Personal coaching and executive coaching share many fundamentals. However, they can and do differ in their agenda setting, content, and objectives.

We are going to explore the contracting constructs, rules of engagement and process, and outcomes of each type of coaching engagement.

William Carrier and William Bergquist [Guest Editor: John Lazar] “What’s the point of all this, anyway?” If you’ve ever heard the question—and we’re pretty sure that we have all heard that at least once—you already knew that you were in trouble.  Your questioner couldn’t see the brilliance of the project you’d produced; or he’d missed the exquisite reasoning in your …

Recent research reveals that a systematic approach to executive coaching has a double benefit.

Do we, as coaches, engage with our executive clients about ethical issues only once they’ve brought it up in a coaching session, or when we see an ethical quagmire of which the client may not be aware?