COACHING GETS INTO THE RUSSIAN BUSINESS PSYCHE
November 1st, 2012
BY LENA SMIRNOVA, IN MOSCOW
BUSINESS coaching classes may not require students to swallow pills, don ear muffs and wiggle in straightjackets, but for some Russian businessmen this is a novel practice that appears similar to a traditional psychological experiment. And it is one they are often hesitant to participate in.
Part of the reason is that in the roughly 15 years that business coaching has been available in Russia, established psychotherapists and psychologists have made up a good proportion of professionals studying business coaching. They still comprise ...
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