the future of coaching will depend on “asking” questions in the brain’s natural sequence — following the natural rhythm from activation, to safety, to focus, trust, expansion and reinforcement. Coaching is on the verge of a BETTER breakthrough driven by neuroscience. For years, coaches have been trained to ask “powerful questions,” yet few realize the brain requires questions in a specific sequence. When asked out of order, even great questions can trigger threat instead of transformation.

there was a possibility of having “Annual Mental Health Checkup”. Post world wars our societies have been working relentlessly toward growth, building, creating, achieving, succeeding and all. Then COVID happens, a sudden big break to everything that we were up against at a very high speed. The repercussions of which are far beyond what is visible yet. I feel coaching is going to be at frontline along with other mental health professions in taking the world toward healthy and sustainable growth.

people in India strongly need training needs and that can be fulfilled through coaching. Traditional Indian teaching methods were Coach- based where the Guru used to impart the education. Now, the Compliance Industry needs trainers more than ever to fill the gap and get the workforce trained.

It is not going to be replaced by AI at any cost.

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.

coaches are more and more comfortable with AI and are in using AI to enrich coaching engagements.