From time to time I see threads here asking about how useful (or not...) various Internet coaching programs are.

As a professional (mid-career) coach and IM'er, I think you can get a lot out of a program just by knowing that your performance is being observed.

Of course it does help that you actually want to be coached in the first place - and not everyone does, especially when they realize they'll have to do some work!

A good example of the motivating...