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Maximizing Impact, Minimizing Costs: A Strategic Approach to Coaching in Resource-Constrained Government Institutions

International Coach Academy

The public sector has traditionally been perceived as resistant and inhospitable to innovation and change (Borins, 2001). This paper outlines a scenario that offers a viable, cost-effective solution for government institutions at the ministerial level to implement coaching. American Management Association. Coaching in organizations.

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Beyond coping and adaptation: Toward a sociology of coaching. A necessary paradigm shift to address contemporary dramatic social change

The Coaching Blog

How can we, coachee and coach, be part of a solution or further action? Coaches are neither experts who provide ready-made solutions nor are they old-fashioned teachers who only convey knowledge. Not suggesting ready-made solutions and being neutral and non-directive are different concepts.

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Beyond coping and adaptation: Toward a sociology of coaching. A necessary paradigm shift to address contemporary dramatic social change

The Coaching Blog

How can we, coachee and coach, be part of a solution or further action? Coaches are neither experts who provide ready-made solutions nor are they old-fashioned teachers who only convey knowledge. Not suggesting ready-made solutions and being neutral and non-directive are different concepts.

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How to hit a wall at work, with grace | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

Because for some reason, a feasible solution is usually included with the "why," a bit like getting that second ShamWow for free. Keeping one's critical thinking capacity on all the time – not hiding it behind laws or rules of polite discourse – is key to doing anything different or better.

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Martin Luther King Day Special: Racism is alive and kicking.

Penelope Trunk

Posted by Anthony on January 18, 2010 at 10:41 am | permalink | @Anthony: You clearly missed that Cathy and Quatrefoil are both Australian…as well as missing the point that extreme nationalism was one CAUSE of WWII and not the solution. Playing the whole 'if you don't think America is perfect, then get the hell on' card.

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