Coaching as a profession – are you ‘in’ or ‘out’? In David Gray’s recent paper, “Journeys towards the professionalisation of coaching: dilemmas, dialogues and decisions along the global pathway” (Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, Vol 4. No. 1, March 2011, 4-19),  he referred to Grant and Cavanagh’s argument that “creating a profession means making decisions about …

New Annual Report highlights ICF’s anniversary year Download your copy today! The new ICF Annual Report, chronicling the calendar year 2010, is now available for members and the public alike at Coachfederation.org. See 2010 through ICF’s global activities, accomplishments, and events all in one convenient document. Download your copy here. Highlights include: ICF strategic plan work, year-end financial information, public …

“Exquisite Client Support: Extending the Ripple Effect of your Coaching to Increase The Longevity of Current Clients, Build Referrals and Create Raving Fans!” On April 28th, 2011 we had the dynamic duo from the Coaches Console , Kate Steinbacher and Melinda Cohan, who talked with us about how to automate the mundane aspects of running your executive coaching business, and …

On February 16, 2011 we held a digitally interactive mastermind call featuring Joyce Odidison. We had 45 Leading Coaches register for the call, and we tried something new:  interacting on the Leading Coaches’ Facebook page while on the call with Joyce. You can listen to the recording here – simply push play on the player below. Canadian Leading Coach, Joyce …

Case Study:  Working in a Large Public Sector Organisation in Scotland Contributed by Andrew Boddice Executive Summary We took on a short 12-week assignment with this Public Sector Organisation in January 2010. The quality of our input resulted in our working with them for virtually 12 months ending in January 2011. The scope of our work was to act as …

“People are getting more attention. Training budgets are rising.    It’ s    been    a    long    time    since    we’ ve    seen    such aggressive spending plans. What will be done with this flood of funds? It’s not going back to the same old places. Behind the scenes, there’s a revolution going on. Business as usual is not enough. People want more from their …

How do you define progress in your coaching engagements? Is that even up to you as the coach to define? What do you do when there is no alignment between the various definitions of how progress will be measured, particularly if the client’s definition clashes with how other stakeholders in the organization might define success? These issues and more are …

My theme this year is “Innovative Influence” because that seems to be what the executives I coach are most seeking from our sessions. From the creative, genius mind of Leading Coach Michael Bungay Stanier, a fun and juicy list of 11 words for 2011…what will your year be about?  What will your clients make 2011 about? What is your theme? …

If you are not already a member of Peer Resources Network founded by Rey Carr or a subscriber to the Peer Bulletin, I recommend you take a look.  There is always something of value! In the most recent issue, Jan Newcomb identifies five trends she’s noticed in the field of coaching that she finds particularly disturbing, and I wonder if …

The online world is unregulated and anyone with a keyboard can write stuff about you. If someone with a vendetta chooses to write lies and fabricate stories about you online, what do you do?  In the post below, you’ll get some specific actions and a reality check in case you’re ever faced with an online attack.  This is one of …