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 updated each Wednesday at noon EDT. Compiled and edited by Alex Goldsmith, Linda Ballew and Ruth Ann Harnisch.

In this week’s Chronicle: If you Google “Coach” and “Cheat” this week, you’ll get over two million hits because one of the most famous and successful coaches in the USA’s National Football League was involved in a scandal – will his lack of integrity reflect badly on the profession in general? In South Africa, a conference for government officials highlights successful techniques in coaching and training. Coaches profiled this week include an actor turned coach helping Israelis with workplace “performance.” There are informational articles on workplace coaching, with the female-executive niche highlighted. Coaching programs for young people include one in which teens learn to run a business, and the business of helping college students graduate receives attention. Other topics include happiness, emotional intelligence, management skills and organizational coaching. As always, if we missed anything, please let us know at info@thefoundationofcoaching.org

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NFL Coach Pays Major Price for Cheating Violation
September 14, 2007, The Boston Globe (Massachusetts, USA)
The well-known coach was fined $500,000. The scandal cost his team a first-round draft pick, and cost Bill Belichick his reputation.

Government Officials in South Africa Discuss Best Coaching Practices
September 10, 2007, BuaNews Online (South Africa)
A conference helps managers learn what’s working in developing leadership and coaching in the country.

Business Professionals Use Coaching to Get Ahead
September 18, 2007, The Monterey County Herald (California, USA)
People are taking control of their career goals, using executive coaches to help them advance in the workplace.

Actor/Director/Coach Brings Services to Tel Aviv
September 17, 2007, The Jerusalem Post, (Israel)
Trained at the Actors Institute and accredited by The International Coach Federation, this US coach will help business professionals with their performance in the workplace.

Acting Like a Coach Helps Managers Get Better Results, Says Career Coach
September 15, 2007, The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Coaching is not about finding weaknesses and trying to improve them.

Business Coach: Procrastination Can Wreck Small Businesses
September 13, 2007, Yop2 Blog
Avoid procrastination by: visualizing what you want, making accomplishing a goal a game, joining a network of similar businesses, and hiring a coach.

Reporter Examines Benefits of Coaching for Top British Companies
September 13, 2007, Accountancy Age (UK)
Setting achievable goals, managing time, and getting the job done better.

Columnist: Kenya Poised To Adopt Coaching Model
September 13, 2007, Business Daily (Kenya)
International companies are leading the way, showing how the coaching method of supporting executives is an improvement over traditional ways of training leaders.

Don’t Want to Be a College Dropout? Take This Life Coach’s Advice
September 12, 2007, Earth Times (USA)
Know your finances, know what is expected, and manage your fun.

Life Coach Helps Lumber Company Create More Employee Participation
September 12, 2007, The Spooner Advocate (Wisconsin, USA)
He created a points system that made employees feel like they could contribute.

Program Coaches Teens on Running Own Businesses
September 11, 2007, The Guardian (England)
The program has 14 and 15-year olds group together to run their own businesses with help from weekly sessions with business coaches.

University Program Provides Executive Coaching for Female Executives
September 11, 2007, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania, USA)
The main goal of the program is to get female executives into higher leadership positions.

Behaviors that Managers Should Avoid, from an Executive Coach
September 10, 2007, Portland Business Journal (Oregon, USA)
Not making decisions, bullying, and micromanaging.

Business Coach Discusses Her Occupation
September 10, 2007, The Coloradoan (Colorado, USA)
Her goal is to grow a business’ profitability and the business owner’s free time.

Personal Coach: Being a Tiny Bit Better is a Key to Success
September 16, 2007, Infomean Blog
Focusing on one small area of improvement may create a big positive change.

Coach Takes a Close Look at Happiness
September 13, 2007, Infomean Blog
Happiness comes from making decisions based on what we want, not what we think we need.

Coaching Gives Managers New Skills, Says Coach
September 11, 2007, Onrec.com Blog (England)
Today’s managers need to have more communication and people skills.

Blogger: Organizational Coaching is Not a Solution for All Problems
September 11, 2007, HC Global Blog (USA)
Author says using coaching to fix operational and organizational issues may be ineffective.

Coach: Teach Emotional Intelligence In Your Sessions
September 11, 2007, Coach Training Alliance Blog
Offering emotional intelligence coaching distinguishes the coach from other coaches and helps their clients achieve bigger goals.

Author and Coach Releases New DVD Series
September 13, 2007, PR Web (Washington, USA)
The series is targeted toward helping female entrepreneurs learn business basics.

Online Marketing Coach Offers Tips to Jumpstart Small Businesses
September 11, 2007, Ecademy Blog (USA)
Designed to reach more clients, increase the amount and frequency of purchases, and decrease client loss.

Executive Coach Hosts Expert on Building Business Relationships
September 11, 2007, PR Newswire (Pennsylvania, USA)
Guest has co-written a dozen books on networking and building relationships.

Millionaire and Results Coach Helps Others Prosper
September 11, 2007, PR Web (USA)
He is asking for applications for new clients who want to be involved in his new book.

By Vikki G. Brock

In 1986 in Germany, a colleague of Werner Vogelauer formulated a short article under the title “Coaching – Personal Counseling of Leaders…personal counseling and clearing of the problem with a neutral talking partner who has experience with the business and private situations as well as experience in professional conversation”.
Vogelauer described the five session process:
What are the aims of the coaching-sessions?
* To work for a clear orientation to the problem and its parts.
* To establish a process for the further steps and solutions.
* To create a larger view and combinations to career planning.
* To talk about according activities like literature, special seminars etc.
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