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Brian O. Underhill, Ph.D. is an industry-recognized expert in the design and management of worldwide executive coaching implementations. Brian is the author of Executive Coaching for Results: The Definitive Guide to Developing Organizational Leaders (Berrett Koehler: 2007). He is the...
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Coaching Supervision: It’s Here (or is it?)
By Brian Underhill, PhD, CEO, CoachSource Here is a time when I lost our company a potentially multimillion dollar coaching contract. Yes, it was my fault. The CEO of the company messed this one up personally. It’s 5 am in California, 4 years ago. Our web interview is underway with a major m...
April 19, 2017
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
It’s “Back-to-School Season” for Coaches
By Brian Underhill, Ph.D., CEO, CoachSource This year, I celebrate 19 years as an executive coach. But I’m going back to school. And so are many other coaches. Why? I was just about to take off for a recent business trip when the thought came to me. I grabbed my phone and thumbed out a requ...
July 12, 2016
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
2015 CoachSource Worldwide Coaches Forum: The Play-by-Play!
By Brian Underhill, CEO CoachSource and Erin Sullivan, Consultant, CoachSource Seven years of big dreams, 12 months of bi-monthly planning calls, what felt like 25 too many daily internal logistical emails and a handful more to coordinate the busy lives of 7 speakers and 8 group exercise facili...
November 19, 2015
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
“I’m so over myself!! What’s my next?” Interview with Andrea Kates, CEO, LaunchPad Central
Guest blog post by Rebecca Turner, CoachSource Coach and Consultant I recently interviewed Andrea Kates, a tech CEO in a startup business called LaunchPad Central in San Francisco. Andrea has a flair that I like and she knows how to “hold court” so to speak, so I asked if she would be willing ...
November 19, 2015
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"I want a coach who has done my exact job before – but bigger!"
By Brian Underhill, PhD, CEO, CoachSource “I’m told I can be too hard on people,” said the executive, a director of product development at a Silicon Valley start-up. “I guess that means I need to do a better job of bringing people along.” “Tell me more about that…” I asked, trying to gathe...
May 11, 2015
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
View from the Front of the Coach: What are the Latest Trends in the Executive Coaching Industry?
By Brian Underhill, PhD and Erin Sullivan, MA As the head of a large executive coaching firm, I travel globally meeting with organizations and coaches, as well as speaking at and attending various coaching conferences. I’m often asked some of the same questions: “Why are organizations hiring ...
March 6, 2015
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
Tracking Executive Coaching Solutions: One step closer to “an App for that”
By Steve Sass, COO and Erin Sullivan, MA The past decade has meant a steady growth in the demand for Executive Coaching solutions. According to participants of our latest industry study, this growth is only expected to continue North (77% of organizations, 92% of internal coaches and 91% of ext...
March 6, 2015
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
Are Executive Coaches Too Nice?
By Brian Underhill, PhD There is a particular brand of ice cream I do not eat. It has nothing to do with the product ingredients, flavor varieties, or even the brand’s political views. It has to do with (yes, I know this is immature) a long-held grudge associated with one of the few times I wa...
March 6, 2015
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
By Marcia Reynolds, PsyD, MCC, Executive Coach and AuthorThe best coaches make us feel unsure of ourselves.This might sound counterintuitive. It doesn’t mean a coach doesn’t support, encourage and help clients see new possibilities that strengthens someone’s confidence. But in those moments someo...
March 6, 2015
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Brian Underhill posted a blog post
To Give or Not To Give... (Advice, That Is)
By Brian Underhill, PhD, CEO, CoachSourceI will never coach in front of a live audience again.Over a decade ago in Vancouver, I was asked to conduct a “coaching fishbowl” for a large business coaching conference. A local owner of a family manufacturing business was brought in. After only a few ...
March 6, 2015
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Brian Underhill is now a member of Berrett-Koehler Community
