Coaching at a VUCA-Plus Intersection

As a professional coach, we are often in the business of assisting the person or team of people we are coaching in their processing of information. Living and working in a world that is volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous, turbulent and contradictory (VUCA-Plus), it is quite understandable that our coaching clients might want a helping hand […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On May 12, 2025
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Honoring of Those Serving the Professional Coaching Community

Over the past decade, two honors have been awarded those who have served as stewards in the field of professional coaching and those who have contributed in a significant way to the growth and development of other human service fields as well as the field of professional coaching. Those who have stewarded the field of […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On April 9, 2025
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Self-Coaching Strategies and Tools

While professional coaching can often be invaluable when addressing a challenging issue, some strategies can be adopted and tools can be used that enable one to engage in more effective communication, manage conflict more successfully, solve problems, and make decisions. Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Empowerment and entrepreneurship go hand in hand when considering ways to improve […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On March 13, 2025
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The VUCA-Plus Environmental Inventory

The following pdf document provides the required information to complete the inventory, score the inventory, and interpret inventory results regarding the six environmental conditions of VUCA-Plus: The VUCA-Plus Environmental Inventory    
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On March 10, 2025
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The Perspectives and Practices of Professional Coaching #1: Problem Solving and Decision-Making

Many of the services being provided by professional coaches (especially executive coaches) focus on the problems being faced by a client and/or on the decisions that a client must make. Along with my colleague, Agnes Mura, I have even identified a specific branch of professional coaching as “decisional coaching.” This branch exists alongside of what […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On December 18, 2024
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Solving Problems: Domains, Causes and Actions

Many of the challenges associated with solving complex issues by a leader and their coach can best be met by acknowledging that three domains must be addressed: information, intentions and ideas. Each of these domains must be entered and the components of a complex issue that residing in them must be addressed if we are […]
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On December 18, 2024
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Some Memories of Our Friend, John Lazar

The speaker had a dark beard, a big smile, and an easy manner, making his subject of “evaluation in coaching” both approachable and interesting, as they so often would in later years.  His name was John Lazar and his talk on coaching and evaluation was one of my introductions to professional coaching. More than 20 […]
  • Posted by Bill Carrier
  • On August 3, 2024
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