As research gradually peels back the many layers of what is called coaching, one dimension in particular stands out by way of its absence: the "vertical" dimension where adults experience not only behavioral "change" (the horizontal dimension), but developmental "shifts." The hiddenness of this dimension is at least twofold.

There are a number of questions people typically ask about developmental coaching, some of which appear below, followed by an answer.

1. What will education in developmental coaching do for me as a person and my career that I can't find elsewhere?

Developmental coach education is focused on your personal potential in the sense of reaching a higher "developmental level;" it cuts through all types of coaching, underlying all that is taught at other coaching schools.

2. What is it that is transformative about developmental coaching?

You learn about the transcultural laws and patterns of adult development over the lifespan, and about how cognitive and social-emotional development intersect in deep, revealing ways.

The Second IFC Coaching Research Symposium took a further step toward consolidating research as the leading force in strengthening the effectiveness and legitimacy of coaching worldwide.

180 coaches and researchers from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia converged in their agenda of learning more about basic coaching processes, new client models, advantages of coaching over other training modalities, assessment of coaching effectiveness, research in coaching outcome, and research-based training. There was a consensus that coach training needs to establish itself on a research- based foundation, or fail to support the growing need for effective coaching by scientist-practitioner coaches.

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In coming issues of the Newsletter, we will print articles about unexplored aspects of developmental coaching, ideas and information about developmental coach education (at IDM and elsewhere), and the tie-in between developmental, cognitive, and spiritual coaching.

We will also introduce a perspective on coaching as Capability Management in organizations, a new avenue toward increasing the effectiveness of business coaching, and discuss issues pertaining to research-based coach education and certification.

With this Newsletter, we invite you to join our growing community, of curious coaches who are seeking to expand the purview of their craft. We would like to assist you in obtaining a deeper understanding of the many dimensions of coaching, including those now hidden from view.

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