: Greetings from Argentina! Leadership skills will evolve through immersive simulations and role-playing, enabling safe practice in decision-making and conflict resolution. Smart tools like wearables and productivity apps will measure coaching outcomes, focusing on productivity, well-being, and balance. Coaching for adaptability, resilience, and prediction will grow. AI and big data will make coaching more precise, identifying real-time patterns for effective adjustments and improved results.

– “The dawn is reserved for those who wake up with determination and seize opportunity.”*
– *”Each new daybreak presents a fresh page in the narrative of your existence.”

with people working later in life retirement coaching could be huge. Coaches could help clients design new paths like starting a business or volunteering. Tools like VR might even let them test these lives first.

as a Business coach teacher of university, my students come into coaching training with a wide range of qualifications and experience and more business coaches and tools mix coaching with advising, consulting or mentoring. Many Business coaches already bring expertise from second careers. Maybe the Business coach future is a “coachsultant” – someone who mentors, trains, and inspires.

the idea of coaching as a profession will endure. For me, coaching IS a profession in that we have clear, high standards and professional competencies as well as preparation, education and assessment standards, protocols and practices.