Coaching in organizations was once focused on goals and sales targets – but the rise of wellness programs and neuroscience research is changing business coaching. We no longer stop at the actions or inactions that produce results. Leaders are becoming more self aware of beliefs, thoughts, and emotions. My hunch is AI+ethical biometric intelligence+awareness of subconscious emotional brain states will be the elevation of business outcomes and shift clients to “be more” not just “do more”.

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

‘coaching’ will be not just a competitive advantage but an essential life skill (that will need to be taught and learnt consciously) in the years to come. Fundamental to building connections and relationship – listening, presence, building trust and psychological safety – will take center stage among the skills needed to thrive at work and in life. Creative Thinking, what we call coaching mindset – open, non-judgmental, curious and flexible mindset will be a differentiator in an AI-led world.

the coaching profession will be the number one human services intervention that people and institutions seek relative to varied personal and professional challenges. As the profession continues to develop and evolve, the evidence, results, and effectiveness of coaching set a renewed precedent about the industry. Making coaching a viable human services intervention option.

organizations understanding the actual nuance between coaching and mentoring according to the specific requirement for their leaders and teams. Also, if they look at this intervention more as a tick mark on their list or something that makes revisiting happen with more than one intervention. The define phase is crucial as to what exactly do they seek out of these sessions/ workshops.