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Art of Inquiry

Lines of Inquiry
Clara Beacon
Experience Life Magazine (2004)
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Expert Question Asking: The Engine of Successful Coaching
Marilee C. Goldberg, Ph.D.
The Manchester Review (1999)
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The Spirit and Discipline of Organizational Inquiry
Marilee C. Goldberg, Ph.D.
The Manchester Review (1998)
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Coaching Executives, Leaders or Managers

Research Summary: The Impact of Executive Coaching on Job Performance
Jillian Starman, Ph.D. (2007)
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Better Business Results Through Coaching
Ute Kueffner (2005)
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Executive Coaching: The Secret Weapon for High Impact Leadership
Ray Williams
National Post (2008)
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Top Dogs Are Lonely: Confessions of a CEO Coach
Ray Williams
National Post (2008)
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Impact or Effectiveness of Coaching

Positive Psychology is Getting a Tryout at McLean Hospital
Carey Goldberg
The Boston Globe (2007)
Link to Article (File 031)

The Second-Fastest Growing Profession
Ray Williams
National Post (2007)
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Using Coaching as a Health Intervention
Dr. Don Morrow
ICF - Coaching World (2006)
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Can Coaching Reduce the Incidence of Stress-Related Absenteeism?
Jan Ramsey and Sigrid Stover Kjeldsen (2005)
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Internal Coaching

Learning and Development
Liz Hall
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (2006)
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Measurement of Coaching Effectiveness/ROI

Maximizing the Impact of Executive Coaching: Behavioral Change, Organizational Outcomes, and Return on Investment
Joy McGovern, Ph.D., Michael Lindemann, Ph.D., Monica Vergara, M.A., Stacey Murphy, Linda Barker, M.A., and Rodney Warrenfeltz, Ph.D.
The Manchester Review (2001)
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ROI from Coaching

Measuring Snowflakes? Calculating the Return on Investment of Executive Coaching
Dr. Sabine Dembkowski and Fiona Eldridge
The Coaching and Mentoring Network (2003)
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Executive Coaching Yields Return of Almost Six Times its Cost!
Work/Life Solutions, Inc.
Manchester, Inc. (2001)
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Corporate Learning Strategies: The Fallacy of ROI Calculations
Daniel R. Tobin, Ph.D. (1998)
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