at Energise, an executive coaching service. ...

(Lack of) Talent Management.......
February 6, 2008, PersonnelToday.com - UK
... mentoring, more coaching, even some more coaching - why don't we find more job/role competency in greater numbers, particularly at management level. ...

Biz Coach: Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Hinges On 8 Strategies
February 5, 2008, KOMO - Seattle, WA, USA
His business-coaching column appears each Wednesday. Two issues are obvious in the prospective Microsoft-Yahoo merger: It would profoundly impact Washington state’s economy…

European Consulting Firm Releases Results of Coaching Survey
February 6, 2008, Bressler Consulting - Cologne, Germany
The survey looked at coaching in 27 European Union countries and found that coaching was widely accepted in 12.

Stopping Prison’s Revolving Door
February 12, 2008, The Herald - Glasgow, Scotland, UK
They have also applied for Big Lottery funding to roll it out nationally, so every prisoner in Scotland is given access to a life coach if he or she wants ...

When It Comes to Life, I Really Don't Need a Coach
February 9, 2008, London Free Press - Canada
And what kind of person hires a life coach? "A lot of my clients come to me because they're feeling overwhelmed," says Barker. "We are living in a day and ...

Life Coaches Give Us Ability to Hear Ourselves, Our Dreams
February 9, 2008, The News-Press - Fort Myers, FL, USA
But I notice that we hear a lot more about the last three than about life coaches. Back in '99, I was thoroughly blown away by a life coach named Cheryl ...

Think Less About Your Love Life, More About Love
February 8, 2008, FOX Business - USA
Rarely, though, does someone come to a life coach and say, “Hmmmm, I am very loving and I’m not involved in a romantic relationship, so what can I do with ...

Developing Good Habits
February 7, 2008, HappyNews.com - Round Rock, TX, USA
... that will replace bad habits with good ones. Susan Scholl is a Certified Professional Life Coach. You can read more about her at www.susanscholl.com.

Do You Love Yourself?
February 2008, PlanetOut - San Francisco, CA, USA
Adam Clark is the United Kingdom 's leading life coach specializing in the needs of gay men. A graduate of Newcastle College with a degree in life coaching, ...

Life Coach Changes Life
February 2008, Action 3 News - Omaha, NE, USA
For Cassiday, a coach is what she needed to get her career on track. "You have someone you're accountable to for every appointment so you know ...

Ubisoft is Bringing Another Coach into Your Life
February 11, 2008, 411mania.com - Sugar Land, TX, USA
Ubisoft today announced another title in its growing library of Coach titles with "My Weight Loss Coach". "My Weight Loss Coach allows us to approach ...

Fit and Trim
February 10, 2008, Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Health coaching is the latest addition to company wellness programs. While many local companies offer work site health programs -- including Agilent ...

Life Coaches Teach How to Be Happy
February 9, 2008, The Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH, USA
So happy that he calls himself "The Executive Happiness Coach." It's his trademarked niche as a life coach, helping people discover joy. Yeah, right. ...

Financial Planning: How Can a Coach Help You?
February 8, 2008, Personal Finance - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
These days, there’s a personal service provider for just about every area of our lives. We have therapists, private bankers, ...

Dating Coaches Help Singles Ready to Mingle Rev Up Their Love Lives
February 5, 2008, The Canadian Press – Toronto, ON, Canada
The lifestyle coaching company offers workshops and personal coaching sessions aimed at helping women attract and connect with a potential new mate. ...

Learning to Say No
February 8, 2008, By Life Coach David
What are your options if you find yourself frequently agreeing to do things which you don't want to or which don't seem right? The issue is explored in the article below:.

Make a Difference
February 7, 2008, By admin
When I coach people I encourage them to remember that a mission typically starts out as something you do or believe naturally. It is the power of your heart and soul. It is the focus you want your life to take. ...

Change Your Structure; Change Your Life!
February 7, 2008, By BruceElkin.com
Helping You Create What Matters MOST in Life and Work Bruce Elkin: Life/Work Renewal Coach Personal - Professional - Organizational http://www.BruceElkin.com

Living an Extraordinary Life
February 6, 2008, By wrightfisher
Last week I attended a workshop called “Living an Extraordinary Life” conducted by the Handel Group, a life coaching company. I should prefix this whole post with an admission, I was (am?) a raging skeptic about this concept of “life ...

Bumps in the Road of Life
February 6, 2008, By admin
“As human beings, we made it through the process of evolution because we’re flexible and adaptable, so we are wired for change,” says Shelley Weiss Cohen, a life coach in Northfield, Illinois, who works with people to make changes in ...

Why Coaching Matters to Creative Companies
February 11, 2008, By Mark McGuinness
In this context I should really refer to coaching as ‘coaching’ or even coaching - creative people are often suspicious of ‘management speak’ and my research showed me that many of them put the word ‘coaching’ in that category. ...

A World Without Annual Performance Appraisals
February 11, 2008, By kfreedman
“Spurred by changing workforce demographics and emerging technologies, talent managers are re-examining performance management processes. Some organizations are ditching the competitive performance appraisal and targeting coaching and ...

Michael Bungay Stanier - Spotlight Interview
February 10, 2008, By Kelly Andrew Brown
Michael is the founder of Box of Crayons. He helps organizations, teams & individuals get ‘unstuck’ and get going on stuff that matters. Michael is masterful facilitator and trainer, a certified coach and an experienced consultant. …
NOTE: Interview not reviewed.

What I Have Learned From the People We Collectively Call “Our ...
February 10, 2008, By Rosa Say
Come to think of it, I'm not sure I can enter two articles for Robert, however he offers me an opportunity to say something that should be written for Managing with Aloha Coaching: on my mana‘o (what I believe to be true)...

AC International Conference 2008: Inspirational Coaching at the ...
February 9, 2008, By Krishna De
Executive Coaching; Organisational Coaching; Personal and Business Coaching; Psychometrics in Coaching; Advanced Coaching. I will be speaking on day one with fellow executive coach, Oliver Johnston - we will be sharing research we have ...

The Baby Boomer Path to Starting a Business
February 7, 2008, By Mark J. Miller
One way to jump-start the process is to hire a business coach. Al Brown worked with start-up coach Jeff Williams of Arlington Heights-based Bizstarters. Together, they sifted through several concepts. “One idea was to buy an existing ...

Interview Coaching: Add Value to Your Business - Be On The Cutting ...
February 6, 2008, By lisacollegerecruitercom
That was where I was in my own life and thought I could help these women because I had walked in their shoes. Well, niches have a way of bending to the right and then to the left - and today I find myself coaching people from all “walks ...

“Whack -a -Mole” Management
February 6, 2008, By cmoe@ioventuresinc.com (CMOE)
In my teaching, consulting, and coaching practice I frequently encounter managers and leaders who have a deep-seated resistance to delegation. Perfectionists can resist delegation because they want the job done perfectly; control freaks ...

Anxiety, Phobias & Panic Attacks
February 11, 2008, By Life Coach David
For a review of Reneau Peurifoy's book on how to deal with anxiety, phobias and panic attacks, visit the link …

Why Women Mean Business
February 6, 2008, Times Online - UK
The book is by the Paris-based management consultant and executive coach Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, named by French Elleas one of the top 40 women leading ...

Give Your Valentine More Love & More Joy!
February 5, 2008, FOXBusiness - USA
Jennifer Martin, a Personal Coach and co-author of "More Love, More Joy! - Simple Steps to Improve Your Relationships & Your Life"

Spencer Institute Announces Wellness Coaching: Innovative ...
February 11, 2008, PR Newswire (press release) – Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
The program is intended for anyone who would like to become a life coach as well as individuals with a background of coaching, fitness, nutrition, ...

The Ultimate Valentines Day Gift, Be Heart Healthy For Your Honey ...
February 11, 2008, PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA
Allan H. Fine of The Executive Edge Fitness and Life coaching, Calgary 's first Certified Lifestyle Fitness Coach wants to save 10000 Calgary lives in 2008 ...

Chicagoland Coaching Firm Enerpace, Inc. Offers $50 Discount on ...
February 6, 2008, PR-USA.net (press release) – Chicago, IL, USA
In honor of International Coaching Week, Enerpace, Inc. Executive and Personal Coaching will offer a $50 discount on all Coaching Focus Sessions scheduled ...

Wellness Corporate Solutions, LLC: 'Green' & Well Workplace ...
February 2008, PR-USA.net (press release) - USA
... and Michele Woodward, noted Master Certified Life Coach, today announce an upcoming series of unique and innovative tele-classes. ...