Most economic, business, and political leaders have realized that the VUCA [volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity] environment is a permanent condition. .

The art of organizational coaching is based on identification and appreciation of patterns and pattern-variations in the life of a coaching client and her organization.

The complexities associated with coaching in organizations are abundant, including relationships with bosses, peers, customers and subordinates; power and authority dynamics; organizational goals; performance criteria; leadership development competencies; legacy patterns of behavior from cultural norms; sponsorship and confidentiality challenges; and the list goes on.

The field of professional coaching has matured during the past decade. Now seems to be an appropriate time to offer a status report concerning the past, present and future of this emerging human service endeavor.

How do we lead, consult and coach with in widely differing settings in which organizational culture varies and organizational structures and processes vary so widely?

William Bergquist and Dorothy Siminovitch An overarching challenge for any coach working within organizations is to recognize, accurately name and describe the issue that the client brings for the coaching effort. Facing the complexity of organizational realities, we, as coaches, must decipher the nature of the issue being presented: whether it is a puzzle, a problem or a mystery. Too …