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.

If we want to change the behaviour of our leaders then we need to pay attention to the functioning of the ‘system’ and intervene accordingly.

The art of organizational coaching is based on identification and appreciation of patterns and pattern-variations in the life of a coaching client and her organization.

The field of professional coaching has matured during the past decade. Now seems to be an appropriate time to offer a status report concerning the past, present and future of this emerging human service endeavor.

Many decisions made during an individual's typical day are made in a distracted state. This process works well until some external event injects itself into the process.