At the end of April, 2022 an esteemed group of master Executive Coaches from around the world gathered in person for three days and via zoom for one day to collaborate in the design of leadership and stewardship initiatives for the profession of executive coaching. Using an Open Space concept, we generated a number of conversations that reflected upon the …

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Calling all coaches! You are invited to V-NECS:  The Virtual portion of the NEW Executive Coaching Summit! Connect with a diverse group of brilliant professionals for generative, evidence-based dialogue to create tangible, transformational future actions to lead the next 25 years of Executive Coaching. Join us: Friday April 29, 2022 (9am to 12 noon: Eastern USA and Canadian time) for an engaging, international Zoom-based meeting …

Sixteen of the registered participants in the upcoming New Executive Coaching Summit gathered by zoom to discuss early research findings from surveys surrounding leadership development. Dr. Bill Bergquist presented the early findings and highlights of the survey results, and we discussed the implications for the field of executive coaching. Theme: Executive coaching and leadership development Do we need to change …

Thanks to the generosity of the author, Dr. Brock’s comprehensive and well-researched compendium of the history of the profession of coaching can be downloaded below at no cost to you.  Just click on the red “download article” button below!  

Dr. Vikki Brock is the author of the Sourcebook of Coaching History and has generously provided the Library of Professional Coaching with her materials to share globally. The coaching profession is fortunate to have excellent publications that serve the interests of coaches. Dr. Vikki Brock published in several of these, which she recommends for the informed coach: Choice Magazine – …

The Library of Professional Coaching, in collaboration with choice, the magazine of professional coaching, the Institute for Research on Professional Coaching, and Professional School of Psychology conducted a survey to identify the current and future leadership needs of the field of Executive Coaching. The results were fascinating, and the top three topics revealed were: Executive coaching and the new world …

Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Dr. William Bergquist for his Stewardship of Professional and Organizational Development Ceremony held via zoom May 27, 2021 at 10am Eastern   Dr. William Bergquist was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his incredible accomplishments across three major industries/fields:  Academia, Psychology, and Coaching. The ceremony was a celebration of the adventurer and world traveler he is, with …

What does it really take to help your clients evoke awareness, expand and shift their perspectives, and truly leverage coaching as a mind-altering experience?  What mental habits do you need to cultivate to best serve the clients you support? The short answer is: get yourself out of the way.  The article below was first published in, and reproduced with permission …

Published in, and reproduced with permission from, choice, the magazine  of professional coaching www.choice-online.com by Suzi Pomerantz  originally published in June 2010. Is your coaching really consulting? Maybe if it was, you’d be making a six-figure income! Check your contracts, coaches! Does your contract include language referencing the descriptors of a coach as “guide” or “trusted advisor,” or is the …