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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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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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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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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Managing the Caffeine: A Coaching Tool

At 350 mg per day of caffeine, one’s coaching client is likely to experience a diminished capacity to focus on a specific issue for a sustained period of time—the kind of concentration that is needed during a coaching session.
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On August 27, 2011
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