The Chronicle of Coaching

Compiled and edited by Ruth Ann Harnisch, Christine Heinrichs, and Linda Ballew.

The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, and is updated weekly.

This week’s Chronicle: Coaches have good advice for transformation in the New Year, but one Grinch takes some shots at personal development as a movement and its media celebrities. And it wouldn’t be a Chronicle without a health coach.

CULTURE WATCH - Where coaches and coaching are showing up in the popular culture

From The New York Times (New York, USA)
Life after Lance: Armstrong Coach Reinvents Business
His business was based on training elite athletes for high performance. After the retirement of superstar client cyclist Lance Armstrong, this coach sought to broaden his client base to the average person who’s overworked and underexercised. His offerings include a new book, iPod workouts, newsletters, cable TV, and coaching centers in five additional cities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/fashion/21fitness.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

From Portsmouth Herald News (New Hampshire, USA)
Homeless Housing Program Includes Coaching
Participants get life coaching along with other support services to help them to self-sufficiency. In more than two years of operation, all 16 graduates have maintained permanent housing and improved their lives along other parameters, such as education and finances.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/12222006/mainenews-ph-kit-gift.html

From The American Spectator (Washington, DC, USA)
Conservative Essayist Takes Aim at Self-Help
The author of a book on the subject criticizes what he calls the Self-Help and Actualization Movement, with the acronym SHAM, in this interview. He pokes fun at the notions of unlimited achievement and the self-aggrandizement of media advice stars.
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10780

From The New York Times (New York, USA)
Businesses Offer Incentives for Employees to Use Health Coaching
As diabetes increases in the general population, employers and employees struggle with workplace issues. Legal guidelines regarding disability are unclear. Individual cases vary widely. Coaching can help managing symptoms.
http://tinyurl.com/yeeufq

From The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina, USA)
Coaching Can Get 'Derailed' Executives Back on Track
An executive coach's business column tackles the problem of executives who have lost their effectiveness. Regular coaching can be part of the solution by holding them accountable for making changes.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/business/16310293.htm

From Chicago Daily Southtown (Illinois, USA)
Illinois Program Extends Coaching to Medicaid
The program's director describes the combination of nurses and social workers for support of participants with chronic illnesses such as asthma and diabetes in a Letter to the Editor.
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/opinion/letters/177374,191LTR1.article

From PR Newswire (New York, USA)
Coaching Guides Teen Idol into Spotlight
The winning singer of a British reality talent show couldn't finish performing a song without dissolving into sobs. He won the final live event after one of the judges hired a life coach for him.
http://tinyurl.com/ybvmob

COACH INK – Coaches and coaching getting media attention

Cheryl Richardson Interview on Good Morning America
ABC, December 28, 8-8:30a.m. segment
This prominent coach discusses conducting a year-end personal inventory.

TV Interview with Laurie Lawson
Sunday, December 31, 2006; 11:30a.m. on New York City's ABC Channel 7
Laurie Lawson, ICF-NYC Director of Communications, will be interviewed on the nationally-syndicated TV show BusinessWeek Weekend. She will discuss using a life coach to keep New Year's resolutions and other goals. She will also explain the role ICF plays in establishing a Code of Standards and Ethics for coaches.

COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY
Opinions expressed are those of the writers and not The Foundation of Coaching, which does not express editorial opinion.

From debtcreditus (USA)
Coach's Blog Lists Eight Empowering Beliefs
This financial blog quotes from a coach who is also a cancer survivor. She concludes with a book list of recommended reading.
http://tinyurl.com/yn4h4j

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From PR Newswire (New York, USA)
Interviewing: It's Your Big Deal
Harry Drum
An executive search consultant publishes his one-hour coaching interview to help applicants get the job and start with a higher salary.
http://tinyurl.com/ybvmob

From Business Wire (California, USA)
Keep New Year’s Resolutions with Help from a Coach
A new organization partner launches her product line with ten ways to succeed in keeping resolutions. Having a mentor for coaching is one.
http://tinyurl.com/y9mj2f

From the Coaching Archives: Historical facts from the evolution of coaching
By Vikki G. Brock

Pioneers in Coaching: In Sydney, Australia, Dr. Anthony (Tony) Grant graduated from the University of Sydney department of Psychology with a Doctorate in Psychology. The title of his PhD thesis was “Towards a psychology of coaching: The impact of coaching on meta-cognition, mental health and goal attainment” and is one of the first doctoral theses that explicitly examine Coaching Psychology. He is both a practitioner and an academic. In January 2000 Anthony established the world’s first Coaching Psychology Unit at the School of Psychology at Sydney University where he is a lecturer and the director of the Coaching Psychology Unit.

From The Foundation of Coaching

Help Wanted: History and Archive Advisory Panel members
Do you have a passion for the history of coaching? The History and Archive Division of The Foundation of Coaching is looking for enthusiastic, curious, detail-oriented seekers of the past. There are no restrictions as to your field of coaching, your culture, or your home country. You’ll help us write the history of coaching, in collaboration with Vikki G. Brock, author of “Who’s Who in Coaching: Who Shaped it, Who’s Shaping It.”

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