TD Magazine Article
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Tue Nov 01 2005
The article reports that coaching is becoming more integrated into work and life through laptop and mobile systems. Coaching, of course, is about purposeful interactions between a coach and the person or persons being coached. Great coaches are trainers, demonstrating, for example, sales negotiation skills, asking the neophyte to try a new strategy, and then providing feedback on the neophyte's efforts at making a listing presentation. E-coaching moves the process online and expands the possibilities. Some e-coaches call what they do distance coaching, distance mentoring, or even telementoring. Today most coaches use electronic means to communicate, if only to set up or alter an appointment. But an e-coach goes further, typically using the Internet strategically. Online coaching has been able to provide resources, build relationships, problem-solve, motivate, and create interactions between the coach and the person being coached. Valuable experts and expertise can be in more than one place at the same time through e-coaching and archives that collect their smarts.
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If Coaching is Good then ECoaching is
If Coaching is Good then ECoaching is