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AI and Coach Training: What to Focus On While You Learn the Craft
Picture a coaching session on a sunny patio. The client is wrestling with something hard, and the coach offers one…
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Picture a coaching session on a sunny patio. The client is wrestling with something hard, and the coach offers one…
Key Takeaways Bonsai Robotics is being valued on a marquee technical hire. Its strategy now rides on one person’s leadership,…
Two announcements landed within a day of each other this week, six thousand miles apart. In Harare, a government minister…
Three companies, one week, the same announcement. Sage recruited a Chief Product Officer and a Chief Strategy Officer to drive…
The ICF Global blog (May 1, 2026) describes a moment most experienced coaches recognize but few name. The questions in…
In every cohort I work with right now, AI is the topic that nobody scheduled and everybody brings. A new…
Two pieces ran in the coaching trade press inside the same window. Coaching at Work covered what they called the…
Three different coaching methods landed in coaching publications inside a single 30-day window. ICF Global covered virtual and augmented reality…
The executive sits across from me, arms crossed, jaw tight. She already knows what she wants to do about her…
The ICF published four credentialing announcements in a single week. A new Mentor Coach Specialization (formerly Mentor Coach Qualification, or…
The coaching profession is growing. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) released its 2026 Coaching Futures Report in April, and the…
Four leadership transitions made headlines this week. A new university president used his first board meeting to announce a direct-admission…
Key Takeaways Performance under pressure is systemic and coachable – not a function of individual grit or personal toughness ISRO’s…
Angelina Eng recently posed a question in MarTech that should concern anyone responsible for developing leaders: as AI absorbs the…
Key Takeaways Collecting coaching tools and actually integrating them are two different skills – most coach training programs only teach…
Sleep researchers studying elite sport coaches find decision-making impairment after sustained sleep loss. Communication scholars publish frameworks for leading through…
Key Takeaways The revised Global Code of Ethics shifts coaching standards from compliance documents to developmental frameworks – and organizational…
Key Takeaways Most L&D budgets fund information transfer, not leadership development – and the gap between the two is where…
Three signals arrived in the same week. ICF Global published research showing internal coaches generate performance shifts through presence –…
The Sustainability-AI Collision Sustainability leaders are being handed a contradiction. The same organizations asking them to reduce environmental footprint and…
Only 29% of employees say they’re satisfied with how they collaborate at work. That number comes from Gartner, and it’s…
Ask a coach how they measure their impact and you’ll get one of two answers. The first: a vague gesture…
A recent report from Coaching at Work found that nearly 70% of US employees aren’t being used to their full…
MIT Sloan Management Review dedicated a chunk of its Spring 2026 issue to strategic innovation. Three separate research pieces tackle…
Companies are spending on AI like it’s oxygen. Budgets are up, transformation teams are expanding, and every vendor promises competitive…
Nearly 70% of American employees aren’t being used to their full potential. That number comes from a recent Coaching at…
Key Takeaways Neuroscience research shows that leaders who listen and connect across subgroups produce deeper team alignment than those who…
Organizations spent more on AI last year than any year in history. The returns? Underwhelming. A Gartner survey of over…
