Released on = March 30, 2006, 1:00 pm

Press Release Author = Turning Points

Industry = Human Resources

Press Release Summary = Turning Points CEO Mike Ballard announced a strategic
partnership with New Agreements Coach Training and Leadership Institute (NACTLI) to
provide Turning Points Navigator T online assessment technology.

Press Release Body = Boston, MA - April 2, 2006 - In the nascent coaching industry,
innovations come from all directions, including technology. Turning Points CEO Mike
Ballard announced a strategic partnership with New Agreements Coach Training and
Leadership Institute (NACTLI) to provide Turning Points Navigator T online
assessment technology to NACTLI coaches and students participating in its 6-Month
Coach Coaching with Intent Certification Program.

Coaches come from a variety of perspectives. There are life coaches, career
coaches, transition coaches and life planning coaches. High-powered CEOs and other
"Masters of the Universe" have long employed executive coaches to help them maximize
effectiveness and performance on the job. Upper-tier professionals in career
transitions often hire career counselors on an hourly basis to hone their search
strategy, but these days far more people employ coaches. Given an increasing
demand, many are choosing coaching as a career and need training. National
organizations such as Coachville, the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the
Coach Training Institute (CTI) are churning out newly certified coaches by the
month, providing online resources such as teleclasses and webinars to serve this
growing sector of independent service providers.

Smaller training organizations, such as the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara, CA
and the Integrative Institute in Boulder, CO are highly selective, and considered by
some to be the elite coach training schools. Through the leadership of Joanne
Dunleavy, NACTLI is rapidly expanding its reputation for innovation and cutting edge
training methods - and establishing itself among that elite. As the buzz increases,
many established coaches, business leaders and psychotherapists are adding and
honing their skills at NACTLI certification programs.

A successful executive coach for the past 19 years, Dunleavy is well-known at
Coachville and ICF as a key-note speaker and panel presenter of the popular "Six
Figure Coaching" workshops. Her ability to consistently generate such incomes as a
coach already places her in an elite group, and Joanne specializes in working with
corporate CEOs attempting to transform dysfunctional organizations. "We are
constantly looking for ways to innovate and maximize the effectiveness or our
certification program." said Dunleavy. "A masterful coach must be highly self-aware
in order to serve their clients in a powerful way. Turning Points assessments allow
our coaches to begin the individual preparation before, during, and after our
weekends and teleclasses. This adds a significant value to their experience, and we
believe it significantly accelerates their self-learning process."

NACTLI typically holds one 6-Month program per year, and limits enrollment to a
maximum of 30 participants. They are in the final stages of the third program,
which will complete in May. NACTLI is currently accepting applications to
participate in the next program, which begins in December of 2006.

About Turning Points

Turning Points is a family business founded by Jack and Phoebe Ballard (Mike's
parents) in the 1980's. Its original mission was to serve retiring baby boomers
through workshops and seminars. Two books and hundreds of students later, it was
concluded that the need for transition management skills and tools exists across the
spectrum of age, profession and careers. In late 2002, Mike took over management of
the company and added the online assessments, which resulted in the new hybrid
curriculum. A new edition of the Turning Points book is due to be released in early
2006.

Turning Points is based in Denver, CO and provides volume discounts and training
programs for college Career Centers, professional Career Counselors, Human Resource
managers, and Certified Executive and Life Coaches. Authorized Providers receive
trainer training, Leader's Guides with a plug-and-play curriculum, discounts for
Turning Points books, and subscriptions to online assessments. Certifications for
qualified career services professionals or independent providers are available.
(www.TPNavigator.com)

About NACTLI
NACTLI was created to provide the Coaching Profession with a "Next Step" in
Executive and Business Coaching. At the heart of this Next Step is the relationship
and partnership that the Coach and Client co-create. The Next Step in Executive and
Business Coaching often include coaching that enhances leadership skills, effective
communication, personal performance and growth, motivating and inspiring your staff,
team development, and creating strategies for building your business and growing
your organization. It is really expanded awareness, deep listening, and powerful
connection that create the acceleration in the Coaching with Intent Coaching
relationships.

New Agreements Coaching and Coaching with IntentSM goes beyond traditional coaching
parameters and seeks to align Coaches and Coaching more closely with universal and
spiritual principles in conjunction with the power of systems thinking. Based in
part on the work of Don Miguel Ruiz in The Four Agreements, the New Agreements Coach
Training and Leadership Institute has brought this work into the business and
coaching environment. (www.NewAgreementsCoaching.com)
Joanne Dunleavy (508-238-1009), Joanne@newagreementscoaching.com


Web Site = http://www.TPNavigator.com

Contact Details = Mike Ballard
1580 St Paul St Suite 4
Denver, CO 80206
mike@tpnavigator.com
720.641.5919
http://www.tpnavigator.com
Alt. Contact: Sharon Price
619-300-3389
sharon@powerpartnersmarketing.com