Coaching Questions: Nature of Coach/Client Interactions

The following set of questions provide guidance for the coach and client in the establishment of a consistent and productive coaching process

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 26, 2011
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Interpersonal Needs and Coaching Questions

A set of coaching questions are presented that focus on the needs manifest by the men and women who come to us as clients, seeking to better understand and hopefully improve the interpersonal challenges they face in their organizations

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 14, 2011
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Client Interview Schedule

The open-ended, wide-ranging interview schedule listed below that takes place near the start of a coaching engagement will often assist an organizational coaching process.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 6, 2011
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Philosophical Foundations of Coaching: Ontology

In this essay the authors focus on two dimensions of ontology that hold profound implications for the practice of professional coaching.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 6, 2011
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Practice Management and Coaching

Some of the most rewarding coaching experiences I have ever experienced occurred during the past eleven years as a practice management consultant and business coach for dentists and veterinarians.

Posted by Kathleen O'Donnell
On September 23, 2011
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The Challenges Facing Contemporary Professional Coaches and Their Clients

Serving as an organizational coach, I met over lunch recently with a client who has just moved into a position of leadership in his high tech corporation. Robert is now Vice President of Human Resource Development, having previously served as director of his corporation’s “Leadership Academy.” Robert must now learn about HR policy formation, compensation, […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 22, 2011
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Collaborating for Survival and Success: Organizational Coaching Strategies to Meet Unique Opportunities and Challenges

Organizational boundaries as we knew them in the 20th Century are becoming sources of “troubling ambiguity.” Boundaries that once steadfastly defined economies, societies, industries, companies, and employees are being redrawn, reconceived and redesigned.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 15, 2011
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Organizational Coaching and Professional Development: A Valuable Partnership

Training and education have become prominent features in the professional development curricula of many contemporary organizations. In this essay, I briefly identify several of the reasons for this growing interest. I then suggest ways in which training and education are enhanced by several complimentary coaching activities. I identify the nature of and reasons for shifting […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 8, 2011
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Coaching in Organizations: A Status Report (Past, Present and Future)

The field of professional coaching has matured during the past decade. Now seems to be an appropriate time to offer a status report concerning the past, present and future of this emerging human service endeavor.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 7, 2011
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Managing Life Transitions: A Coaching Tool

We have provided an inventory, a series of coaching questions and some concepts that can be of use when a coach is assisting his/her client in reflecting on past transitions, as well as preparing for future transitions.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On August 29, 2011
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