In The Future of Coaching we endeavor to present a wide variety of topics—ranging from an issue on the evidence for coaching to an issue on coaching and vulnerability. We are also beginning to offer issues that come in diverse formats. The issue that immediately preceded this one, for instance, consisted completely of coaching tools and strategies. In the current …

Both Alpha and Beta offered stability (or at least predictability). Yet, I found both lands to be disturbing. They both challenged my sense of what life should be and how we should engage other members of our society. Perhaps I will find a bit more peace-of-mind in the land of Gamma.

As a 21st Century Gulliver, I will be passing through three lands on the way to a land of irony. In this essay, I pass through the first two lands: Alpha and Beta.

In this essay I explore patterns and variations—and the interplay between contradictions that often emerge from this interplay. Specifically, I address the dynamics of individual character and organizational culture.

The contingent leader at times can lead through wisdom, and at other times can lead through either courage or vision.

I am not alone in suggesting that complexity, uncertainty (including ambiguity) and turbulence (volatility) are widely to be found in our contemporary world. I add, a fourth component that makes complexity, uncertainty and turbulence even more challenging—this is the condition of contradiction.

I will be engaging Rorty’s concept of irony throughout the multi-dimensional analysis that is to follow.

As professional coaches we can assist our clients in becoming more appreciative of Rorty’s “unfamiliar sorts of people” and the unfamiliar thoughts and “truths” that accompany these people.

At the heart of the concept of generativity resides the process of caring, and the transformation that occurs in this caring process during one's lifetime,

In July of 2017, we wrote: We are publishing the things you as coaches want to share with your peers.   You might consider it a digital conversation of show-and-tell to contribute to people who, like you, are craftspeople of the soul.  When you sit down for coffee or a meal with your coaching friends, what do you share about how …