The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, and is updated each Wednesday at noon EDT. Compiled and edited by Linda Ballew and Ruth Ann Harnisch.

In this week’s Chronicle: In the U.S., the CBS Television Network’s Sunday Morning’s “Cover Story” offered proof that coaching has gained a remarkable foothold in almost every aspect of American culture. The death of one of the USA’s most honored sports coaches made news as well. The ever-growing field of health coaching raises questions about patient rights, including privacy and freedom from nagging. A bill in the U.S. Senate would provide government funding of business coaching for entrepreneurs. Coaches teach how to brand yourself and your businesses, how to excel on college entrance exams, build a home-based business, lead an authentic life, and much more. As always, if we missed anything, please let us know at info@thefoundationofcoaching.org

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Health Coaching Catching On, but Raising Questions
July 25, 2007, MSNBC (USA)
Sixty-seven percent of American companies now have or plan to implement health coaching or prevention programs to boost worker health. Some ask is it coaching, nagging or even an invasion of privacy?

US Senators Schumer and Clinton Want Government-Subsidized Coaching
July 25, 2007, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Statements and Releases (New York, USA)
If passed, this bill will assist high-tech startups in the city of Dunkirk and the Chadwick Bay Region by providing business coaching to local entrepreneurs.

Football Hall of Fame Coach Bill Walsh Dead
July 30, 2007, Los Angeles Times (California, USA)
A revered coach described as cerebral, introspective, and innovative, Bill Walsh took a perennially losing team to the “winningest team of the 1980s” and is credited with creating new offensive techniques that are the foundation of the modern game.

Coaching: Worldwide Phenomenon Growing Bigger
July 28, 2007, CBS News (USA)
Major network coverage of the rapidly emerging coaching industry, including executive, life, sports, gardening, personal appearance and home management coaches.

Child to Parent: Maybe I Need a Life Coach
July 29, 2007, Bakersfield Californian (California, USA)
Article describes life coaching.

Executive Coach: Media Can Build Business Brand and Credibility
July 28, 2007, Business Week (USA)
Understand what reporters need in order to tell a story and how to meet those needs.

Programs Coach Students to Excel on University Entrance Exams
July 28, 2007, Times of India (India)
Fierce student competition and parents willing to spend the money encouraged expansion of these coaching programs.

“Coaching Pool” to Train Managers to Deliver Free Coaching
July 26, 2007, Personnel Today (UK)
This training will allow managers to work on a one-to-one basis with staff in their teams, as well as across the pool, on performance issues.

Your Best Coach? Yourself, At Age 95
July 24, 2007, Business Week (USA)
Imagine yourself at 95 years of age, and tell your younger self what really counts: Finding happiness and meaning

Interview with a Business Coach
July 28, 2007, The Business Gazette (Maryland, USA)
Coach talks about his background and how he became interested in business coaching.

Songwriter/Life Coach: It’s Not What You Get, It’s What You Give
July 26, 2007, Full Sail News (Florida, USA)
Pursue goals and stay committed to dreams and things just fall into place.

Life/Business Coach Helps People Over the Wednesday Hump
July 25, 2007, South Coast Today (Massachusetts, USA)
She is known for her happy Wednesday radio spots that help inspire listeners to make the most of their Wednesdays and not wish the week away.

Coach Includes Grim Life Lessons Along with Football
July 24, 2007, New York Times (USA)
He teaches how to pass, block, tackle and how to stay alive.

Coach’s Tips for Managing Under Stress
July 29, 2007, The Leadership Blog
Blog offers best practice ideas to cope with “performance culture” issues.

What Are Expectations of Coach and Client?
July 29, 2007, Pearls of Wisdom Coaching Blog
Besides client/coach expectations, blogger also discusses coaches’ preparation, availability and feedback.

Does Everyone Need a Coach?
July 28, 2007, Suzanne Leurance Blog
Blogger lists seven things a coach can do to help people reach their goals.

Business Coach Lists Six Steps to Grow and Lead
July 27, 2007, Success.com/articles
Coaching helps a person grow as a leader, become more authentic, more purposeful, more determined. This adds value to his/her company and community, and helps create a meaningful legacy.

Coach Trainer Gives Steps to Live an Authentic Life
July 27, 2007, Content for Reprint Blog (California, USA)
These steps connect a person with his/her purpose and value system.

Coach Commentary: Build a Home Business
July 25, 2007, Career Intensity Blog (New York, USA)
Blogger comments on business-building advice of others.

Business and Personal Coach Explains Laws of the Universe
July 25, 2007, Manifesting: Life Magick Blog (Canada)
He explains seven of these laws, and says that once one understood, life can become extremely simple.

Executive Coach: Move to Action an Inch at a Time
June 25, 2007, Sylvie Carter Blog (Australia)
Life is a game of moving ahead, even in small steps.

Life Coaching Blog: Do Academic Degrees Matter?
July 25, 2007, A Life Coach’s Blog (UK)
A formal education and qualifications are not good predictors of how successful somebody is likely to be in life or career.

Coaching Helps Mortgage Brokers Create a Successful Business
July 25, 2007 Mortgage Broker Coaching Blog
A mortgage originator must be a successful salesperson who gets loans approved fast. This blog offers tips.

Researchers: A Coaching Culture Significantly Boosts Productivity
July 24, 2007, Canadian Management Centre (Canada)
In their study, researchers from the University of Maryland determined that 36% of the subsequent advances in sales performance and productivity corresponded directly to “the differences in coaching.”

Why Not You? 28 Days to Build Authentic Confidence
July 23, 2007 EurWeb (California, USA)
By Valorie Burton
Life Coach’s book covers topics such as facing the real source of fears and speaking up for yourself.

Coaching Firm Employs Creative Techniques to Better Engage With Clients
July 31, 2007, PR Leap (London, England)
These techniques are meant to supplement, not replace traditional methods of coaching.

Executive Coaching Workshops Improve Leadership Abilities
July 31, 2007, eMediaWire (USA)
Benefits may include more confidence, increased productivity, and a better work/life balance.

Coach: Marketing Plan is Critical in Creating a Successful Business
July 30, 2007, Fast Pitch (USA)
Coach helps businesses generate marketing plans by examining target markets, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and defining the company’s marketing goal.

By Vikki G. Brock

Australian Stewart Emery came to the United States in 1971 to work for Mind Dynamics as a seminar leader. He became the first president and CEO of est (Erhard Seminar Training). According to Stewart, the foundational idea of est was personal responsibility. That message found an audience in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when so many people were blaming “the establishment” for whatever wasn’t working for them. Emery co-founded Actualizations, an international learning and development organization, in 1975. In 1980 he published “Actualizations: You Don't Have to Rehearse To Be Yourself.”