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: The water cooler topic of the week all across the country was the unusual story of Senator Larry Craig – did somebody say the Republican Party needs a coach? And people are talking about the suicide attempt of popular actor Owen Wilson – that includes coaches. We include a blogger’s comments on depression. The Center for Disease Control, one of the most important public health institutions in the US, tries coaching high-risk clients by cell phone calls and daily text messages. There are more possibilities for a phone-coaching program we told you about in a previous edition of the Chronicle - it gathers behavioral information from what you say and then whispers coaching tips into your earpiece. Are you a good match for your job? A coaching program offers a diagnosis and cure. A radio show seeks coaching clients for live sessions, coaching franchises seek expansion, and a former Hollywood writer helps women seeking a meaningful life after retirement. Bloggers urge us to rethink the Labor Day holiday, disconnect from electronics and reconnect in person, or link in to 100 business podcasts to hone your business skills. As always, if we missed anything, please let us know at info@thefoundationofcoaching.org

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Senator Craig and the Republican Party Need a Coach
August 29, 2007, The New York Times (NY, USA)
“If we had a coach,” said John Feehery, a former press secretary to the speaker of the House of Representatives, “the coach would take us in the locker room and scream at us.”

Cell Phone Coaching May Help At-Risk Families with Parenting Skills
September 3, 2007, Kansas City Star (Kansas, USA)
In a trial program, the Center for Disease Control is funding cell phones and coaching for single mothers to forge a help connection and teach better parenting skills.

Coaching and Mentoring Help Small Businesses Grow
September 2, 2007 Bytestart.com (UK)
The differences between a coach and a mentor, what they will and won’t do, and how to choose one.

Life Coach Weighs In on Society’s Habit of ‘Constant Gratification’
September 1, 2007, The Scotsman (UK)
Rampant consumerism, materialism, and hunger for more worldly pleasures is a losing life strategy. Instead, says coach, “The search for balance, the need for harmony and a desire to understand our real values and purpose in life” can offer the antidote.

Coaching: As Close as Your Phone
August 30, 2007, MIT Technology Review (Massachusetts, USA)
New technology, including heart rate monitor and microphone, collects personal behavioral data from phone conversations and prompts coaching tips back in your ear. Other tech companies are now researching other ways to collect accurate information that will help people modify their behavior in real time.

Life Coach Notes Lessons in Owen Wilson’s Depression
August 20, 2007, earthtimes.org, (California, USA)
Everyone’s must-know checklist of signs of depression and warnings that a person may be suicidal.

Coaching Company Helps Put the Right Employees in the Right Jobs
August 31, 2007, The Small Business Times (Wisconsin, USA)
This executive coaching company develops personality profiles on workers, then applies one-on-one coaching, helping employees learn how to work with other members of the management team, perhaps coaching on aspects of their own personality that have become obstacles to career advancement.

Educational Coaching Program in India Draws Foreign Investors
August 29, 2007, NDTV.com (India)
Investor sees successful return on investment due to high value Indian parents place on educating their children.

Casting Call for Life Coaching Clients
August 31, 2007, Reality Wanted (USA)
Selected “clients” will be counseled on Sirius radio by life coach Mel Robbins, addressing relationship conflicts, addictions, workplace stresses, bothersome fears and more.

Are Business Coaching Franchises the Next Big Thing?
August 29, 2007, Franchising.com (USA)
With several coaching franchises looking to expand, and rising statistics for growth, coaching shows promise for a successful business opportunity.

Coaching for the successful ‘Season of Life’
August 27, 2007, Colts.com (Indiana, USA)
Former football player and coach teaches other high school coaches how to include life lessons on poverty, racism, gender violence and education.

Former Hollywood Writer Chooses Life Coaching for Next Chapter
August 31, 2007, Daily News-Sun (Arizona, USA)
Coach shows women that there is life after retirement, just as she learned the lesson herself.

Coach: Rethink Labor Day
September 3, 2007, Managing with Aloha Coaching Blog (Hawaii, USA)
Coach believes it should be a day to celebrate at work or serve as a volunteer, sharing skills and talent with others. It could be a time when families make a list and celebrate all professions that help people in the world.

Estimated ROI Achieved Through Coaching is $100,000
September 1, 2007, Management Skills Information Blog (USA, Canada)
This amount was based on actual reports from executives who estimated the monetary value of the results they achieved through their coaching experience.

Realtor Blogs About Coaching Teleconference
September 1, 2007, Barry Owen Blog (Tennessee, USA)
He talks about the “Be first, then have,” method of thinking, and other positive approaches to life, business and self.

Leave Cell Phone in the Car, Says Coach
August 31, 2007, Emergence Business Coaching Blog (Indiana, USA)
How to disconnect from electronics and reconnect with people in front of you.

CEO Coach Offers Link to 100 Business Podcasts
August 31, 2007, The CEO Coach Blog (USA)
He suggests using time in the car or during exercise to obtain new business knowledge or ideas by listening to these podcasts.
Note: Podcasts were not reviewed.

Business Coach: Get Over Your Fear of Sales
August 31, 2007, yop2.com
Know all there is to know about your product, believe it will benefit your client, and most important, make sure you are calling on the right people.

Integrate Building a Business and Building a Life with a Success Coach
August 29, 2007, Network Marketing Challenge Blog
A success coach can teach skills that apply to running a good business and living the good life.

Coach: Don’t Settle, Jump into Life
August 29, 2007, Crosswalk.com Blog (USA)
He asks people to find that noble dream they hold inside, and face the fear that prevents them from going after it.

Life Coaching for Dummies
September 1, 2007, Amazon.com (USA)
By Jeni Mumford
Practical techniques to help you take action and create the life you want.

Leadership: Best Advice I Ever Got
August 31, 2007, Executive Coaching & Change Management Blog (California, USA)
By Paul Thornton
A compilation from business professionals of the best leadership advice they’ve received in life.
Note: Blogger/coach reviews this book.

Website Offers Coaching for New Mums
August 30, 2007, 24/7 Press release.com (Australia)
MumsCoach helps busy mothers navigate motherhood and still find time for themselves.

Coaching Company Offers Leadership Training for Specific Roles
August 28, 2007, (Minnesota, USA)
They offer customized coaching modules for senior level executives, business unit leaders and leaders new to a position or organization.

By Vikki G. Brock

A key influence of the spread of coaching globally was the Coach U program, which in 1997 offered scholarships to the first five international students from each country who applied and were accepted. Several other training programs helped open international markets and influenced the geographic spread of coaching, and multi-national companies brought in coaching as part of their corporate culture. Coach U licensed materials in 1997 to Japan, in 1998 to Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, in 2002 to Italy, and to Korea in 2003. The Coach Training Institute trained coaches in the United Kingdom in 1999, in Japan in 2000 and in Norway in 2001. Results Coaching trained coaches in the United States in 2001, United Kingdom and Singapore in 2002 and South Africa in 2004. Other training companies such as New Ventures West, B-Coach, ILCT and Newfield Network have coaches and deliver trainings in global markets.