mercial entities that hatch coaches on a regular basis. But unlike consultants, most coaches are not experts, nor do they hold themselves forth asMary looked forward to her weekly meetings with her psychologist, she said, not because she was traumatized, depressed, or otherwise mentally impaired or especially fragile.

“I used her as a coach,” she recalls with pride.

“Without the structure of having to report my week to her, I would have DRIFTED way off course!” she maintains.

The coaching industry is booming, not so much because coaches are trained in psychology or communications or business. Most aren’t.

They might have taken a class or two or even achieved “certification” from one of dozens of commercial entities that hatch coaches on a regular basis. But unlike consultants, most coaches are not experts, nor do they hold themselves forth as

ired or especially fragile.

“I used her as a coach,” she recalls with pride.

“Without the structure of having to report my week to her, I would have DRIFTED way off course!” she maintains.

The coaching industry is booming, not so much because coaches are trained in psychology or communications or business. Most aren’t.

They might have taken a class or two or even achieved “certification” from one of dozens of commercial entities that hatch coaches on a regular basis. But unlike consultants, most coaches are not experts, nor do they hold themselves forth as

I would have DRIFTED way off course!” she maintains.

The coaching industry is booming, not so much because coaches are trained in psychology or communications or business. Most aren’t.

They might have taken a class or two or even achieved “certification” from one of dozens of commercial entities that hatch coaches on a regular basis. But unlike consultants, most coaches are not experts, nor do they hold themselves forth as

y or communications or business. Most aren’t.

They might have taken a class or two or even achieved “certification” from one of dozens of commercial entities that hatch coaches on a regular basis. But unlike consultants, most coaches are not experts, nor do they hold themselves forth as

mercial entities that hatch coaches on a regular basis. But unlike consultants, most coaches are not experts, nor do they hold themselves forth as such.

Primarily, they help their clients with such mundane tasks as goal setting, time management, and strategic planning. They assist in sorting out values and needs and goading their clients to take action.

Without a coach, as Mary can attest, there is the common tendency to veer off course and to allow dreaded “slippage” between what one intended to do and what he or she actually accomplished.

When you have someone else to whom you must report, even if you’re paying the person, and perhaps especially because you’re out of pocket, you tend to stick to the knit