as leaders and coaches, we need to shift coaching as a strategic driver. It’s not just about performance metrics or hitting targets—it’s about the people behind them. When coaching prioritizes wellbeing, clarity, and purpose—it strengthens results. A business can’t outperform the health of its people. Sustainable success will belong to the organizations that understand developing humans is the smartest business strategy there is. The future hinges on finance not treating coaching like a “perk”.

the future of coaching will call us back to deep, soulful human connection — the only force that truly moves us as social beings. We’re drifting away, chasing things, titles, and status symbols, becoming emptier inside, and as we lose connection with ourselves, we also lose depth in how we treat others. In business, this shows up as serious talent, retention, and engagement challenges. Coaching must restore dignity, ethics, and authentic human warmth everywhere.

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

Mental health awareness and support both are increasing rapidly. However, mental health specialities are not as discreetly established as those of physical health.
Boundaries between therapy and coaching are often faded by clients as well as coaches. Since, coaching does not have practice specific educational, licensing or certicational requirements, it risks the speciality of the practice.
I feel coaching industry will benefit from regulations.

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.