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 …

Based on decades of informal, unverified, and unscientific observation, the checklist for obstacles to Effective Coaching (EF) includes:

Stress is, if not one of the main reasons people come to coaching, certainly is something that comes up with almost every client. I once heard the amazing (and now deceased) Dr. Paul Pearsall speak at an ICF Conference about having a balanced, healthy unstressed heart. His conclusion—it is perhaps impossible in today’s world unless you live on a remote …

In evidence-based practice, skills and theory are integrated and applied in the context of the individual client—the situation she is in, her individual needs and her personal preferences.

This article reports on our efforts to develop a meaningful methodology for the study of return on investment broadly construed, of executive coaching

In this first of two issues on the systematic effort to document coaching, we’ll address research in and about coaching both historically and conceptually.

This issue of the International Journal of Coaching in Organizations (ICJO) was published in 2005 and focuses on research about professional coaching.

The purpose of this list of articles is to allow coaching researchers, practitioners, clients, and others to find coaching research articles which meet specific criteria. This list is ordered by coaching focus area, date and author.

Interview Conducted by Bill Carrier Bill Carrier:  Lew, thank you again for investing some of your time and talking about the research that you’ve done, and your experience and insight on research in general.  I’m looking forward to this conversation. Lew Stern: Thank you. Bill Carrier: I thought we would start out by taking a quick look at your background.  …

This article is about the marketing strategies over the past eleven years that have made the most sense given the changing landscape of professional coaching in the United States and throughout the world.