organizations are view coaching not as an exclusive, high-investment intervention for senior leaders, but as a democratised capability embedded across levels. More companies are experimenting with team coaching circles, internal coach certifications, and leader-as-coach models. The next frontier seems to be the emergence of coaching culture-where conversations become more reflective, feedback becomes more generative, and leadership is expressed through curiosity rather than command.

ICF is becoming an instrument in the hands of technology corporations, and therefore, state authorities. The coaching I felt attracted to is not about brain-computer interfaces tracking emotions and cognitive states. I am not interested in being an agent of government bodies using tech to control human inner states and human behaviour. Have we not learned anything from the experience of communism? Our highest human potential does not wait to be tracked – but uncovered and reverently supported.

lawsuits across the United States against Life Coaches like that one in Utah could push the industry toward regulation. It feels like coaches working in areas close to healthcare (like ADHD or wellness coaching) might end up needing licenses, like therapists

… there is a shift in how Organisations are embracing Coaching. There is more focus on coaching being embedded as a Leadership capability and huge impetus to creating more internal coaches towards enabling a transformative culture .

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.