Greetings! Welcome to the Coaching Column. This column was formerly entitled the Executive Coaching Column, but due to the explosive growth of the coaching profession, it seemed prudent to broaden the scope to include all different types of coaching. So, please feel free to ask questions about personal and/or professional coaching in general, as well as specific coaching specialities.

The questions in this column may be submitted by the columnist or by you, the reader. Not all questions will be used, but those that are, will be answered promptly. Some questions may be a composite of a number of submitted questions.

Since questions submitted do not provide the full contextual information needed to assess the realities referred to in the question, answers should be taken as suggestive rather than as definitive.

The columnist takes full responsibility for all answers; they do not necessarily represent the positions of the editor or other contributors.

The question for the up-coming column ends each column.

	What is Coaching?
	Determining a Fee for the Service
	How do you structure the first session?
	I needed to find some good executive coaches - how do I locate one?
	What are the major stages in an executive coaching series of meetings?
	Why Hire a Coach?
	What assumptions does an executive coach make about the executive's mental health status?
	What needs does Executive Coaching meet?
	What can one expect from the coaching relationship?
	What responsibilities does the Executive Coach have to the executive and to the company?
	Where (how) does the consultation take place?

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Executive Coaching Offline Resources

5/11/98

John E. Glass, Ph.D., is a sociological practitioner with over 11 yearsexperience as a consultant, educator, counselor, educator, and researcher.He is on the Board of the American Academy of Sociological Practitioners, on the faculty of the Institute for Integral Development, a member of the Sociological Practice Association, and a member of the International Coach Federation.
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