The Chronicle of Coaching

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

Coaching News

From Biz.yahoo (USA)
CIGNA HealthCare and CareAllies Expand Health Coaching Programs
CIGNA HealthCare is expanding its CIGNA Health Advisor(SM) health coaching program to provide more members with access to a personal health coach. Health coaches will provide ongoing guidance in interacting with the health care system, individualized health education and treatment decision support, and assist in reaching health and wellness goals.

From Forbes.com (USA)
Study Shows Coaches Can Help Reduce Medical Costs
According to a University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center study, patients who require treatment in multiple facilities often get conflicting advice. Coaches who follow patients as they transition from one facility to another can help avoid costly problems. For every 350 patients who receive the Care Transitions Intervention, hospital costs will be reduced by about $300,000, according to the study authors.

Coach Ink

From The Miami Herald (FL, USA)
Life Coaches Advise Business Group for Working Mothers

From the Sierra Sun (CA, USA)
Life coach shares her "colorful" way of evaluating personalities

From CIO.com
In CIO Magazine's Executive Coach columnan executive recruiter tells how coaching can help employers keep their best people out of the clutches of headhunters

From The Wall Street Journal (USA)
The "Work & Family Mailbox" columnist answers a reader's query about how to find a life coach

From the Dallas Morning News (TX, USA)
Don't Hate Them Because They're BeautifulHow executive coaching helps people work well together regardless of their prejudices about appearances.

From BostonWorks.com
Executive Coach tells how to ask for a raise
how to write a great cover letter when job-seeking

From The OC Register (CA, USA)
Nonprofit Offers Coaching, Honors Standouts at Awards Banquet
WomenSage, a nonprofit with 600 members in Orange County, CA and chapters elsewhere, offers financial advice, career or life coaching, and more to women. The organization's third annual awards banquet was held recently. More at:

From the New York Post (USA)
After surviving her own bout with the disease
62-year-old woman becomes a pro-bono "cancer coach."

From the Honolulu Advertiser (HI, USA)
Over a dozen colleges hire coaches for their students at a cost of about $1000 per student annually
They say the expense is justified by student retention rates, which keeps tuition money coming in.

From Whitby Today (UK)
A young performer's career gets a boost, thanks to coaching she received on the British television show "A Life Coach Less Ordinary"
Her schedule now includes glamour modeling and an upcoming performance in aid of Amnesty International.

From The Phoenix Business Journal (AZ, USA)
Ten startup companies seeking funding of up to $5 million
will be selected to receive intense mentorship and business coaching.

From Telegraph.co.uk (UK)
Life Coaching Cited As A Must Have>
Coaching's popularity is booming, and a life coach is fast replacing a personal trainer as a lifestyle must-have, according to an article on telegraph.co.uk, an online daily UK newspaper.

From the Kilkenny Advertiser (Ireland):
Business coaching service joins other local entrepreneurs
(from carpet cleaners to chocolatiers) to promote themselves in networking and online.

From the Globe and Mail (Canada)
Socially clueless bosses who exhibit "toxic behaviour" get a clue from the experts
including an executive coach.

From The Olympian (WA, USA)
The relatively young industry of life and executive coaches is unregulated and just in its formative stages in Washington State
People functioning as coaches do not need to seek licensing or register with the state, said state economist Paul Turek, who works for the state Department of Employment Security. Turek also calls the field "faddish."

From The Free Lance-Star (VA, USA)

Virginia Coach Offers Group Sessions for Life Coaching
Although group coaching usually happens in a corporate setting, individuals can get help at a bargain rate.

Coaching Announcements

From Biz.yahoo (USA)
Executive Coaching Firm Organizes Michigan "Brain Retain" Forum
Many communities, cities, and states are taking steps to stop the so-called "Brain Drain," the exodus of talented, experienced workers who head for greener career pastures elsewhere. An executive coaching firm takes the lead in the state of Michigan in organizing a "Brain Retain" event featuring CEOs and other leaders.

Seeking Attention

From San Luis Obispo (CA, USA)
California-based business coach stakes out a unique niche - coaching the owners of Yoga studios
Coach helps Yoga Studios grow.