Coaching

Is AI coaching really a credible and safe product for organisations?

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AI coaching has been shown to be moderately effective, with research suggesting that AI chatbot coaching is very good (and cost effective) at providing a neutral, non-judgemental space in practice. But the average employee is probably already wary about privacy and confidentiality when using AI at work. And in my research, many people were less […]

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Research paper published: How can human coaches use their experience to differentiate their practice from AI coaching?

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I’m happy to share this new open access research that I co-authored with Jonathan Passmore, looking at how human coaches use their experience to differentiate their practice from AI coaching. We interviewed a group of experienced executive coaches to explore how they draw on career experience in their coaching practice. What did we find? ➡️

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Are we headed towards an AI-conscious coaching?

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During last week’s Digital and AI Coaching Conference (which was excellent – kudos Sam Isaacson and team), I noted an interesting theme running through – it wasn’t all about whether chatbots will or won’t replace human coaches, there was also a strong thread about coaches needing to understand AI to better support leaders. Colin Cosgrove

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Highlights from the 2026 International Coaching & Mentoring Conference

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(this was originally a LinkedIn post on the 16th January) It was great to attend the International Coaching & Mentoring Conference again at Oxford Brookes University to catch up with the latest research. Very appropriate to be greeted at the entrance by this guy. Okay, so AI wasn’t the main topic of the conference, but

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