Coaching Across the Generations

One of the central issues that emerged during our wide-ranging discussions in Santa Fe about the future of coaching concerned the challenge of coaching across the generations.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On November 6, 2013
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Searching for Vitality: Coaching through the Lenses of Adult Development Theory and Research

Research on adult development strongly suggests that competence and productivity do not significantly decline as a function of age. The priorities of adults, however, do appear to change.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On November 5, 2013
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Gen Y Leaders, Boomer Coach

The Gen Y CEOs are the founders who have been able to negotiate roles during start-up funding and are therefore able to form the company to their own ideals. These Gen Y CEOs differ greatly from their older and more established counterparts.

Posted by Sandy Smith
On October 31, 2013
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A Developmental Perspective in Coaching

It’s imperative that the profession of coaching has a coherent and explicit understanding of how change happens and how we support and leverage continuous change at the intersection of development.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 31, 2013
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Coaching Across the Generations: Questions to Ponder Based on Research/Theory

The following set of “animation” questions concern the implications of adult development theory for the professional of coaching.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 29, 2013
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The Social and Cultural Characteristics of Generational Age Groups

Any study regarding the challenge of coaching men and women from all age ranges must take into account social and cultural aspects of age groups that broadly define who these people are and what they represent.

Posted by Gary Quehl
On October 28, 2013
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The Book Shelf I: George Vaillant’s Triumphs of Experience

Triumphs of Experience book is special because it not only traces the lives of Grant Study men over 70 years, it is one of the first books to portray the life of men during their “elderly” years.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 28, 2013
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Coaching the Young Client

We focus in this essay on the challenge (and opportunity) of coaching the young adult.

Posted by Vicki Foley
On October 23, 2013
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Personality Disorder and the Workplace

Personality disorders are long standing disturbances in personality.The authors describe how these behaviorally affected individuals manifest in the workplace with repetitive patterns of dysfunctional behaviors that are disturbing and often destructive.

Posted by Kevin Weitz
On October 21, 2013
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The Organizational Underground: Organizational Coaching and Organization Development Outside the Formal Organization

There are profound implications at the micro-level with regard to the lives lived in “desperation” by men and women who have lost their job or at the very least have given up hope of realizing lifelong dreams. They are living in the organizational underground, a world populated by the unemployed and underemployed.

Posted by Vicki Foley
On September 19, 2013
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