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A Brief History of Coaching Definitions

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A Brief History of Coaching Definitions
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Recently (2019), authors Jonathan Passmore and Yi-Ling Lai capture the history of defining coaching in their article “Coaching Psychology: Exploring definitions and research contribution to practice,” published in the journal - International Coaching Psychology Review. Today’s dose explores this paper, while integrating other sources, and invites coaches to consider the nature of coaching and coaching psychology with fresh eyes, as well as opportunities to expand coaching education.

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