About the Author
Haesun Moon, PhD
Haesun is a communication scientist, educator, and author of several collaborative books, including Thriving Women, Thriving World, and Foundations of Brief Coaching, a short handbook for professional coaches.
She cares about people experiencing better conversations at home and at work. She believes that conversations can change the world, and she defines this process as hosting dialogic conditions in which people participate to imagineer their own change. Her academic and professional research in coaching dialogues and pedagogy from the University of Toronto led to the development of a simple coaching model, the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ). The DOQ has transformed the way people coach and learn coaching worldwide. Haesun teaches brief coaching at the University of Toronto, and she serves as executive director at the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching and principal at the Human Learning Institute.
When not writing, Haesun enjoys filmmaking, carpentry, and golf. A lover of early mornings, naps, good coffee, and fine pens with fine nibs, she currently resides in Toronto with her mother, her two nephews, and her exceptionally affectionate and independent dog, who failed her therapy dog program.
You can visit her online at briefcoaching.ca and coachingatoz.com.
“Words, like living fossils, carry certain impressions of the past and create new impressions as we use them. How do you spell hope with your words?”