We needed a new ontology of language. Language cannot be seen only as descriptive; language needs to be seen as generative.

Our challenge is to provide ourselves with an ontological tool, one that is based on our being, which we can utilize to restore balance in any personal or professional circumstance.

In this essay we engage the sociology of knowledge to identify a host of critical and challenging questions to be addressed by the coach--and the coach's clients.

Most coaching and conversation about NO has been much too superficial; useful perhaps, for a specific result, but far from a permanent shift in how we are in our everyday world.

In this essay the authors focus on two dimensions of ontology that hold profound implications for the practice of professional coaching.