I build on the implications for professional coaching of behavioral economic principles, and consider the shifting economic nature of the society in which we live and, more basically, the shifting way in which we view reality.

What does the polystatic model offer as a way to guide this coaching process? And what else can be derived from the analyses offered in this set of essays for those engaged in professional coaching?

This essay concerns the ways in which, as a coach, we can influence the cognition and behavior related to the polystatic-based anticipation process. A summary of this process is also provided.

I focus in this essay on the ways in which turbulence can be transformed to engagement, and contradiction can be transformed to integration.

Ways in which complexity is transformed to enablement, ambiguity is transformed into an appreciation of perspective, and turbulence is transformed to learning and contradiction is transformed to prioritization

There is a big market for cheating in our mid-21st Century world. Frankly, we have all done some cheating in our life. These are what we identify as Soft Cheats—accompanied by Soft Lies. There are of course the Hard Cheats and the Hard Lies. How do we handle soft and hard cheats as coaches?

William Bergquist, Ph.D. and Kevin Weitz, Psy.D. [Note: the content of this essay has been included in a recently published book called The Crises of Expertise and Belief. This paperback book can be purchased by clicking on this link.] (Authoritarian Personalities) seem to combine the worst elements of each kind of personality, being power-hungry, unsupportive of equality, manipulative, and amoral, …

Many years ago, Don Schon wrote about the "messes" being confronted by contemporary professionals. These messes are multi-dimensional, requiring multi-disciplinary perspectives and multi-strategied approaches to the coaching process itself.