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Coaching related Articles

Defining Coaching- by Telana Simpson

To explain what coaching is, let me start by explaining what is isn’t, and how it differs from the other helping modalities. Coaching is different to consulting. A consultant is...
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Guidelines for Choosing a Coach or Coaching Programme

Coaching is a new emerging profession, and is the fastest growing industry in the world. Consequently choosing a coach may seem to be something of a minefield. Meta-Coaching and COMENSA have released some points to keep in mind for when you are looking to hire a coach to remove some of the uncertainty and enhance your chances of making a good choice...
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What an Executive Coach can do for you - by Paul Michelman, Editor of Harvard Management Update

...whereas coaching was once viewed by many as a tool to help correct underperformance, today it is becoming much more widely used in supporting top producers. In fact, in a 2004 survey by Right Management Consultants (Philadelphia), 86 percent of companies said they used coaching to sharpen the skills of individuals who have been identified as future organizational leaders. ...
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Coaches of the Matrix- by Dr Michael Hall

If coaching is about unleashing potential and a coach is the facilitator of the unleashing, then there are several very effective and powerful coaches in movie, The Matrix. And no wonder, the movie centers around Thomas Anderson, alias Neo, who is seeking to discover if he is “the one,” what that means, and how to unleash that reality. ...
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The Uniqueness of Neuro-Semantic Coaching - by Dr Michael Hall

Neuro-Semantic Coaching is different. When a Neuro-Semanticist coaches you, you won’t get the same kind of things that you might get from a coach from Coachville, or from Coach U. or from many other Coaching Institutions. As Neuro-Semantic Coaching skills, models, and understandings come from a different place, so it leads to a different place...
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Axes of Change Model used in Meta-Coaching - by Michelle Duval and Dr Michael Hall

Coaching for a Change - Thousands of people worldwide who commit to coaching are looking for increased benefits in their lives, and it's not usually because there's anything to fix. It's simply that they want more successes, and more of the things they're succeeding with already....
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Dispelling Coaching Myths - by Bryan Hattingh, Executive Coach

In his best-selling sports book, The Inner Game of Tennis, pioneering coach Tim Gallwey developed a revolutionary programme for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning. He later applied these principles to the corporate world...
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NLP and Coaching- Meta-States and the Inner Game - by Dr Michael Hall

In 1972 Timothy Gallwey wrote the book, The Inner Game of Tennis, which soon became a best seller. When I recently bought a copy of it, it was in the Sports section of the bookstore. And no wonder, the book is about tennis, playing tennis, and developing skills for learning to play better and become more masterful at the game of tennis. Yet it is about much more than that. It is really about The Inner Game that we play in our mind about games...
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Neuro-Semantics Meta-Coaching - by Dr Michael Hall

Every Business Owner, Trainer, Communicator and Entreprenur absolutely needs coaching skills? What first comes to mind when you hear the phrase coaching skills? Do you know why coaching skills lie at the heart of business success? Does it excite you or send your passion scale off the top of the chart? Probably not. "Coaching skills" isn’t exactly a sexy phrase ...
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Meta-Coaching Overview - by Michelle Duval and Dr Michael Hall

It is our mission to facilitate men and women accessing their authentic Self as a Coach, to unleash their entrepreneurial spirit for doing the business of coaching while equipping them in cutting-edge, cognitive-behavioral models for coaching change. And through the rigors and results of our models and training, we aim to lead and influence the coaching movement graduating into a recognized profession ...
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Seeing the light- What Organizations Need to Know About Executive Coaching - by Jeffrey E. Auerbach

Recent events in business, technology, and organizational dynamics, combined with changes in workplace demographics and individual goals, have contributed to challenges for both organizations and individuals. But there is one area in which wise individuals agree: people are the most valuable force within an organization. The individual commitment, capability and motivation of employees, combined with opportunity and effective leadership--interfaced with technological innovation -- determine success or failure, peak performance or average performance. An increasing number of organizations have turned to executive coaching to meet the multitude of challenges that face managers and executives...
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Executive Briefing: Case Study on the Return on Investment of Executive Coaching - by Dr Michael Hall

The Bottom Line: Coaching produced a 529% return on investment and significant intangible benefits to the business. The study provided powerful new insights into how to maximize the business impact from executive coaching. ...
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Going it alone in Business - by Zodwa Kumalo, Elle, June 2005

Today’s 20-something woman is thinking ahead – further than the weekend or how she’s going to afford next season’s clearance sale. With the pressures of juggling work, home and family she’s not thinking retirement in her 50s or 60s, but closer to the foreseeable future....
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