International Personal and Business Coaching Week

WANT A LIFE? GET A COACH

Coaches From Around the World To Celebrate
International Personal and Business Coaching Week
February 5 - 11, 2001

Monterey, CA - Why should the Tiger Woods and Anna Kournikovas of the world be the only ones to get a little coaching? Just because there is no field or net doesn't mean the rest of us can't benefit from a little whistle-blowing help from the sidelines.

More business owners, executives and ordinary individuals are hiring coaches to help them lead and make better decisions. Want to leave your corporate job and start a dot-com? Get the feeling you spend your whole life toiling for things you don't really need or even want? Wish you could meet and cohabit with Dr. Perfect? Those are a few of the issues people bring to personal and business coaches, whose ranks have swelled since the early 1990s.

The trend is catching on. The International Coach Federation, the Washington, D.C. based association of personal and business coaches, estimates there are more than 10,000 coaches nationwide and the number is skyrocketing as business and personal coaching has become one of the hottest trends in management. The federation has more than doubled its membership to 3,500 in the past year.

Want to find out more about coaching? The third annual International Personal Business and Coaching Week will be held on February 5 to 11, 2001. Coaches across the nation will be offering workshops, lectures and free coaching sessions to celebrate the week.

According to Shawn Hewitt of Turning Point Coaching, the purpose of the coaching week "is to educate the public about the value of working with a coach and to provide an opportunity for coaches and their clients to acknowledge the results and progress made through the coaching process. As coaching gains in popularity as the latest evolution in the self-improvement industry (with publicity in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Time, Newsweek, New Age, ABC, NBC, USA Today, The New York Times, etc.), people need a no-risk opportunity to experience the value that coaching can provide". As part of the third annual International Personal Business and Coaching Week, Turning Point Coaching & Consulting will be hosting Free Coaching Day on Thursday, February 8, 2001. Free Coaching Day will make it possible for people to call in and experience first-hand the impact that coaching can have in their lives. Taking advantage of this free opportunity for support can make an immediate and powerful difference!

For more information about Free Coaching Day or the third annual International Personal Business and Coaching Week, contact Shawn Hewitt, Turning Point Coaching & Consulting, at 1-877-990-5804 or coach@turning-pnt.com.

ABOUT TURNING POINT COACHING & CONSULTING

Turning Point Coaching & Consulting, a rapidly expanding strategic power coaching service for creating personal and professional success, was founded in Silicon Valley, California in 1998. As a former human resources executive, founder Shawn Hewitt has a winning track record in individual and corporate coaching with many clients at high technology firms with life successful staff. She has proven experience in helping individuals at all career levels, including managers and CEOs, alter their lives to become more productive, competitive, fulfilled, successful and effective while becoming less stressful. Shawn has also assisted many individuals to develop personal lives that are filled with an abundance of happiness and financial security. Turning Point Coaching & Consulting specializes in corporate employee, manager and executive personal and professional coaching, as well as private individual personal and career oriented coaching.

About The International Coach Federation

The ICF, which has 3,500 members in 172 chapters in over 24 countries, is the only independent accrediting body for personal and business coaches. It has certified over 600 coaches internationally. The ICF's headquarters are located at 1444 I St. NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005-2210. The toll-free numbers: Tel (888) 423-3131 and fax (888) FAX2ICF. The ICF offers a free Coach Referral Service via its website (www.coachfederation.org) or by calling 888-BE-MY-COACH.

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