Evidence Based Coaching (EBC) Professional Series Webinar:  Coaching Women Leaders Watch now on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Pa3j5iTMJVw During this informative EBC Professional Series Webinar hear from Fielding coach scholar-practitioners who focus on coaching women leaders.  Explore how coaching can support female leaders to navigate the often male dominated cultures of organizations.  Learn about the unique issues, needs, and challenges that women face in leadership.  Panelists will discuss how they have incorporated coaching into leadership development and career management for women.  Learn why every women leader should have a professional coach. Host:  Terry H. Hildebrandt, PhD, MCC, MCEC – Director of Evidence Based [...]

EBC Blog:  Making the Best of It: A New Model for Understanding and Building Resilience Guest Blogger: Susan Auger, PhD, https://berkeassociates.com/services/resilience/ We are facing challenges and changes on many fronts, individually and collectively, that can perpetuate a sense of unrelenting stress. We, and our systems, are being challenged to develop our capabilities for continuous learning, agility, and resiliency. As many studies bear out, resiliency is multi-faceted and an ordinary capacity that we all have. Although it is innate, it can be learned. So a key question is how can we tap into and strengthen this implicit capability? The theory of making [...]

EBC Blog:  Coaching Veterans in Transition: Some perspectives on Military Cultural Competency Guest Blogger:  Barton D. Buechner, PhD, Captain, US Navy (Ret) https://www.linkedin.com/in/barton-buechner-218a167/ The notion of personal coaching for veterans in transition seems to be gaining some traction as a strategy for helping former service members make the switch from their identity and purpose in the service to a new, yet undiscovered future role in society.  There is increased recognition by the services and business the just helping a veteran to write a resume or translate service skills to other professions is an incomplete solution, at best. Well-prepared coaches can help [...]

EBC Blog: On Coaching Abrasive Leaders: Dealing with Defensiveness Guest Blogger:  Laura Crawshaw, PhD, BCC, President, The Executive Insight Development Group, Founder, The Boss Whispering Institute, crawshaw@bosswhispering.com, https://bosswhispering.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/bosswhispering Abrasive leaders rub their coworkers the wrong way. These executives, managers, and professionals (including physicians and attorneys) who engage in interpersonally aggressive behavior (also known as workplace bullying) exact a high price in terms of both employee emotional distress and costs to the organization. At the same time, employers feel helpless to intervene, especially when dealing with an abrasive leader whose technical expertise is of critical importance to the organization. I first encountered [...]

EBC Blog:  Race Matters in Coaching: An Examination of Coaches' Willingness to Have Difficult Conversations with Leaders of Color Guest Blogger: Ariel Finch Bernstein, PhD, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-finch-bernstein-phd-b4695b3/ Do executive coaches have the skill sets necessary for effective partnership with an increasingly diverse contingent of managers and leaders? Recent research has begun to shed light on this question and unfortunately the answer is not encouraging. In this discussion-based webinar, Ariel Finch Bernstein, PhD, will share his dissertation work that found a sample of 129 executive coaches struggled to have “difficult conversations” with leaders of color. The study investigated two questions in particular: (1) Do [...]

Why the iEQ9 is a power tool for Evidence Based Coaching Practitioners. Introduction by EBC Director:  Terry Hildebrandt, PhD, MCC, MCEC I am excited to announce that Fielding has added world-class assessments and instruments to our Evidence Based Coaching Certificate Program; one is the Integrative Enneagram Profile (iEQ9).  Integrative Enneagram Solutions has also generously offered our readers to experience the power of this tool at no charge.  I am happy to have Kyra Ward be our guest EBC Blogger to share some introductory remarks about the iEQ9. Guest Blogger:  Kyra Ward, https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyraward/ In response to the exponential growth of the coaching [...]

Coaching in the Legal Profession Guest Blogger: Jeff Schneider, JD, M.Ed, PCC – www.PartnersInThought.com More than 1.3 million lawyers practice in the U.S., and over 2 million lawyers practice in other countries. Each of these lawyers likely would benefit from a coach. Are you prepared to help them? Professional service providers and their firms, particularly lawyers and law firms, are much different clients than traditional for-profit and non-profit organizations.  Some of the important characteristics of typical law firms include: Law firms are owned by their workers and typically are managed horizontally rather than hierarchically. Few lawyers at any firm consider themselves [...]

Walking Into Ourselves: Pilgrimage as a Model for Developmental Coaching Guest Blogger: Akasha, PhD, PCC (Fielding HOD PhD Alum) - www.solfireconsulting.com Coaching is as much a journey as pilgrimages are, minus the blisters and constant physical movement. Pilgrimages are quests to a sacred site. The effects of a pilgrimage continue long after the pilgrim arrives at the sacred center. As with coachees, pilgrims arrive at various milestones to continue on to the next one. Coachees and pilgrims are likely to experience some self-discovery, transformation, developmental shift, or growth along the journey. There are several examples in western literature where pilgrimages are [...]

Watch the YouTube Video at https://youtu.be/ZqBN-VmkHiw During this informative EBC Professional Series Webinar hear from Fielding scholar-practitioners who specialize in coaching clients later in life.  Explore how coaching can support creative longevity and wisdom.  Panelists will discuss their work in helping people later in life reach their personal goals to maintain a vibrant and meaningful life.  Coaches will learn about the unique needs of clients later in life. Host:  Terry H. Hildebrandt, PhD, MCC, MCEC – Director of Evidence Based Coaching, Fielding Graduate University Panelists: Connie Corley, PhD, https://expertfile.com/experts/connie.corleyphd Marjorie Woo, PhD, PCC, https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorie-woo-796896/ Lois Kahn-Feuer, PhD, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lois-kahn-feuer-b1abb525   Watch the [...]