WHAT IS COACHING?
The Human Potential Project 2005
In our interpretation, coaching is a distinct practice that requires a specific set of competencies. In a business context, coaching is not the same thing as leading, managing, teaching or mentoring. Read more . . .

COACHING AND THE NEW BIOLOGY
by James Flaherty
Executive coaching seems to be in its heyday. Because of the influence of powerful assessment organizations such as Personnel Decisions International, much of coaching is really short-term therapy applied to business. Read more . . .

COACHES AND CONFLICT
An Interview with Tim Ursiny
Most people fear conflict and avoid it like the plague. But conflict is a good thing, says Tim Ursiny, coach and author of Coward’s Guide to Conflict: Empowering Solutions for Those Who Would Rather Run Than Fight. Read more . . .

THREE FUTILE STRATEGIES
Pema Chodron
There are three habitual methods that human beings use for relating to troubling habits such as laziness, anger or self-pity. I call these the three futile strategies – the strategies of attacking, indulging or ignoring. Read more . . .

OUR MOST PRECIOUS RELATIONSHIPS
James Flaherty of New Ventures West

Our most precious relationships appear (coming from where? going to where when they fade?) when we are fully met. When we hide nothing, distort nothing, justify nothing, protect nothing, hold back nothing, there’s the chance that someone we encounter will accept, treasure, celebrate the us that is then touched by them. Read more . . .

DECODING THE BRAIN’S CACAPHONY
Benedict Carey
An interesting narrative about the development of a branch of neuroscience.

FOREMOST RESEARCHER IN THE FIELD OF NEUROSCIENCE
Dr. Gazzaniga

Learn what we are discovering about the brain’s need for “storytelling” independent of Reality. Recent neuroscientific findings teach us about “our stories” and how research may impact legal issues of “responsibility”. Read more . . .

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Coaching resources are drawn from many disciplines and are too numerous to list. This short bibliography contains foundational books critical to an understanding of coaching practice and philosophy. Read more . . .