While there is wide-spread growth and use of coaching, there is also a lack of understanding of coaching and the bottom-line impact of providing coaching. …
Politics with an Internal Coaching Program
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Selecting External Coaches
Best practices for organization’s coaching programs include having internal coaches (employees) for entry level to mid-level management employees and external coaches (hired service providers) for …
Selecting Internal Coaches
Internal coaching programs by definition involve employees who serve as coaches either as their primary function or in addition to their primary function. In establishing …
Application of Coaching
by guest blogger Mikayla Phan Certainly, there are more targeted niche areas in which coaching seems to be in particular demand. In business, many Americans …
Evolution of Coaching
by guest blogger Mikayla Phan The fundamental concept of coaching is that each of us has our own creativity, energy, and resources within ourselves, and …
Coaching for Building Confidence
Answer this question for yourself: What percentage of people struggle with their self-confidence? After asking this of many different people myself – professionals, restaurant staff, …
Self-directed Study for Coaching Competency
One fun, inexpensive way to further develop coaching competencies is self-directed study. There are a myriad of resources available to support ongoing learning. Coaching is …
Training for Coaching Competency
Training as a lawyer does not prepare someone to work as a teacher. Training as a lawyer may be helpful if the person is going …
Coaching Professionals and ICF
In the last two blog posts the importance of a coaching culture and of coaching skills for leaders clarified the value of coach training for …
About Coaching
Coaching continues to grow as a profession and is gaining ever more popularity because it works. This series is a broad overview of coaching, how …