Heart Power From Behind the Wall
By Kanya Likanasudh This past spring, I led a training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Coaching at a prison in Chiangmai, which is in the Northern part of Thailand. Twenty-three prisoners, many with life sentences, participated for five days in April and then five more…
Holy Ghosts
By Bart Erbach A few weeks ago I attended the funeral of Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and poet who lived his life protesting war and promoting peace. It brought back a lot of memories, and feelings — and questions. I remember my mother telling…
How to Turn Your Multicultural Background into a Competitive Advantage
By Eduardo Delfino People moving into a new country usually undergo the stress to deal with an entirely new cultural environment, which may go far beyond language difficulties, and include behavioral, cultural and religious differences—among others—making a transition much more complex that we can initially…
Stepping Past the Borders of Our Knowing
By Ivy Woolf-Turk One day, early in my coaching career, I received an unexpected telephone call from a client I had been coaching for about six months. I was surprised to hear from her on a day when we hadn’t scheduled a coaching session. I…
Happiness: Forget Extraordinary, Just Be Yourself
By Tanuja Ramchal One of my favorite books is The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope. Cope opens with a bold quote from the Book of Thomas: If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If…
The Leaders of Coaching for Community Transformation Spotlight: Jeremy Lahoud
By Jeremy Lahoud Throughout 2016 we will be featuring several Leadership that Works’ coaches who are on the leading edge of community coaching. In this first installment of the series, Jeremy Lahoud, Senior Fellow at the Movement Strategy Center, shares how coaching has helped him…
My Coach’s Stand
By Michael Wise, MPH, ACC I struggled with my coach’s stand at first. I thought I had developed several great stands and metaphors, but none of them helped. Lost and confused, I switched my stand a few times but never really connected with one. Eventually…
Get Your Coaching Business More Attention: 3 Steps to Landing A Successful Guest Post
By Amanda Berlin So you have coach training and some experience. But you’re ready to get out there and build a robust coaching practice that sustains your life. But how do you reach more people and get your coaching business attention? Guest posting may be…
The Leaders of Coaching for Community Transformation: A Sneak Peek
By Leslie Brown “We are the ones that we have been waiting for.” June Jordan’s quote captures the heart of community coaching. This innovative coaching method is changing the way that communities work and thrive by using coaching as both a philosophy—a way of looking…