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 …

Perhaps the dynamics exhibited by organizations) don’t match very well with the mechanistic world of the pendulum. Rather, the world is more likely to resemble a fire.

A model of innovation diffusion, offered by Everett Rogers, has guided the thinking and perspectives of many people. This model is applied to the ways in which a professional coach might assist her client.

A series of “If” questions are presented that encourage a coaching client to expand their horizon and move in new directions with regard to both their thinking and their actions.

A set of 10 questions is offered that should be considered by a professional coach in bringing a coaching engagement to a close.

The following set of questions should be considered by the person doing the coaching and in most instances should be directly addressed by the person receiving the coaching services.

The following set of questions provide guidance for the coach and client in the establishment of a consistent and productive coaching process

A set of coaching questions are presented that focus on the needs manifest by the men and women who come to us as clients, seeking to better understand and hopefully improve the interpersonal challenges they face in their organizations

TEAM is a coaching tool that can be used when working with a client who wishes to assess and potentially redesign his or her project team.

Fourth quadrant of the Johari Window deals with aspects of self and interpersonal relationships that are known neither to self or other. Implicaitons for coaching.