While we and our clients strive for stronger personal relationships, to conquer our bad habits, to lead more effectively, or to get ahead in our careers, we often get caught in negative emotional and behavioral patterns that prevent us from moving forward....

Through advances in neuroscience we can now see inside the brains of people when they are experiencing different emotions. What is so astounding is the dramatically different ‘brain landscape’ that shows up in fear and distrust states versus states of joy, happiness and trust....

Slides to accompany Tricia Naddaff's IOC Webinar: Using Assessments in Coaching: The Risks and the Benefits. 

A well-chosen assessment can be an invaluable coaching tool, facilitating deep insight and exploration and inspiring eye-opening reflection. An assessment administered ineffectively, however, could send the wrong message – making a subject feel that they are being judged and evaluated rather than supported and encouraged....

In most organizations nearly everyone is doing a second job no one is paying them for—namely, covering their weaknesses, trying to look their best, and managing other people’s impressions of them. There may be no greater waste of an organization’s resources....

In this session we will consider how we understand ourselves as coaches – and what challenges and difficulties our self-understanding may introduce and foster in our practice....

Given that leaders are embedded in complex networks of interaction it may be important to consider the potential for broader level systemic impact of change that begins at the individual cognitions of a leader....

It may surprise you to learn that 40 percent of global leaders assigned to either new positions or overseas assignments fail after 18 months....

On April 8, 2016, Dan Goleman delivered IOC's first public webinar -- titled "Coaching as a Force for Good" -- to more than 650 attendees.  The transcript of Dan's talk is now available below, along with the recording of this webinar.

In this lively and engaging webinar, Gail Gazelle, MD takes us into the mindset of physicians and the rapidly changing landscape of medical practice​ and health care in general​....