Status: U Return-Path: Received: from mx-austrian.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([127.0.0.1]) by mx-austrian.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1kUApD4493Nl34j0; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:18:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wsmarth-hairy.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.115]) by mx-austrian.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 1kUApC7q73Nl34j0 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:18:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from domrl-brush.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.231.198]) by wsmarth-hairy.pas.sa.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.36 #4) id 1KuaPc-0007sb-00 for merileek@earthlink.net; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:18:12 -0700 X-ELNK-Loop: merileek@kerncommunications.com Received: from dukecmmtar02.coxmail.com ([68.99.120.49]) by domrl-brush.atl.sa.earthlink.net (EarthLink SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 1kUApA3st3Nl5vE0 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:18:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from merilee07cf8a9 ([68.15.13.44]) by dukecmmtar02.coxmail.com (InterMail vM.6.01.06.05 201-2131-130-106-20070212) with SMTP id <20081027221809.VTAY17064.dukecmmtar02.coxmail.com@merilee07cf8a9> for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:18:09 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: "Merilee:::Kern Communications" From: "Merilee:::Kern Communications" To: Subject: The Oklahoman Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:18:15 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_1550_01C93847.3B965070" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-ELNK-AV: 0 X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=010; This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1550_01C93847.3B965070 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_1551_01C93847.3B965070" ------=_NextPart_001_1551_01C93847.3B965070 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.newsok.com/business-coaches-aim-for-big-league/article/3315500= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- =20 =20 Business coaches aim for big league Growing industry helps companies improve Comments 0 BY PAULA BURKES Published: October 26, 2008 There once was an executive whose business was tanking. Meanwhile, he = was having problems with his teenage son, and he and his wife were on = the brink of divorce. Then a business coach helped him turn around his = professional and personal life.=20 Business coach Mary Tucker sits with her Guatemalan business partner = Maria Cristina Crespo. PHOTO PROVIDED BY MARY TUCKER=20 Advertisement "He'd quit listening to his subordinates or his wife," said John McKee, = Los Angeles-based author and founder of www.BusinessSuccessCoach.net. = "He was so certain he'd seen it all and knew it all, that he'd shut off = after a few sentences, and had no idea he wasn't listening." McKee saw = the executive's problem when he shadowed him in meetings.=20 Business coaching is quickly becoming a hot career. In the past 10 = years, the number of professionals worldwide has doubled to some 30,000, = McKee said. Though no formal training is required, most complete a = certification program, typically online-based, with an association or = university. Coaching on average costs $200 to $250 an hour, McKee said.=20 "It's really about balance and getting comfortable with the fact that = life is rarely balanced," said Mary Tucker, international coach and = founder of Oklahoma City-based Cultivate Your Life.=20 Walking in their shoes Tucker is all too familiar with reinventing oneself, including setting = goals and overcoming fear and self-doubt. Once a single mom to five = young daughters, Tucker went from being a housewife to a 32-year-old = college student, to a graduate, to a professional, to an executive.=20 After a long career in advertising and newspaper publishing, she = recently became a coach, training through a two-year distance-learning = program with John F. Kennedy University in San Diego.=20 Along with local clients, Tucker in January will begin coaching in = Guatemala. The opportunity came through a Guatemalan classmate and = attorney she teamed with at an on-site class at JFK.=20 The pair signed agreements with eight Guatemalan companies, including a = sugar mill, a law firm and bakery/cafe.=20 "They love all things America and, at that level, are fluent in = English," Tucker said.=20 Along with the Guatemalan alliance, they liked Tucker's coaching method, = she said, which includes working with the behavior of the executive team = as a whole, and one-hour individual sessions.=20 ------=_NextPart_001_1551_01C93847.3B965070 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Published: October 26, 2008

There once was an executive whose business was = tanking.=20 Meanwhile, he was having problems with his teenage son, and he and his = wife were=20 on the brink of divorce. Then a business coach helped him turn around = his=20 professional and personal life.

Business coach Mary Tucker sits with = her=20 Guatemalan business partner Maria Cristina Crespo. PHOTO PROVIDED BY = MARY TUCKER=20
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"He=92d quit listening to his subordinates or his = wife,=94 said=20 John McKee, = Los Angeles-based = author and=20 founder of www.BusinessSuccessCoach.net. "He was so certain he=92d seen = it all and=20 knew it all, that he=92d shut off after a few sentences, and had no idea = he wasn=92t=20 listening.=94 McKee saw the executive=92s problem when he shadowed him = in meetings.=20

Business coaching is quickly becoming a hot career. In = the past=20 10 years, the number of professionals worldwide has doubled to some = 30,000,=20 McKee said. Though no formal training is required, most complete a = certification=20 program, typically online-based, with an association or university. = Coaching on=20 average costs $200 to $250 an hour, McKee said.

"It=92s really about balance and getting comfortable = with the fact=20 that life is rarely balanced,=94 said Mary Tucker, = international=20 coach and founder of Oklahoma City-based Cultivate=20 Your Life.

Walking in their = shoes
Tucker is all too familiar with reinventing oneself, including = setting=20 goals and overcoming fear and self-doubt. Once a single mom to five = young=20 daughters, Tucker went from being a housewife to a 32-year-old college = student,=20 to a graduate, to a professional, to an executive.

After a long career in advertising and newspaper = publishing, she=20 recently became a coach, training through a two-year distance-learning = program=20 with John F. Kennedy University in=20 San Diego. =

Along with local clients, Tucker in January will begin = coaching=20 in Guatemala. The = opportunity came=20 through a Guatemalan classmate and attorney she teamed with at an = on-site class=20 at JFK.

The pair signed agreements with eight Guatemalan = companies,=20 including a sugar mill, a law firm and bakery/cafe.

"They love all things America and, at = that level, are=20 fluent in English,=94 Tucker said.

Along with the Guatemalan alliance, they liked = Tucker=92s coaching=20 method, she said, which includes working with the behavior of the = executive team=20 as a whole, and one-hour individual sessions.=20

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