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What is executive coaching? A four-part definition to a growing field
Kathy Iverson is an associate professor in Roosevelt University’s Training and Development graduate program. She teaches organization development, cultural diversity, research methodology, training...
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Major League Executive Coaches
We all know the most famous major league coaches past and present–Phil Jackson, George Halas, and Vince Lombardi to name a few, but how do we identify top Executive Coaches? Here are several on my...
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Coaching Theory: Don’t put the cart before the horse
Coaching is all about doing –having conversations, using tools, assessments, making plans, following up and evaluating performance. It’s not about theory and models and research, right?...
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Training at the Movies Part 1: What can Patrick Swayze teach us about manners?
BY ERIC HAHN Roosevelt Training and Development Graduate assistant Patrick Swayze in a still from the 1989 movie “Road House.” Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. As cases of alleged police...
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Two Truths, No Lie: Positive Psychology
Guest Author Jennifer Lewellen, 2016 MAOD Graduate Dr. Martin Seligman is a mentor of mine in spirit. His day job however is being the father of Positive Psychology and its’ two supporting theories:...
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Positive Psychology: Shifting from what’s wrong to what’s right
In the field of training and HPI, we often spend a great deal of our time and resources finding out what’s wrong with individuals and organizations, but what if we shifted our assessment to also...
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Perfectionism: The Soul Eater
Okay, so the title might be just a bit dramatic. But bear with me. This is my last semester in the MATD program here at Roosevelt. I can’t even list everything I’ve learned about instructional design,...
View ArticleHey Alumni! Mentor, Serve and Give
If you have thought of being a mentor or have considered coaching someone in the training and development field to enrich their core understanding of a particular practice, right now is the time to...
View ArticleEvidence-based Coaching Tools
If you conduct a google search, you will find that there is no shortage of coaching tools, but there is a lack of clarity on how and when to use specific tools and little research to shed light on this...
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