Coaching Commons

November 20, 2009 – Connecticut Plus Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks but for a newly divorced or divorcing person that is a very tough call. How to be thankful when your kids are with your ex for the annual feast? How to be thankful when you are filled with regret, resentment and sadness? ...

November 20, 2009 - Reliable Plant Magazine Performance coaching is not about disciplinary action, nor is it about accountability (although it may promote accountability in the long term)...

November 19, 2009 – Comox Valley Record – Vancouver, Canada Local professionals are starting to discover what the world’s top executives already know — they can achieve their goals faster, raise their profits higher and take their careers further through executive coaching. It was...

November 19, 2009 – Grand Junction Sentinel – Grand Junction, CO, US “Things are hectic,” Claire said as we started our coaching session. “I have several new properties on the market, which has added a lot to my work load.” “Do you have an assistant?” I asked. “I have a grea...

November 19, 2009 – Daily Mail – London, UK Sitting on my sofa, listening intently as Linda confessed how difficult she was finding life at the moment, I suddenly found – to my horror – that I had the urge to cry. Within...

November 18, 2009 – The Wall Street Journal – New York, NY, US Are things you need to get done falling between the cracks? Does taking an entire day off seem impossible? Maybe you need a time-management system. Ma...

November 17, 2009 – Examiner.com – New York, NY, US In keeping with all things Twilight-related on DVD, in anticipation of the soon-to-be released The Twilight Saga: New Moon, we’ll be looking at the newly released film How to Be, starring Edward Cullen himself, Rob Pattinson. It s...

November 17, 2009 – BND.com – St. Louis, MO, US Question: How do you respond to colleagues who ask a lot of personal questions? Recently, I had to take vacation on short notice to care for my sick daughter-in-law. Be...

November 16, 2009 – FOX Business – New York, NY, US A life coach’s open letter to Carrie Prejean, including some suggested affirmations: Dear Carrie – Since you’ve decided to put yourself in the spotlight by writing a book about your experience in the Miss USA pageant, and subsequently invite al...

November 16, 2009 – The Globe and Mail – Toronto, Canada Executive coach Marshall Goldsmith rarely encounters self-confidence problems among his CEO and potential-CEO clients. Bu...

November 17, 2009 – Boston Herald – Boston, MA, US Running for president is “not on my radar screen,” Sarah Palin told Oprah Winfrey yesterday. Then she threw in a favorite quote: “She’s not retreating; she’s reloading,” describing herself in the third person. So? She’s aiming f...

November 15, 2009 – Star-Tribune – Minneapolis, MN, US Jeri Quest, a veteran of the Twin Cities advertising trade who in recent years ran her own personal-coaching business, has spent several months preparing to launch a new venture targeted at disadvantaged women. To...

November 15, 2009 – The Baltimore Sun – Baltimore, MD, US Q. I seem to have had a string of bad luck this year. Every time I turn around a new problem comes up and I haven’t even solved the old problems. Do I just have bad karma or is this something I can do to turn my luck around? A. You ...

November 16, 2009 – Computer World – Framingham, MA, US The turbulent economy has hit IT professionals hard — really hard. The Great Recession has impacted almost everyone in some manner, of course, but it really sucked the wind out of many organizations that are driven by IT. Is i...