The Chronicle of Coaching

October 1, 2006
Editor: Deborah Brown-Volkman

The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, and is updated on the 1st and 15th of each month.

Coaching in the Spotlight

Executives In Wales Use Coaches To Improve Performance

The use of executive coaching by organizations in Wales is growing as companies seek to improve their performance, according to icWales, the national web site of Wales. In the article, career consultant and executive coach Tony Charles, looks at the importance of good management skills in a changing global economy.
Story at: http://tinyurl.com/yflp37

Dollars Spent On Personal Coaching Growing By 18% Per Year

Independent Research Firm, Marketdata Enterprises, Inc. released a 321-page market study entitled: The U.S. Market For Self-Improvement Products & Services. The study found that 40,000 people in the U.S. are life or work coaches and this $2.4 billion market is growing 18% per year. Marketdata Enterprises, Inc. also found that it’s becoming a status symbol to have a personal coach, even though there is no license required to become a coach, and the field is largely unregulated.
More at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/Marketdata/Enterprises/prweb440011.htm

New York Times Features Executive Coach, Book Published By Harvard Business School Press

Executive Coach Kate Ludeman is making the media rounds promoting her new book “Alpha Male Syndrome,’’ written with her husband Eddie Erlandson. The New York Times features Ludeman in an interview about the book, published by Harvard Business School Press, which discusses the different ways men and women compete in the business world.
Story at: www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/business/yourmoney/24lunch.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Professors Co-Author “The Coaching Organization: A Strategy for Developing Leaders”

“Coaching should be seen as more than just the latest business fad -- it should be seen as a potent tool for developing leaders," according to Babson College Professors James Hunt and Joseph Weintraub, authors of a new business book, “The Coaching Organization: A Strategy for Developing Leaders.” (Sage Publications, Inc. 2007) According to a press release sent over PR Newswire, the authors believe coaching, used strategically, is a low-cost and sometimes no-cost way to retain the best talent and to strengthen and grow organizations.
Full Press Release at "http://tinyurl.com/ycd5fq

DISCLOSURE: Dr. Hunt serves on the Research Advisory Panel of The Foundation of Coaching. This is a volunteer position for which he receives no compensation.

Culture Watch

Boston Herald Features Life Coach, Seeks Three Clients

The Boston Herald is looking for three candidates to participate in a two-month life-coaching process. If chosen, life coach Leslie Seabury will help the participants develop a strategy for success. The Herald will chronicle the experience for an upcoming story.
Story at: theedge.bostonherald.com/lifeNews/view.bg?articleid=158171

After World Cup, Australia’s Cricket Coach Will Become A Business Coach

John Buchanan, coach, will retire and move into business coaching when his Australia contract expires after World Cup 2007, according to indianexpress.com. Mr. Buchanan is quoted in the article as saying, “I want to get into the corporate world and be with the captains of other industries.’
Story at: www.indianexpress.com/iep/sunday/story/13317.html

Upcoming Coaching Events

Source of list, The Coaching News written by Peer Resources.
For additional coaching events, go to www.peer.ca/coaching.html

National Congress on Coaching
October, 2006
Madrid, Spain
www.congresonacionalcoaching.com

College of Executive Coaching Intensive Training Institute
October 16-22, 2006
Santa Barbara, California
www.executivecoachcollege.com/calendar.htm

International Coach Federation Conference
November 1-4, 2006
Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
www.coachfederation.org

European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Conference
November 1-3, 2006
Cologne, Germany
www.emccouncil.org/conferences.htm

The Effective Coach
November 20-21, 2006
The Regency Hotel, South Kensington, London (UK)
www.mast.co.uk

Worldwide Association of Business Coaching (WABC) Business Coaching Conference
May 18-19, 2007
Marriott Pinnacle Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia
www.wabccoaches.com/events_education_training/events/conferences.htm