Meeting Clients Where They Are – the Adult Development Coaching GPS

imagine if there is a developmental framework, different from personality types and preferences, that can help us not only meet our clients at their location, but also help us better understand how to navigate from our location to theirs.

Posted by Petra Platzer
On March 21, 2018
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Coaching in the Upside Down World of Health Care

Most physicians do not go into medicine to be in Business, “Today, would you like to focus on being with your patients?” or “Would you like to help us capture lost quality revenue, spend 30% of your time entering data into Epic, and help us reorganize your office workflow so you can see more patients in less time?” I guarantee no one will choose option two.

Posted by Sally Ourieff
On March 19, 2018
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Coaching Doctors: First Show Them the Evidence

My work in coaching physicians lives at the interface of what they know—getting it right—and what they often don’t realize, that being an effective executive leader requires additional skills and moving from linear to complex thinking.

Posted by Margaret Cary
On March 2, 2018
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Develop a Coaching Culture

With a coaching approach, we stay curious and calm, ask questions and actively listen.

Posted by Margaret Cary
On March 2, 2018
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Curated 2017 – A Celebration of 10 years of the Library of Professional Coaching

We’ve assembled a wonderful celebration of the best content of the Library over the last 10 years! The Table of Contents are below and you can download the whole nearly 300 page book for free using the red download button at the bottom of the page! Enjoy! We are excited to bring you this […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On January 22, 2018
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Vulnerability and The Dynamics of Professional Coaching

We have provided you, our reader, with some thought-provoking essays for your own reflection regarding vulnerability in yourself and your clients.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On January 16, 2018
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THE VULNERABILITY OF MEN: SWIMMING UPSTREAM TOWARD INTIMACY

Traditional masculinity is a social and cultural construct that dictates the way that men are expected to live, act, behave, and feel. This constraint is likely the catalyst for the issues that men experience in expressing emotion and demonstrating emotional needs.

Posted by Simon Neo Teck Koon
On January 16, 2018
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Piercing the Armor: Professional Coaching and Vulnerability

A very controversial (and some would say “mad”) psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Reich, provided a very insightful observation about the “Character Armor” that some of us wear as a way to protect against vulnerability.