Adaptive Coaching: The Art and Practice of a Client-Centered Approach to Performance Improvement

Terry R. Bacon, Ph.D., is founder and chairman of the Lore International Institute, a professional development firm specializing in executive assessment, education, and coaching, and has a strategic alliance with Heidrick & Struggles, the world's premier executive search firm. His clients include Putnam Investments, American Express, General Electric, Ford Motor Company, and Fluor Corporation. A prolific author and popular speaker, his most recent books include WINNING BEHAVIOR and SELLING TO MAJOR ACCOUNTS.

Karen I. Spear, Ph.D., is a senior researcher for the Lore Research Institute and director of the institute's peer review program. Formerly a professor, researcher, and executive in higher education, she has consulted widely on faculty development and program design and has coached consultants and executives at such leading firms as McKinsey and Company.

Together Bacon and Spear have taught coaching for nearly thirty years and have coached more than 7,000 executives and professionals in a variety of industries.