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Cutting through the confusion and disinformation about the fastest-growing corporate learning methodology, EXECUTIVE COAC...

  • Coaching Supervision: It’s Here (or is it?)

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    Coaching Supervision: It’s Here (or is it?)

    By Brian Underhill, PhD, CEO, CoachSource Here is a time when I lost our company a potentially multimillion dollar coaching contract. Yes, it was my fault.  The CEO of the company messed this one up personally. It’s 5 am in California, 4 years ago.  Our web interview is underway with a major m...

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    April 19, 2017

  • It’s “Back-to-School Season” for Coaches

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    It’s “Back-to-School Season” for Coaches

    By Brian Underhill, Ph.D., CEO, CoachSource This year, I celebrate 19 years as an executive coach.  But I’m going back to school.  And so are many other coaches.  Why? I was just about to take off for a recent business trip when the thought came to me.  I grabbed my phone and thumbed out a requ...

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    July 12, 2016

  • 2015 CoachSource Worldwide Coaches Forum: The Play-by-Play!

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    2015 CoachSource Worldwide Coaches Forum: The Play-by-Play!

    By Brian Underhill, CEO CoachSource and Erin Sullivan, Consultant, CoachSource Seven years of big dreams, 12 months of bi-monthly planning calls, what felt like 25 too many daily internal logistical emails and a handful more to coordinate the busy lives of 7 speakers and 8 group exercise facili...

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    November 19, 2015

  • “I’m so over myself!! What’s my next?”  Interview with Andrea Kates, CEO, LaunchPad Central

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    “I’m so over myself!! What’s my next?” Interview with Andrea Kates, CEO, LaunchPad Central

    Guest blog post by Rebecca Turner, CoachSource Coach and Consultant I recently interviewed Andrea Kates, a tech CEO in a startup business called LaunchPad Central in San Francisco.  Andrea has a flair that I like and she knows how to “hold court” so to speak, so I asked if she would be willing ...

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    November 19, 2015

  • "I want a coach who has done my exact job before – but bigger!"

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    "I want a coach who has done my exact job before – but bigger!"

    By Brian Underhill, PhD, CEO, CoachSource “I’m told I can be too hard on people,” said the executive, a director of product development at a Silicon Valley start-up.  “I guess that means I need to do a better job of bringing people along.” “Tell me more about that…” I asked, trying to gathe...

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    May 11, 2015

  • View from the Front of the Coach: What are the Latest Trends in the Executive Coaching Industry?

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    View from the Front of the Coach: What are the Latest Trends in the Executive Coaching Industry?

    By Brian Underhill, PhD and Erin Sullivan, MA   As the head of a large executive coaching firm, I travel globally meeting with organizations and coaches, as well as speaking at and attending various coaching conferences.  I’m often asked some of the same questions:  “Why are organizations hiring ...

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    March 6, 2015

  • Tracking Executive Coaching Solutions:  One step closer to “an App for that”

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    Tracking Executive Coaching Solutions: One step closer to “an App for that”

    By Steve Sass, COO and Erin Sullivan, MA   The past decade has meant a steady growth in the demand for Executive Coaching solutions. According to participants of our latest industry study, this growth is only expected to continue North (77% of organizations, 92% of internal coaches and 91% of ext...

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    March 6, 2015

  • Are Executive Coaches Too Nice?

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    Are Executive Coaches Too Nice?

    By Brian Underhill, PhD There is a particular brand of ice cream I do not eat. It has nothing to do with the product ingredients, flavor varieties, or even the brand’s political views.  It has to do with (yes, I know this is immature) a long-held grudge associated with one of the few times I wa...

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    March 6, 2015

  • The Secret to Good Coaching

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    The Secret to Good Coaching

    By Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, MCC, Executive Coach and AuthorThe best coaches make us feel unsure of ourselves.This might sound counterintuitive. It doesn’t mean a coach doesn’t support, encourage and help clients see new possibilities that strengthens someone’s confidence. But in those moments someo...

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    March 6, 2015

  • To Give or Not To Give... (Advice, That Is)

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    To Give or Not To Give... (Advice, That Is)

    By Brian Underhill, PhD, CEO, CoachSourceI will never coach in front of a live audience again.Over a decade ago in Vancouver, I was asked to conduct a “coaching fishbowl” for a large business coaching conference.  A local owner of a family manufacturing business was brought in.  After only a few ...

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    March 6, 2015

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