Honoring of Those Serving the Professional Coaching Community

Over the past decade, two honors have been awarded those who have served as stewards in the field of professional coaching and those who have contributed in a significant way to the growth and development of other human service fields as well as the field of professional coaching. Those who have stewarded the field of […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On April 9, 2025
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Curated 2019: Seasons of Change

We’ve assembled a wonderful celebration of change! The Table of Contents are below and you can download the whole 250-page book for free using the red download button at the bottom of the page! Enjoy! Introducing Curated 2019: The Seasons of Change . . . Welcome to the fifth edition of Curated. It is being […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On February 20, 2020
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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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Soliciting the Pre-Mortem and Riding the Change Curve: Coaching Tools, Strategies and Concepts for Effective Planning

Imagine that we are a year into the future. We implemented the plan as it now exists. The outcome was a disaster. Please take 5 to 10 minutes to write a brief history of that disaster.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On February 13, 2014
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Coaching to a Las Vegas State of Mind

Las Vegas is often represented as the premier (and perhaps first) exemplification of what is now called a postmodern perspective on life.

Posted by Elijah Meeker
On December 20, 2013
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Searching for Vitality: Coaching through the Lenses of Adult Development Theory and Research

Research on adult development strongly suggests that competence and productivity do not significantly decline as a function of age. The priorities of adults, however, do appear to change.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On November 5, 2013
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Coaching Across the Generations: Questions to Ponder Based on Research/Theory

The following set of “animation” questions concern the implications of adult development theory for the professional of coaching.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 29, 2013
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The Book Shelf I: George Vaillant’s Triumphs of Experience

Triumphs of Experience book is special because it not only traces the lives of Grant Study men over 70 years, it is one of the first books to portray the life of men during their “elderly” years.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On October 28, 2013
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Coaching the Young Client

We focus in this essay on the challenge (and opportunity) of coaching the young adult.

Posted by Vicki Foley
On October 23, 2013
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The Organizational Underground: Organizational Coaching and Organization Development Outside the Formal Organization

There are profound implications at the micro-level with regard to the lives lived in “desperation” by men and women who have lost their job or at the very least have given up hope of realizing lifelong dreams. They are living in the organizational underground, a world populated by the unemployed and underemployed.

Posted by Vicki Foley
On September 19, 2013
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