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 […]
Many of the challenges associated with solving complex issues by a leader and their coach can best be met by acknowledging that there are three domains that dwell within all issues.
We have to make a decision. All of the relevant documents are laying on the table in front of us. We have spent several, often-tense, hours trying to get the facts straight and trying to get some alignment regarding our goals and desired outcomes regarding the initiative that sits on the table with the relevant […]
Mendelsohn was walking down a street in Prague. It was 1936. Mendelsohn is Jewish and is accustomed to abuse being showered on him by the many bigots in his city. He confronts a large man who sneers at him and declares: “Swine!” Mendelsohn responds by bowing and stating: “It is an honor to meet you […]
On April 6, 2024, Suzi Pomerantz received the Gordon Lee Salmon award in recognition of her work as a steward of the field of professional coaching and her ongoing support for all activities that can lead to a sustainable world.
Until recently there were two “third rails” in the field of professional coaching. These were topics that were never to be addressed during a coaching session—nor mentioned in any dialogue among coaches about the struggles they are having in their work. One of these “third rail” themes is money and finances. This is still a […]
This essay concerns the many aspects of spirituality, its multidimensionality and fluidity, its relationship to the self and to the whole, to the human and to the divine.
I consider my secular status--yet strong interest in spirituality--from three perspectives and relate each perspective to the matter of spirituality and coaching.