Coaching to the Head Winds and Tail Winds

An insightful metaphor regarding the extent to which we focus on the tail winds that move us forward toward desired goals and the head winds that push against us and slow down or hinder our accomplishment of desired goals.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On June 26, 2017
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Psychological Contract or Covenant: The Coaching Challenges

I summarize Schein’s concept of psychological contract, relate it to workplace motivation, and introduce psychological covenant as an even deeper aspect of a client’s lingering concern about the worth assigned to her work and the way in which she justifies her commitment to long hours of labor in her organization.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On July 1, 2016
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A Developmental Perspective in Coaching

The author and other members of the Hudson Institute are able to appreciate the diversity and richness of multidimensional roots and the value of a broad pool of theoretical orientations informing this burgeoning field of coaching

Posted by Pamela McLean
On June 24, 2016
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The Terrain of Personal and Life Coaching

This is the first of two connected issues on coaching. We have written about the “terrain” of coaching and the various charted and uncharted parts of our profession, encouraging continued exploration and explanation of the whole and the pieces (like effective contracting, establishing trust, methods and perspectives, how to measure outcomes or starting points). There’s […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On June 23, 2016
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Ten Trends in Personal/Life Coaching

Rather than reflecting on where the state of personal and life coaching are right now, we are looking at trending that has been done over the past five years and projecting these trends forward.

Posted by David Skibbins
On June 9, 2016
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Staying Alive In Complex Challenges Of Leadership And Organizations

Organizations, human systems are complex. Each part impacts others; all parts are in equilibrium with each other, and each and every one is impacted when you intervene in one.

Posted by Dost Can Deniz
On May 9, 2016
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Professional Challenges Facing the Coaching Field from an Historical Perspective

Coaching emerged during the postmodern period ef the late twentieth century, born of a rapidly changing socioeconomic environment and nourished by the root disciplines of psychology, business, sports, and adult education.

Posted by Vikki Brock
On March 11, 2016
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Double Your Profits in Two Years or Less

During times of thriving commercial expansion, leaders take responsibility for their high achievements and offer cogent explanations to employees, investors and the media. Yet in most cases they are unaware of the actual process by which they achieved so much.

Posted by Garry Jacobs
On December 2, 2015
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The Future of Coaching: Trends that Illustrate the End is Near

I don’t believe the well-meaning, innovative and highly skilled pioneers of the coaching industry could have predicted the trends that are now occurring in coaching.

Posted by Rey Carr
On November 7, 2015
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The Essentials of Coaching Program Evaluation: Formative, Summative and Four Ds

There are four basic types of program evaluation: (1) description, (2) documentation, (3) determination of outcomes, and (4) diagnosis. I identify these as the "four Ds."

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On July 21, 2015
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