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 Alex Goldsmith, Linda Ballew and Ruth Ann Harnisch.

In this week’s Chronicle: We note the passing of a legendary coach whose professional basketball legacy includes not only a marked impact on the game, but a son who became a coach too. Since 2001, every September 11 inspires many news stories concerning the events of that day, and this year we learn about a survivor who became a life coach. In Australia, government funding supports a coaching program for female business owners. Is this the first report of “Speed Coaching?” Read about a speed-dating-type coaching event using the Co-Coaching method. Once again, technology provides coaching, this time in the form of a specially-programmed PDA. If you’re keeping track of new niches, add this one: a new business in Washington D.C. coaches lawyers who want to lose weight. There’s free online help from a company in Canada to help the newly divorced move on. Coaches offer advice through their blogs including tips on writing wedding vows, leading by getting out of the way, creating ground rules for meetings, and visualizing your dreams. Is the communication gap between generations growing? A coach has an explanation and answers. Parent coaching finds its way into the Chronicle yet again, and an executive coach attempts to define his profession. As always, if we missed anything, please let us know at info@thefoundationofcoaching.org

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Basketball Coaching Legend Butch van Breda Kolff Dead at 84
August 24, 2007, ESPN.com (USA)
Experts say he had an impact on the game, with a successful and celebrated career in both college and in the pros. He twice coached the L.A. Lakers to the finals, and his son, Jan Van Breda Kolff followed in his footsteps.

Local Australian Government Helps Fund Coaching Program for Female Business Owners
September 5, 2007, The Sunshine Coast Daily (Australia)
The three-month program plans to help 14 local businesswomen achieve individual goals for their business.

9/11 Tragedy Steered One Survivor to Choose Life Coaching
September 9, 2007, The Jewish Ledger (USA)
He made a shift in his own life after that tragic day and now looks to help others do the same.

Rugby Coach Gives Seven Behaviors That Translate From Sports to Business
September 10, 2007, The Times (England)
Defense, basics, contact, pressure, attack, self-control, and leadership.

Workplace Coach: Create a More Collaborative Office Culture
September 9, 2007, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Washington, USA)
A successful culture of this type includes effective feedback systems, coaching training programs, and an environment that rewards measured risk-taking.

Business Coach Explains Why Communication Gap is Growing Between Generations
September 9, 2007, The Colorado Springs Gazette (Colorado, USA)
While older generations feel a need to meet face-to-face to conduct business, younger generations don’t have this requirement.

Diabetes Self-Management Program Uses Coaches to Help Participants
September 9, 2007, The Quincy Herald-Whig (Illinois, USA)
Those using the program are paired with pharmacist-coaches trained in diabetes education and management.

Business Coach Offers Advice on How to Empathize With Suffering
September 9, 2007, The Seattle Times (Washington, USA)
Help others realize their part in the problem and ask if they want to move from victimization to action, while still recognizing that sometimes people just want to suffer.

Tech Executive Creates Coaching Website to Help Busy Employees Live Healthier
September 9, 2007, The Washington Post (Washington D.C., USA)
The startup website aspires to assist busy workers make healthier choices in their own lives.

Parent Coaches Heal Families Through Respect
September 8, 2007, The Observer (New Mexico, USA)
The couple helps other parents learn to coach their children, using respect as the key.

Female Managers Could Benefit From Novel Brand of Coaching
September 6, 2007, The Daily Telegraph (England)
Female managers learn the basics of the Co-Coaching method, then coach each other after being paired up through a speed-dating type of approach.

Specially Programmed Palm Pilot Helps Coach Those Looking to Get Healthy
September 6, 2007, Science Daily (Illinois, USA)
The handheld personal digital assistant tracks fat intake and physical activity, and sends results to a personal coach who sends feedback to the client.

Management Coach Outlines His Business in Interview
September 7, 2007, Get Reading (England)
He compares his company to a “career” travel agency.

T.V. Station Interviews Life Coach About Her Profession
September 2007, Christian Broadcasting Network (USA)
Topics include the difference between counseling and coaching, and her favorite people to coach.

Illinois Life Coach Helps Residents Deal With the Good and the Bad
September 4, 2007, The Beacon News (Illinois, USA)
Article defines life coaching and discusses one coach’s practice.

Coach Lists Five Things a Manager Should Sense In Employees Every Day
September 8, 2007, Infomean Blog
Mood, workload, health, relationships, and home.

Executive Coaching Organization Attempts to Define Profession
September, 2007, Content For Reprint
“Executive coaching is an efficient, high-impact process that helps high-performing people in leadership roles improve results in ways that are sustained over time.”

Personal Coach: October is a Perfect Time to Have a Personal Harvest
September 7, 2007, Yop2.com Blog
Reap and share what you have accomplished and reflect on the hard work you’ve put in recently.

Business Coach Defends Value of His Profession
September 7, 2007, Ecademy Blog
He compares top executives to top athletes and explains the worth of a coach-executive relationship.

Business Coach: Get Out of the Way! You Will Be a Better Leader
September 7, 2007, Emergence Business Coaching Blog
Don’t micro-manage, don’t second guess, and don’t get intimidated by the talent of others.

Columnist: Great Salesmen Should Be Like Great Coaches
September 7, 2007, The American Chronicle (USA)
Salesmen should aspire to have their product treated like an investment and not a cost, just like coaches do.

Coach Has Ten Tips to Help Those Looking to Write Wedding Vows
September 6, 2007, Yop2 Blog
List reasons why you love the person and ask yourself what you bring to the marriage.

Work Coach Gives a Law-School Dropout Interview Advice in Her Column
September 6, 2007, Work Coach Blog
Practicing a set answer for a difficult interview question can be key to success.

Business Coach Gives Employers Tips on Coaching Their Employees
September 5, 2007, Infomean Blog
Stop fixing every problem, ask open questions, and give employees more freedom to use their own ideas.

Coach Offers List of Cool Activities to Do With Employees in September
September 5, 2007, The Center for Workplace Excellence Blog
Celebrate Ethnic Foods Month, start an office-wide Coupon Swap, and hold a Bring Your Dog to Work Day.

Coach: Clearly Visualize Your Dreams Coming True
September 5, 2007, Abundance Abounds Blog
Spending 15 minutes a day visualizing your dreams and goals can give you greater confidence to achieve them.

Good Communication Key to Success in Manufacturing, Says Executive Coach
September 5, 2007, Industry Week
Minimize the use of visuals, personalize stories and examples, and seek feedback.

Executive Coach: Set Ground Rules for More Effective Meetings
September 4, 2007, Ed Batista Blog (USA)
Use good brainstorming practices, begin meetings by checking in, and specify the process to make group decisions.

Canadian Coach Offers Help to Young Professionals
September 4, 2007, JibberJobber Blog
Her Smart Start program offers professional coaching to help those new to the business world succeed.

Diamond Quality Leadership
September 7, 2007, Canton Daily Ledger (Ohio, USA)
By Mark Hinderliter
The story of a man who faces leadership challenges and enlists an executive coach to help. The book is designed to teach leadership skills.

Entrepreneur Coach’s Summit Series Helps Women Find Self-Motivation
September, 2007, Positive Potentials (Arizona, USA)
Scroll down and look on the left for more information on the event.

Marshall Goldsmith’s Coaching Series Gets a Four-Star Review
September 9, 2007, PRWeb (USA)
The executive coach’s series brings his work into the homes of his readers.

Real Estate Coach Hosts Annual Workshop
September 7, 2007, Real Town (USA)
The three-day workshop looks to improve attendees’ success through personal learning, transformational exercise, and small-group activities.

Executive Coaching Firm Uses Surveys to More Effectively Coach Clients
September 5, 2007, Business Wire (USA)
The 35-40 minute long online survey can be completed in eight languages.

New Company Offers Weight-Loss Coaching for Lawyers
September 5, 2007, PR Newswire (Washington D.C., USA)
The newly-opened business provides motivational weight-loss coaching, specially-prepared meals, and exercise programs for busy attorneys.

Life Coaches Create Internet Program to Help People Get Through Divorce
September 4, 2007, PR Web (USA)
The program is designed to help the newly divorced begin an emotional healing process and move on.

By Vikki G. Brock

In the United Kingdom in the late 1970s, there was a wave of interest in managers as coaches. According to David Megginson, corporations “wanted their managers to coach rather than to use command and control.” Megginson and Tom Boydell finished writing a coaching manual for managers in 1977, which sold 10,000 copies before 1990. Megginson further stated that “their definition of coaching at that time dealt with a skill set to be used by a manager ….we say that coaching is a process in which a manager, through direct discussion and guided activity, helps a colleague to learn to solve a problem or do a task better than would otherwise have been the case.”