Brave new world

Opinion piece questions whether ideas from therapy can be used in coaching and quotes benefits from adopting models, although recognises that more research is needed David A Lane The progression of coaching may benefit from dedicated research and evaluation that add...

Mentor of Choice

Answers from two experts to a theoretical question regarding mentoring A middle manager’s appraisal indicates an area that is holding up his career. He chooses a mentor to help steer him through it. But the relationship appears to be going nowhere. Should he...

The Theory Guy

Biography of the executive coaching psychologist, Bruce Peltier Liz Hall Bruce Peltier’s eureka moment became a book that is now required reading for all executive coaches. But how did this West Point graduate become a renowned coaching psychologist? Six years ago, as...

In their own words

Comments on coaching from a variety of experts Various “Coaching is a dance between thought and action and good coaches can manage that dance” Carole Pemberton, founder of Coaching to Solutions “Lots of people are aware, but don’t act. If a coach can’t move people to...

A Yen for Coaching

Explains the increased interest in coaching in Japan Satoko Shibutani The concept of coaching has begun to take hold in Japan. But can it flourish in a market where business services have such a short lifecycle? Japan has a reputation within the international business...