Coaching and mentoring are often seen as ways to help others grow—but what if the transformation goes both ways? Over the past decade, I’ve discovered that every coaching conversation, every mentoring session, is as much a learning experience for me as it is for my clients. One of the most profound realizations I’ve had is that growth is mutual.

Five major themes: the primacy of subjective experience, coaching as a subconscious process with a self-conscious approach, the importance of practical application over theoretical abstraction, accessibility challenges in research, and the value placed on the development and diversity of ideas.

A 120-plus page document is available for downloading below that focuses on documents related to the assessment and exploration of coaching outcomes and the evaluation of coaching programs.

As the second initiative in the ongoing research being engaged on behalf of the New Executive Coaching Summit (NECS), the Institute for Research on Professional Coaching has conducted an online survey regarding Leadership Development and the implications of this development for executive coaching practices. Following is a brief report being made by Dr. William Bergquist that summaries some of the …

Sixteen of the registered participants in the upcoming New Executive Coaching Summit gathered by zoom to discuss early research findings from surveys surrounding leadership development. Dr. Bill Bergquist presented the early findings and highlights of the survey results, and we discussed the implications for the field of executive coaching. Theme: Executive coaching and leadership development Do we need to change …

The Library of Professional Coaching, in collaboration with choice, the magazine of professional coaching, the Institute for Research on Professional Coaching, and Professional School of Psychology conducted a survey to identify the current and future leadership needs of the field of Executive Coaching. The results were fascinating, and the top three topics revealed were: Executive coaching and the new world …

Tracking achievements is so critical in helping to avoid feelings of being a fake or a phony.

Whereas previously a coaching assignment may have involved two key parties (coach and coachee), increasingly, it is evident that there are more than just these two people who have an interest in the work and the outcomes, as explored by Eve Turner and Peter Hawkins. This is not surprising of course, given that Business and Executive Coaching is for the …

Today, coaching has become a sought-after skill as well as an essential part of leadership. More and more industry leaders are recognizing that they can gain better results personally and professionally through life coaching.

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