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Coaching to Problems Being Faced and Decisions to be Made

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 […]

Posted by William Bergquist
On May 13, 2024
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Problem-Solving: Domains, Causes and Actions

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.

Posted by William Bergquist
On May 13, 2024
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The Empowerment Pyramid: Building the Capacity for Effective Decision-Making

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 […]

Posted by William Bergquist
On May 12, 2024
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Reframing as an Essential Coaching Strategy and Tool

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 […]

Posted by William Bergquist
On May 10, 2024
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Life as Lottery: Coaching About Regret

What about the men and women we coach? What role does regret, the avoidance of regret, and post-regret decisions and actions play in their lives and work?

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 12, 2017
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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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Coaching to a New Orleans State of Mind: A Multi-Tasking City and Mind-Set

There is a kind of “multi-tasking” that takes place in this remarkable city located on the Mississippi River. It is a state of mind that should be cherished in the lives and minds of the men and women we coach.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On June 7, 2013
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The Process of Reflective Coaching: Levels of Inquiry

An effective reflective coaching process often involves moving back and forth through seven specific levels of analysis. Each level offers a different perspective and a different reflective lens.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On November 9, 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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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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