Compiled and edited by Ruth Ann Harnisch, Christine Heinrichs, and Linda Ballew.

The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, and is updated weekly.

In this week’s Chronicle: Where does it end? This lengthy edition is a reflection of the growing number of articles, websites, announcements, blogs, news items, features, and other places coaching is showing up all over the world. We cannot include everything, but this edition sees coaches working with dentists, retirees, mid-life career switchers, soccer players, Superwomen, executives, bankers, and top techies. Blogs offered readers free coaching, ways to harness their passion to save the world, top ten best books lists, and more.

If we missed anything, let us know.info@thefoundationofcoaching.org

Executive Coaching: Buyer Beware of Scams
February 9, 2007
The Jacksonville Business Journal (Florida, USA)

Executives and managers may rave about their coaching experiences, but decision makers should check credentials and require documentation of return on investment, this business academic writes. She cites an episode in which a rigged drawing was used to veil a sales presentation as free coaching.

To read more go to:
jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2000/07/03/smallb2.html

Husband/Wife Coach Team Advises Dentists on Life Transitions
February 19, 2007
Doug Young and Marilyn Young
Dental Economics (Oklahoma, USA)

Their regular column in this monthly magazine for dentists describes the sequence of life transitions. They suggest ways to create a good ending that will pave the way to the next good beginning.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/367g44

Health and Wellness Expo for Superwomen Includes Coaching
February 19, 2007
Marie Nitke
Grand Rapids Herald Review (Minnesota, USA)

This second annual event's planners chose an expo because it makes fun, enriching and empowering information about health and wellness easily accessible to the public. Participants can attend a round table discussion by three life coaches to learn what life coaches do and decide whether they could benefit from one.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/26h438

Studies Show Coaching Helps Elders Communicate with Doctors
February, 2007
EndoNurse (Arizona, USA)

Face-to-face coaching helped older patients be more assertive with doctors during medical visits, according to several studies. Older patients may be reluctant to ask questions because they see the doctor as an authority. When patients ask questions and volunteer information, the doctor/patient relationship becomes one of shared responsibility for health care.

To read more, go to:
http://www.endonurse.com/hotnews/72h15161418278.html

Newspaper Business Section Explains Coaching
February 16, 2007
Nate Legue
The Rockford Register Star (Illinois, USA)

A marketing executive explains how she is working with a coach to find a more suitable career, and a local company incorporates coaching into their leadership programs. Women, over-represented as professionals and as clients, may be more willing to turn to coaching in a male-dominated culture.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/25zltt

State Fish & Wildlife Dept. Coaching to Halt Poaching
February 18, 2007
Mark Yuasa
The Seattle Times (Washington State, USA)

Free classes train and certify citizens as non-confrontational witnesses in fish and wildlife enforcement efforts. Poaching is not always treated as a serious crime, despite the Endangered Species Act, so the state agency is seeking to bring anglers, hunters and others together to enforce the laws.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/22kuzx

Business Gurus, Including Coaches, Advise to Competitive Edge
February 19, 2007
Kimberly Caldwell Steffen
Connecticut Business News Journal (Connecticut, USA)

The billion-dollar business guru industry flourishes regardless of economic conditions. If times are good, there's a budget to pay for outside speakers. When business is bad, the company needs a competitive edge. Experts who can help bridge generational and cultural divides are in demand, as are coaches for team building, one-on-one coaching and customer care.

To read more, go to:
http://www.conntact.com/article_page.lasso?id=40703

Coaching Helps Reinvent Lives
Wendy Warburton
February 17, 2007
The Star Phoenix (Saskatchewan, Canada)

A significant life event can be a turning point for deciding to reinvent a life that isn't satisfying, says a life coach. The editor of a high profile magazine who decided to change her life after a friend's medical crisis has written a book about people who reinvented their lives after age 40.

To read more go to:
http://tinyurl.com/2omtl6

Woman Cooks Up a New Life with Coaching
February 12, 2007
Matt Kempner
The Atlanta Journal Constitution (Georgia, USA)

A successful personal chef credits a life coach with helping her get off the corporate fast track. Now, she loves her work and helps other midlife career-switchers to make the change.

To read more, go to:
"http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/business/stories/2007/02/12/0212bizupclose.html

Local Soccer Club Hires Coaches' Coach
February 14, 2007
The Caledon Citizen (Ontario, Canada)

The all-volunteer group of more than 1,100 hired a prominent coach educator to train its coaches. The group is implementing an age-specific curriculum of progression in skills and techniques to produce players who will play a "beautiful game."

To read more, go to:
http://www.caledoncitizen.com/news/2007/0214/sports/040.html

Do Tech Leaders Have The Courage To Hire A Coach?
February 18, 2007
Mark Samuels
What PC? (England, UK)

This columnist notes that information technology executives can and should take leadership roles within their companies. To succeed, they need coaching support. Will they have the courage to use a coach, which would be very new in their corporate culture? The author thinks not.

To read more, go to:
http://www.whatpc.co.uk/computing-business/comment/2183196/model-behaviour

Banker Becomes Coach after Life Crises
February 18, 2007
Christopher Bishop
Burlington County Times (Pennsylvania, USA)

After a cross-country job transfer and losing his wife to cancer, this mortgage banker decided to draw on his professional and personal experience to become a coach. He works from home, where he is raising nine children.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/329mu6

Investment Banker Finds Balance as a Coach
February 17, 2007
Caley Meals
The Freeman (Wisconsin, USA)

After experiencing life in the fast lane of financial centers in New York and Chicago, he returned to Wisconsin for a slower pace and more rewarding life. Other executives approached him for help, so he gave them advice and began offering his services after incorporating his business in December 2006.

To read more, go to:
http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2007/Feb_07/02172007_05.asp

Life Coach Explains Her Work
February 12, 2007
Stephanie Antonian Rutherford
From The Battle Creek Enquirer (Michigan, USA)

In a regular feature on people with interesting jobs, the reporter recounts the coach's successes: clients who have learned to stand up for themselves, who came up with strategies to take their business to the next level, who fixed their marriages and who began writing books they had put off for years. No two days are alike for life coaches, she says.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/2w3pqg

Business Coach Posts Five Great Blogs
February 17, 2007
David V. Lorenzo
Career Intensity (New York, USA)

He selects his favorites on how to tell when it's time to take a risk, protecting yourself from a layoff, job hunting and seeking more satisfying work. Coaches are encouraged to submit their material for weekly postings.

To read more, go to:
http://careerintensity.com/blog/2007/02/17/five-great-posts

Coaches Recognize Coaching Week with Free Coaching, Worthy Passions
February 17, 2007
Ann Zuccardy
Vermont Shortbread Company

This coach and her coaching partner direct their coaching to encourage people's passionate desire to build a better world. Their web site supports translating those passions into reality. They offer a free conference phone call February 28.

To read more, go to:
http://www.vermontshortblog.com/2007/02/do_something_wo.html

Financial Corporate Coach Blogs Pointers for Choosing a Coach
February 16, 2007
Senia Maymin
Positive Psychology News Daily (Pennsylvania, USA)

She gives five main areas to consider in choosing a coach and the rationale behind each one. They include the Topic or Goal, the Style, the Fit, the Motivation and the Play.

To read more, go to:
http://www.senia.com/2007/02/16/how-to-choose-an-executive-coach

Life Coach Maps Comfort Zones
February 17, 2007
Bruce Stanley
Embody Life Coaching (England, UK)

He learned a hard lesson when he got beyond his own skiing abilities and offers this blog entry as an apology to clients he has coached to 'go beyond their comfort level.' He classifies experience levels into three zones, from comfortable but stagnant, to discomfort with progress, and beyond discomfort to survival.

To read more, go to:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2swf3o

Coach Notes Higher Turnover Rate in Top Executive Posts
February 18, 2007
John Agno
The Leadership Blog (Michigan, USA)

His blog points to legal and administrative burdens that make jobs at the top more tedious and less rewarding. He cites published reports in Fortune and Human Resources Executive that 40-60 percent of high level executives brought in from outside the company have less time to prove themselves and will fail within two years.

To read more, go to:
http://coachingtip.blogs.com/coaching_tip/2007/02/management_turn.html

Leading from Inner Resources
February 12, 2007
Creation Thoughts (England, UK)

This blog entry from an English life coach emphasizes developing one's unique qualities and concludes with a quote from Carl Rogers on uniqueness, self-direction and self-initiated learning.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/3xqzur

Coaching to the Human Soul, Volume II: Emotional Learning and Ontological Coaching
Alan Sieler
McGraw Hill Publishers (Newfield, Australia)

The focus of this volume is on the critical importance of addressing the emotional domain in coaching. In-depth coverage is provided on: the prevalence and relevance of moods and emotions to everyday personal and professional life; the challenge of being an emotional learner; and Ontological Coaching's uniquely powerful integration of moods in the coaching process to facilitate deep change and genuine transformation.

To read more, go to:
http://www.newfieldaus.com.au/coaching_to_human_soul.html
Note: This is the site for Volume I, which will be updated to include Volume II.

Coach Lists His Top Ten Coaching and Self-Development Books
February 16, 2007
Tim Brownson
A Daring Adventure (Florida, USA)

They range from "The Maverick Mindset" by John Eliot and the lighthearted "How To Be A Complete And Utter Failure In Life Business & Everything" by Steve McDermott to the deeply serious "Man's Search for Meaning" by Victor Frankl

To read more, go to:
http://www.adaringadventure.com/blog/wordpress/?p=46

Christian Minister and Life Coach Overcomes Adversity
February 15, 2007
Krystal Collazo
WDC Media News (Florida, USA)

She holds herself out as an example of triumphing over difficult circumstances to succeed. She has a local congregation and her television show is carried throughout the world.

To read more, go to:
http://www.wdcmedia.com/newsArticle.php?ID=2820

HR Services Firm Launches Executive Coaching
February 19, 2007
Emediawire (North Carolina, USA)

The program targets top tier executives and is a complement to the company's leadership development program, which focuses on developing managers and other executives for advanced positions. The company has more than 200 offices in 45 countries.

To read more go to:
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/2/emw506016.htm

Nigerians Get Small Business Coaching
February 15, 2007
Inc.com (New York, USA)

An entrepreneurial coaching firm intends to train as many as 1,000 Nigerians in basic business planning and practices at its two-day seminars between Feb. 19 and March 1. Small Business Administration, Department of Commerce and International Micro-Finance Institutions will also attend.

To read more, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/2mupdc

University Offers Coaching Certificate
February 13, 2007
April Bethea
The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina, USA)

Queens University in Charlotte, N.C., offers its program as a post-bachelor's degree certification or in conjunction with two of its master's degree programs.

To read more, go to:
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/16690914.htm

Note: Dr. John C. Bennett, assistant professor and chair of Queens' Communication Department, is a volunteer for the Foundation of Coaching Research Advisory Panel.

Employees Get Weight Control Coaching
February 14, 2007
Primenewswire (California, USA)

A health benefits administrative contractor signed on with a health improvement company to offer weight control to its own employees who are obese or who have chronic conditions made worse by excess weight. The program offers telephone coaching from dieticians, nurses and other professionals as well as on-line tools.

To read more, go to:
"http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=113703

February 21, 2007
Vikki G. Brock
The particular struggles that earlier disciplines faced in the area of professional definitions, boundaries, ethics and theories can inform coaching’s emergence into a profession. Some of coaching’s root professions experienced the following as they struggled to become recognized: sociology struggled with creating core theories; education relied heavily on extrapolation and inference from psychological research; consulting mimicked a profession without becoming one; and organization development still has a diversity of practitioner backgrounds, lacks a unified definition and has fuzzy parameters.