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 …

This article reports on our efforts to develop a meaningful methodology for the study of return on investment broadly construed, of executive coaching

In this first of two issues on the systematic effort to document coaching, we’ll address research in and about coaching both historically and conceptually.

This issue of the International Journal of Coaching in Organizations (ICJO) was published in 2005 and focuses on research about professional coaching.

The purpose of this list of articles is to allow coaching researchers, practitioners, clients, and others to find coaching research articles which meet specific criteria. This list is ordered by coaching focus area, date and author.

Interview Conducted by Bill Carrier Bill Carrier:  Lew, thank you again for investing some of your time and talking about the research that you’ve done, and your experience and insight on research in general.  I’m looking forward to this conversation. Lew Stern: Thank you. Bill Carrier: I thought we would start out by taking a quick look at your background.  …

This article is about the marketing strategies over the past eleven years that have made the most sense given the changing landscape of professional coaching in the United States and throughout the world.

Author Frank Sonnenberg provides a downloadable poster listing 55 ways in which to build trust and credibility. © 2011 Frank Sonnenberg. All rights reserved. Here is the beginning of his list to give you a little taste, and you must download the entire poster to see the full list. 1. It takes many years to become an overnight success. 2. …