Professional coaching is a relatively young calling. It’s still evolving. Since the early days of what we might refer to as modern coaching, there has been an ongoing dance between the energies of purism and realism. The energy of purism in coaching has been well represented by those dedicated souls who worked long and debated hard to: define what exactly …

I’ve come to realize that it’s important to examine what I feel inside when I say a clear ‘no’.

There is a pattern in acquiring talent that includes, “deep practice, ignition, and master coaching.”

Nearly a century ago, Edward Thorndike (1917) published his findings of a connection between work and satisfaction in the Journal of Applied Psychology. The precursor to Thorndike’s research on job satisfaction was his studies of animal behavior, which led to the formulation of his Law of Effect (1911). The Law of Effect states: 1) responses that are followed by satisfaction …