The Coaching Blog

MARCH 19, 2025

The global, fast-growing, multi-billion-dollar industry aimed at supporting people and organizations to perform better and increase wellbeing while managing and adapting to change has been developed with limited sociological input. A new definition of coaching to address dramatic social change is derived.

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 8, 2023

To ensure these competencies and practices social workers must invest in continued education and development. The coaching role assists the social worker to develop awareness and gain insight providing a link to self in practice that is missing in traditional education or ongoing practice and supervision.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

This is pretty well documented in child development research (reward a child for a good painting and they'll probably lose interest in painting). It's true that a lot of stuff that works with typically developing children is useless for kids with Asperger's. 2005 Oct;126(10):1034-9. Hipkiss AR. Mech Ageing Dev.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 26, 2010

Seth is my mentor. I developed a habit of attending all your webinars since the first one that I attended, you sure are such a great mentor Penelope! I am very excited. Posted by Nancy Carroll on April 26, 2010 at 9:17 am | permalink | Reply I've signed up for it.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Same thing with the Jewish intellectual–he has earned the ability to have such a stimulating conversation by virtue of developing his mind. The farm isn't just any random farm, it's the farmer's farm–it is a part of the farmer; to love the farm is to love something about the farmer.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 21, 2009

One way to handle it is to develop a good sentence or two that you can tell relatives when they ask how you're doing. Why didn't you get the job?" " as if it was totally within my control or as if I have ready answers to all those things. It can leave me feeling pretty raw.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Posted by Tamara on December 20, 2009 at 8:18 am | permalink | Reply Blog or weblog is certainly developed for personal diary, but as times come, many people create more innovation in it and make it much more interactive, powerful and multi-featured. Thanks for posting!! That's why the common use of todays blog has much been altered.

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International Coach Academy

AUGUST 8, 2023

Not surprisingly, the executives and employees who work in such uncertain and unstable contexts sometimes struggle to develop the psychological and behavioral skills needed to deal with organizational change whilst remaining focused on reaching their work-related goals (Grant, 2014). Lefdahl-Davis, E.M.,

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Because if you force yourself to change your behavior for three weeks, your brain will start to develop more dopamine in response to the behavior that you are trying to change to, according to Monika Fleshner , a neuroimmuno-physiologist at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

Sure you might have to pay your dues at entry level and work your butt off to develop connections, but that is what most people face. So I would add that regardless of whether you go to college or not, that it is critical to develop communication skills. Even those who don't go to school. Get involved. Start writing.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 9, 2024

Performance Reviews and Feedback : Conducts regular performance evaluations and provides a platform for feedback and development planning. Learning and Development: Training Management : Tracks employee training needs, schedules, and completion status. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 24, 2010

I hope that sooner or later, we will get to hear what the farmer's parents have to say about this development. After all you've been through to finally get to the farm, insisting on pink seems like it would be a pointless mistake. Choose your battles. And congratulations! Not because it matters, but because it might be interesting.

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Business Growth Creator

MARCH 25, 2022

Unfortunately, as my career has developed with international speaking, consulting, and training, I still find that I am the only black woman in the room. Henceforth from 2005, my belief about sellers’ relationship with buyers and customers changed. I moved from B2C to selling to small businesses and enterprises.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 28, 2010

One thing emerges very clearly is that successful performers “had practiced intensively, had studied with devoted teachers, and had been supported enthusiastically by their families throughout their developing years.” I want to be more diligent about finding a mentor to help me grow, outside of my supervisor.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Later, I came to realize how it could help me develop in my career, so I expanded my network to other topic areas and started contributing myself. Nowadays I find it an excellent way to follow key figures in my industry, developments, news and connect with friends. I rarely posted anything myself.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Check out the new organizing institute–its a career development company for non-profit workers, and I think you guys would have a lot more success if you implemented their training, outreach, conference call, participatory model than you do encouraging loose, social, horizontal relationships online.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 29, 2010

Ryan Paugh , who was basically my intern when I met him , and now he's almost my boss and definitely my social-skills mentor , tells me that I am popular because I'm interesting but that I suck at self-promotion. (He After a year there, one of the senior partners approached me and asked if he could be my mentor. I asked why.

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Penelope Trunk

MAY 6, 2010

It’s the best way to have a meaningful conversation and it’s the best way to rope in a mentor or look like a star performer. Those things can be reinforced in school but the bulk of it is developed at home in my opinion. The trick is to develop a toolkit of questions large enough to accommodate all listening habits.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 5, 2010

It keeps me in practice of developing, and more importantly evaluating, new ideas. I keep a spreadsheet of ideas. Many are now closed, some are just idle, and others are active. But every month I make sure I am adding new ideas to the list. I know that I'm not going to pursue most of them.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Also no chance to develop coping skills and/or resilience. Posted by Michael on September 30, 2010 at 10:22 pm | permalink | Reply Yep, you are a stick in the mud. Or perhaps you have one up your backside? If you take care of things ahead of the time, there is no damage. Hence, no need for damage control. Enjoy your stick.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

They do not drive cars because driving does not promote community, but they can hire someone to drive them, because sometimes you need to do that, and anyway, the alternative of making everyone into crazy Luddites does not develop community either. Develop expertise. The Amish are making me rethink why people work. Get the details.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

I also enjoy your Asperger's posts because I can take a lot away from them on what to do to develop relationships while being true to my comfort level with social interaction and my best work methods. Posted by Jill on November 30, 2009 at 12:47 pm | permalink | Reply Boy, did this resonate with me.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 13, 2010

Here’s one book: 360 Degree Leader: Developing your influence from anywhere in the organization. Eminently proud of your skills with the electronic tools other generations developed for you, while you simultaneously criticize their designers. Changes in authority necessarily lead to changes in leadership. Anyone recognize the irony?

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Posted by Izzie on February 23, 2010 at 1:47 pm | permalink | Reply I found you because of the affinity between your career advice and the job hunt and professional development information I provide. However, just like you I find myself writing more and more stuff that's less "profesional" and really "personal development."

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Anything beyond that, I do voluntarily for reasons of professional development. .' I don't know what your situation is, but I say push back. I accepted an agreement for 35 working hours a week. Scheduling is important, know where to draw the line.

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Penelope Trunk

JULY 9, 2010

Employers need to focus on their abilities to develop talented employees as well, not just on getting the operational work done. " This could still be equivalent to the earlier ones, especially when you develop the theme that happiness = friends and family (also = safety & loyalty?). " - Dead on! " no shit.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I tell myself I have to develop a shorthand sign for manure, because I need him to not put it so close to the house. Many times, this relationship is best achieved (and developed) via face to face meetings. I hope to provide valuable content on the subject to my readers as the blog develops. “What do you mean not that much?

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

It's surprising what a subtle impact asking broader/deeper questions can have in developing personal and business relationships. The best and wisest question anyone ever asked me happened when I was flailing about worrying about something, and a mentor asked me: "What's the worst thing that can happen?"

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The most resonant piece of career advice I was ever given was by my very successful (male) mentor: "You'll have to make sacrifices – big sacrifices – but if anything ever makes you sacrifice your spouse or your future children, then it's not worth it." What is wrong with that picture.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

The wood in that house has a patina that took many years to develop; if you paint it, you will eventually come to your senses and want it to be wood again,and then, the amount of work required to put it right will be incredible. I wish you happiness in your new life, but please, don't paint the woodwork.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Anyway, in sum, I think you're precious and important too, and I hope you have less days like the one you wrote about, and I also hope you never develop anorexia. It isn't easier to handle. Love your blog! Posted by Rachel on December 1, 2009 at 10:13 pm | permalink | Reply Very well said!

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

As someone who designs new projects I always thought an environmentalist should be pro-growth as the new installations we do all have significant environmental measures not present in existing developments. An as a 55 male I disagree with the comment about her needing to be older. Congress is full of too much of the same background.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 7, 2010

But if "an interesting life" means rural grassroots political organization, studying the lifecycle of quail, or developing cellulosic biofuels from prairie grasses, New York might hold very little interest for you. For some people, "living an interesting life" might mean things that a large city has to offer.

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Penelope Trunk

JUNE 28, 2010

And despite the relationships I develop and the information I access online, it still feels a little like many great stories are rooted in more physical interactions. My strange, random, constant interactions with people here in Manhattan definitely inform the content. I mean, other than fingers on the keys. And not everyone is online.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I was interested in starting a fitness blog, a technical software blog, a personal development blog and a general personal blog 2 years ago. For some reason, your voice seems to get through to her much better and smoother than mine on topics like frugality etc. : ) She totally looks up to you as a mentor! For me, and for my girlfriend!

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Everything that the farmer's parents worked so hard to grow and develop (and just guessing the land was passed on to them previously since land really doesn't change hands all that often in a well established farm) that they will not provide a means for their son to continue farming! It scared me. 2 months later we broke up.

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