There's a question Cindy Schmelzenbach, MCC often gets asked: When did you know coaching was the space you were made for? Her answer surprises people. Not because it's dramatic, but because it wasn't a crisis that sent her toward coaching. It was a classroom. She was finishing her Master's in Counseling, working in cross-cultural [...]

Michael Pfau sat on a bench outside his downtown Philadelphia office building in September 2003, fresh from completing his coach certification. He'd just finished a year of evening classes while working full-time as an I.T. Network Administrator at Lincoln Financial Group and volunteering 15 hours weekly as Assistant Pastor. The question hung in the [...]

Jenn Nickel remembers the moment clearly. Her client was frustrated, convinced she needed to leave her company entirely to find fulfillment. They'd spent weeks exploring new industries, crafting exit strategies, mapping out career pivots. But something wasn't adding up. "Sometimes we think we want to change the circumstances," Jenn reflects, "when really we find [...]

Pamela Mertz was mid-session, leading her first group coaching demo, when she realized she was drenched in sweat. Her heart raced. Her hands trembled. She was so focused on impressing everyone in the room that she'd completely lost track of what actually mattered: the people in front of her. She stopped. Right there in [...]