Resources and Links
Articles on Coaching
“And I’d Like to Thank My Coach.” New York Times, 2006.
“So You’re a Player. Do You Need a Coach?” Fortune Magazine, 2000.
“Get a Life or Get a Coach.” New York Times, 2006.
“Getting ‘unstuck’: Does your life need a coach?” CNN, 2007.
“Help Wanted: Hiring a Life Coach.” More Magazine, 2007.
“Play of the Day” TIME Magazine, 2000.
“Do I Need a Life Coach” Chicago Magazine, 2009.
“Life-coaches all the rage” USA Today, 2002.
“Put me in Coach!” Baltimore Style Magazine, 2003.
“Our Time: Life coach can offer support to job seekers.” Contra Costa times, 2009.
“Executive Coaching – Worth the Money?” Wall Street Journal, 2008.
Thoughts on Coaching from the Media
“It’s all about the results —and that is exactly why seasoned professional business & executive coaches have full rosters because they help clients produce favorable results. Expensive? Not when compared to the ROI, the bottom line results achieved that can be measured.”
“Corporate America had better heed the phenomenon…people won’t run on autopilot or by remote e-mail. No matter how much the world has changed, people on the job still need some mentoring, some monitoring, some meaningful interaction…personal coaching has earned it’s merits.”
“Smart companies…offer coaching as a prerequisite to proven managers, in the understanding that everyone can benefit from a detached observer.”
“A Coach may be the guardian angel you need to rev up your career.”
“The benefits of coaching appear to win over even the most cynical clients within just a few weeks.”
“Across corporate America, coaching sessions at many companies have become as routine for executives as budget forecasts and quota meetings.”
“The goal of coaching is the goal of good management: to make the most of an organization’s valuable resources.”
“Personal performance coaches…can identify missing skills or style difficulties and offer pragmatic tips…”
“Get a Coach, Get a Life…it sounds simple enough. You talk regularly with someone and together work out ways to do things. But unlike chatting with a friend, when you hire a personal coach you commit…”
“Executive coaches are not for the meek. They’re for people who value unambiguous feedback. All coaches have one thing in common, it’s that they are ruthlessly results-oriented.”
“They’re part therapist, part consultant—and they sure know how to succeed in business.”
“Coaching is having a dedicated mentor, it’s getting knowledgeable support and encouragement and a new way of looking at things when you need it”
