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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Positivity (Happiness) in the Workplace and Organizational Change

My experience with positive work environments suggests that these were always was due to a specific manager or leader, who despite the milieu, created energy, positivity and happiness in his or her scope of influence.

Posted by Kevin Weitz
On January 17, 2012
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Assessment Instruments to be Used in Conjunction with Professional Coaching: A Resource List

The instruments in this document have been presented to illustrate the broad range of resources that are available for instrument-based coaching and to point to several places where an organizational coach might turn when building a library of appropriate instruments for use as a professional coach.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On August 25, 2011
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Managing the Stress

How might a coach assist her client in identifying and even seeking to avoid or reduce the impact of these stress ruts? Five tactics and four coaching strategies are suggested.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On August 15, 2011
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