A pdf copy of the copyrighted Six Institutional Cultures Inventory is available by clicking on the “Download” button.

[Note: This essay has been prepared to support interpretation of results from The Six Institutional Cultures Inventory and the accompanying Score Key. A document containing two summary descriptions of the six cultures is available, as is a more detailed description of the six cultures with appropriate citations is to be found in another essay located in the Library of Professional …

This inventory enables you to determine the extent to which six environmental elements (and challenges) are present in your and/or your client’s work and life: (1) volatility, (2) uncertainty, (3) complexity, (4) ambiguity, (5) turbulence and (6) contradictions. A pdf copy of the copyrighted VUCA-Plus Environmental Inventory is available by clicking on the “Download” button. This inventory can be used, …

A pdf of the copyrighted Score Key for the VUCA-Plus Environmental Inventory is available by clicking on the “Download” button. This score key and accompanying inventory can be used, without charge, in work with individual coaching and consulting clients. Any use of this inventory with more than a single client must be approved by its author, William Bergquist (bill@psychology.edu). If …

There are the almost universal challenges associated with the volatility (U), uncertainty (U), complexity (C) and ambiguity (A) in our collective lives, as well as the equally as challenging turbulence and contradiction that we all encounter every day. This is the VUCA-Plus of mid-21st Century life—and it generates multiple challenges.

As the fourth initiative in the ongoing research being engaged on behalf of the New Executive Coaching Summit (NECS), the Institute for Research on Professional Coaching has conducted an online survey regarding recent Neuroscience research and the implications of insights gained from this research for executive coaching practices. Following is a brief report being made by Dr. William Bergquist that …

An online survey was conducted regarding Organizational Changes and the implications of these changes for executive coaching practices. A brief report is made that summaries some of the results from this survey:

As the second initiative in the ongoing research being engaged on behalf of the New Executive Coaching Summit (NECS), the Institute for Research on Professional Coaching has conducted an online survey regarding Leadership Development and the implications of this development for executive coaching practices. Following is a brief report being made by Dr. William Bergquist that summaries some of the …

The Word for World is Work   Authors: Rosalind Sun Peng Lee and William Bergquist Illustrator: Dustin Markel This book concerns the world in which three different population of women live. In all three cases, these women find that they are consumed with work–either out of a need to survive and support their families, or out of a desire to …

A new book by Eliza Yong, Jayan Warrier, and William Bergquist With the greying of populations throughout the world, a book that provides intergeneration and cross-cultural perspectives on these years of Autumn would be welcomed—especially if these perspectives are being offered by both women and men. We are pleased to be able to offer this book with rich narratives and …