AI is the Next Leap for Leadership

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Every leap in technology has reshaped how we work.

The printing press scaled knowledge.

Electricity powered industry.

The internet connected the world.

Now, AI is here—and it’s the next leap for leadership.

But this time, the leap isn’t just about how we work.

It’s about what we’re capable of.

The Mistake Leaders Make About AI

Most leaders are still framing AI as a productivity play.

A way to automate tasks.
A way to reduce labor costs.
A way to get more output, faster.

That’s the first mistake.

Because AI isn’t just about efficiency, AI is the new operating system for leadership.

What AI Actually Unlocks

When leaders embrace AI the right way, it doesn’t replace them—it amplifies them.

Here’s what that next leap for leadership looks like:

  • Clarity at Scale
    AI surfaces insights leaders would never have the time to uncover on their own. Patterns in performance. Blind spots in culture. Opportunities for growth.
  • Real-Time Coaching
    With AI-powered tools like Marlee, feedback becomes immediate and personalized. Managers can coach in the moment, rather than just once a year.
  • Deeper Human Connection
    Counterintuitive, but true: AI frees leaders from repetitive tasks, allowing them to spend more time leading—asking better questions, building trust, and developing people.
  • Capability Expansion
    AI doesn’t just help us work faster. It helps us think bigger, create smarter, and solve problems we couldn’t touch before.

Why This Matters for Human Potential

The leaders who thrive in this new era won’t just squeeze out more productivity. They’ll be the ones who use AI to unlock incredible creativity, connection, and capability across their teams.

That’s the leap in front of us. The only question is: will you take it?

Book me to speak on The Leader’s AI Playbook, and let’s build the future together.

What Leaders Miss About AI in the Workplace

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AI in the workplace isn’t just about efficiency. AI is the new operating system for leadership.

Yet most leaders are still treating it like a shiny productivity hack—a way to make tasks faster, cheaper, or easier. Some even see it as a chance to cut labor costs and sideline the human element.

That mindset misses the point entirely.

The real power of AI isn’t about replacing people. It’s about amplifying them—giving leaders the tools to coach better, align faster, and build cultures that scale.

What Leaders Get Wrong About AI

1. They See It Only as a Cost-Cutter
Yes, using AI in the workplace can automate routine work, but if your only use case is cutting costs, you’re missing its real value: amplifying human performance.

2. They Forget the “People” Side
AI is powerful, but without coaching, context, and culture, it just creates noise. The winners will be the leaders who combine AI insights with human connection.

3. They Wait Too Long
AI is moving at the speed of light. If you’re waiting for a “perfect plan” before experimenting, you’re already behind.

4. They Think Tools = Strategy
Buying software isn’t a strategy. Embedding AI into how you coach, collaborate, and align teams is.

What AI Can Actually Do for Leaders

When leaders utilize AI in the workplace effectively, they stop playing defense and start building superhuman teams.

Here’s what that looks like:

  • Real-Time Coaching: AI tools like Marlee can turn conversations into growth moments.
  • Clarity at Scale: AI can surface performance insights leaders would never have time to see on their own.
  • Better Collaboration: AI-powered platforms keep hybrid teams aligned across time zones and functions.
  • Culture as a System: AI helps measure and reinforce culture daily, not once a year at an offsite.

The Bottom Line: AI + People = The Workverse Unlock

AI isn’t replacing leaders, but leaders who don’t embrace AI will be replaced.

The best leaders understand that AI isn’t just a tool. It’s the operating system for modern leadership—the system that combines people, coaching, and technology to drive trust, speed, and performance.

Get this wrong, and you’ll keep losing your people.
Get it right, and you’ll unleash a generation of superhuman teams.

Want the no-BS playbook for success? Book me to speak on The Leader’s AI Playbook, and let’s get your leaders ready to coach, compete, and win in the AI-powered workplace.

Why Gen Z Employees Quit—and How Coaching Can Keep Them Engaged

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Let’s get one thing straight: Gen Z isn’t lazy, entitled, or uncommitted.

They’re the most coachable, tech-savvy, and purpose-driven workforce we’ve ever seen.

So why are so many leaders losing them?

Because Gen Z isn’t quitting work, they’re quitting their leadership.

And the cost is massive: turnover, disengagement, lost productivity, and churn that drains millions from organizations every year.

Here’s what’s really happening — and how coaching can keep Gen Z not only engaged, but thriving.

Why Gen Z Employees Quit

1. They Don’t See Purpose
Gen Z needs to know their work matters from day one. If leaders can’t connect daily tasks to the bigger impact, they lose interest fast.

2. They’re Starved for Feedback
Annual reviews? Hard pass. This generation grew up in a world of instant feedback. Waiting months to know how they’re doing feels like a remnant of an archaic playbook.

3. They Don’t Trust the System
Disconnected teams, outdated management styles, and cultures that talk values but don’t live them — Gen Z sees through it instantly.

4. They Don’t See Growth
If they can’t envision a clear path to develop skills, take on new challenges, and grow in their career, they’ll find a better opportunity elsewhere.

5. They Don’t Feel Safe to Speak Up
Psychological safety matters. If leaders shut down ideas or discourage candor, Gen Z will disengage — and eventually, exit.

How Coaching Keeps Gen Z Engaged

The fix isn’t more perks or empty slogans.

The fix is coaching.

When leaders act as coaches, they create trust, clarity, and growth — the exact things Gen Z is asking for.

Here’s how to do it:

  • Make Feedback Continuous
    Replace the annual review with real-time coaching conversations. Use AI to surface insights and turn them into growth moments.
  • Connect Work to Purpose
    Don’t just talk about mission — coach your people to see how their daily contributions make an impact.
  • Ask Better Questions
    “What matters most to you?”
    “How do you want to grow?”
    “What do you need from me?”
    These are the questions that turn bosses into coaches.
  • Build a Culture OS
    Architect culture as a system, not a vibe. Clarity, consistency, and collaboration need to be baked into daily workflows — not left to chance.
  • Leverage AI to Scale Coaching
    AI doesn’t replace leaders. It provides them with the data, insight, and tools needed to coach more effectively across a broader audience without burning out.

Crack the Gen Z Code

The leaders who win in the Workverse will be the ones who:
-Treat coaching as an essential operating system
-Use AI to amplify, not replace, human connection
-Build cultures that make performance and trust measurable

Do this, and you won’t just keep Gen Z engaged — you’ll unleash their full potential and build superhuman teams.

Want the no-BS playbook? Book me to speak on Cracking the Gen Z Code, and let’s get your leaders ready to coach, connect, and compete in the new workplace.

The Coaching OS: Why Your Team’s Growth Needs a System, Not Just a Pep Talk

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Coaching used to be a luxury.

Reserved for executives. Delivered once a quarter.

Maybe once a year. Or when performance dipped.

But in today’s workplace, that model doesn’t cut it.

Speed has replaced stability. Hybrid has replaced hallway conversations. And AI is changing what we do—and how fast we need to learn.

If you’re still coaching reactively, inconsistently, or as an afterthought…you’re not just missing an opportunity. You’re risking your team’s performance.

It’s time to install a new operating system.

Coaching isn’t a perk. It’s a Performance OS.

What Is a Coaching OS?

A Coaching Operating System is the infrastructure that enables people to grow continuously, not occasionally.

It’s the combination of:
• Real-time feedback tools (like Marlee, Gong, or Slack AI)
• Leader behaviors that prioritize coaching over control
• Cultural systems that reward growth, trust, and clarity

In short, it’s not just about having 1:1s or offering development workshops.

It’s about embedding coaching into the way your organization works, so performance improvement isn’t an event. It’s the default.

Why You Can’t Afford to Wait

Here’s the problem most leaders face:

They want to coach. But they’re stretched too thin.

Managers are overwhelmed. HR is understaffed. And most teams are still using legacy tools that weren’t built for the modern pace of work.

That’s where AI changes the game.

Tools like Marlee deliver behavioral insights that help leaders coach before problems escalate.

Slack AI can summarize team progress and surface coaching moments in real time.

And Gong gives visibility into what’s actually happening in your sales and service conversations—so feedback isn’t just theoretical.

The Coaching OS allows you to scale leadership without sacrificing connection.

From Manual to Measurable

The future of coaching is measurable. Trackable. Integrated.

When you install a Coaching OS:
• Every manager becomes a better coach
• Teams receive personalized feedback regularly—not randomly
• Culture starts to reflect accountability, learning, and trust

It’s not about replacing humans with AI.

It’s about using AI to help humans show up better, faster, and more consistently.

This is what high-performing organizations are doing right now.

Not just in theory, but in daily workflows.

Ready to Upgrade?

If you’re still treating coaching like a “nice to have,” it’s time to evolve.

The Coaching OS is how modern teams grow, scale, and win.

My keynote, The Leader’s AI Playbook, shows you how to implement this exact system—from mindset to tools to daily execution. Learn more and book me to speak at your next event here.

Don’t Get Left Behind: Why AI + Coaching Is the Future of Leadership

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The future of work isn’t coming — it’s already here.

AI is transforming how we hire, coach, and connect. Gen Z is changing who we’re hiring. And coaching? It’s no longer a perk reserved for top performers — it’s the operating system for success. If your organization isn’t actively integrating AI and coaching right now, you’re already falling behind.

Why AI + Coaching Is the Future of Leadership comes down to one simple truth:

The companies winning today aren’t just adopting new tools — they’re building better systems for performance, communication, and connection.

What Happens If You Don’t Adapt?


Let’s be honest: high-performing teams don’t happen by chance. They’re engineered through clarity, feedback, and connection — all of which can now be scaled using AI.

Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce are already leading the way.

They’re using real-time data and AI-driven platforms to coach employees at scale, predict performance issues before they happen, and give their managers the tools they need to lead in today’s fast-paced environment.

And they’re not alone. Forward-thinking startups and mid-size firms are using AI + coaching to improve retention, onboard faster, and develop more resilient teams.

This isn’t innovation for innovation’s sake — it’s a competitive advantage.

Why AI + Coaching Is the Future of Leadership

What separates good leaders from great ones today isn’t charisma or authority — it’s adaptability.

The ability to evolve, connect across generations, and coach with both precision and empathy.

This is where the AI + coaching model comes in:
• Platforms like Marlee help decode what actually drives performance — and deliver insights in real time.
• Tools like Copilot, Gong, and Slack AI embed coaching and feedback directly into your team’s daily workflows.
• And when you combine that with modern leadership frameworks? You create a Collaboration & Performance OS that actually scales.

AI amplifies your managers. Coaching unlocks your people.

Together, they build the foundation of the future-ready team.

Build the System. Lead the Change.


If you’re still relying on outdated feedback loops and gut-based decisions, it’s time to level up.

AI + Coaching is the new playbook.

The most successful organizations will be those that:
• Embrace data and technology to lead with clarity
• Equip their people to grow through personalized coaching
• Build cultures where performance and purpose are aligned

Ready to Lead Differently?

My brand-new keynote series delivers bold, actionable strategies to help leaders and organizations thrive in an AI-powered world.

If you’re planning your 2025 and 2026 events and want a high-impact, no-fluff speaker who can show your audience why AI + coaching is the future of leadership — and how to actually use it — let’s talk.

I’ve Spent 10 Years Coaching Gen Z. Now I’m Rewriting the Future With Them.

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This isn’t just a business update—this is a personal reinvention story.

Like so many of you, COVID rocked my world.

Speaking gigs vanished. Workshops paused. Connection felt like it got sucked into a Zoom void.

I had to face the question we all did: what now?

So I went back to the core—my purpose.

And the truth is: I didn’t have all the answers.

But I did have something powerful—a front-row seat to 30,000 conversations with Millennials and Gen Zs…

And three Millennial and Gen Z kids of my own and their friends who never let me get away with BS.

What I Learned from Coaching Gen Z, My Kids, and 10 Years of Listening

What I heard—again and again—from clients at Lexus, Booz Allen, Qualcomm, and from my own students and children, and their friends—is this:

“I want clarity.”
“I want to be coached, not managed.”
“Don’t treat me like a problem—show me how I can win.”
“I want to be seen. And I want to belong.”

This generation isn’t entitled.

They’re exhausted from being misunderstood.

They’re ready to grow—but they need leaders who meet them with precision, insight, and purpose.

The Classroom Changed Me Too

Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of teaching Strategy and Management at the College of Business Administration (COBA) at Cal State San Marcos.

Let me tell you—my students flipped the script on what I thought “leadership” was.

They taught me that strategy is worthless without action. That feedback is the most underused superpower in business. That real growth comes from vulnerability, trust, and execution—not perfection.

Here’s what they said they needed most to thrive in the workplace:

  • Confidence to speak up
  • Strategic thinking that actually applies
  • Feedback skills
  • Influence without title
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Coaching skills
  • A growth mindset
  • Authenticity

(Yes, we taught all that—and they used it the next day in interviews, internships, and jobs.)

The System is Broken. It’s Time to Rebuild It.

COVID exposed the cracks.

Disconnection, burnout, lack of clarity—it’s still everywhere.

Culture isn’t perks. Coaching isn’t a buzzword. Leadership isn’t a title.

We need a new Performance Operating System for the future of work. One that blends coaching, AI, and human insight to unlock real results.

So I made a big move…

I Joined Marlee to Build the Workverse

As of this summer, I’ve officially joined Marlee as Head of Performance Solutions.
Marlee is not just another HR tool. It’s the Collaboration + Performance OS companies actually need—backed by 23 years of behavior data and used by 71% of the Fortune 500.

With Marlee, we:

  • Diagnose what drives people
  • Deliver real-time, AI-powered coaching
  • Build cultures that actually scale
  • Turn feedback into performance, fast

We’re making coaching scalable, culture measurable, and performance personal—without losing the human.

I Wrote a New Book. I Rebuilt My Keynotes. I’m All In.

You may know me from Chasing Relevance, my bestselling book on bridging the generational gap.

But now? The stakes are higher.

So I wrote a new one—Workverse: Gen Z’s Playbook to Thrive at Work. With AI. With Humans. With Purpose.

I rewired my entire speaking and consulting business to match this moment. I created three powerhouse keynotes to deliver the leadership, culture, and Gen Z strategies your organization needs right now:

  • Cracking the Gen Z Code: Coaching the Next Gen to Win With AI
  • The Leader’s AI Playbook: Coaching, Competing, and Winning in the Future of Work
  • The AI-Ready Culture Code: How to Build a Future-Ready Team With AI & Gen Z

And I’m walking the talk inside companies, campuses, and with leaders who want to grow differently.

This Is an Invitation

If you’re feeling like work is broken—me too.

If you’ve had to reinvent yourself—me too.

If you’re leading a team and struggling to connect—let’s fix that.

This is not just my journey—it’s our journey.

And I want to walk it with you.

Tell me what your team needs and we’ll explore how AI + coaching can unlock your people, your culture, and your business.

Let’s build the Workverse—together.

Leadership and Coaching: A Responsibility, Not a Job

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In the ever-evolving landscape of team dynamics, particularly in sales and customer-facing roles, leadership and coaching are often perceived as separate tasks. However, the most impactful leaders and coaches recognize that their roles transcend mere job functions; they are committed to nurturing and developing their people as a fundamental responsibility. This mindset is crucial for fostering a thriving, engaged team. Here’s why adopting this perspective is essential:

Viewing Leadership and Coaching as Responsibilities

  1. Caring for People: True leaders and coaches center their roles around the well-being and growth of their team members. They go beyond setting goals and providing direction; they genuinely care about each individual’s personal and professional development. This involves actively listening, offering support, and creating an environment where people feel valued. When a culture recognizes and celebrates its people, it activates their potential and drives peak performance.
  2. Driving Skills Development: Effective leaders and coaches understand that their primary role is to drive continuous learning and skill enhancement. Leaders set the vision and strategic direction, but coaches work closely with team members to build their skills and confidence. This collaborative approach ensures that team members excel in their roles, contributing to both personal and organizational success. Imagine having a boss who consistently supports both aspects—how transformative would that be?
  3. Empowering Growth: Leaders and coaches are dedicated to empowering their team members. Leaders provide the vision and resources, while coaches mentor and guide individuals, encouraging them to take ownership of their growth. This dual approach fosters a supportive environment where individuals are motivated to reach their full potential. In the most successful organizations, this integration often results in what many would consider “the best boss ever.”

Creating Leadership and Coaching Synergy

  1. Aligning Vision and Personal Goals: Leaders establish the overarching vision and strategic objectives, while coaches help team members align their personal goals with these objectives. This alignment fosters a sense of purpose and motivates individuals to contribute effectively towards the broader mission.
  2. Enhanced Feedback Loop: Leaders focus on strategic and organizational feedback, whereas coaches provide personalized guidance and constructive criticism. Together, they create a robust feedback system that supports ongoing improvement and development at both the organizational and individual levels.
  3. Developing Future Leaders: Leaders are responsible for identifying and nurturing future leaders within the team. Coaches play a crucial role by mentoring emerging talent and equipping them with the skills and confidence necessary for leadership roles. This forward-thinking approach ensures a seamless transition and continuity in leadership.
  4. Resolving Conflicts and Building Cohesion: Coaches excel at managing interpersonal issues and fostering team cohesion, which contributes to a harmonious work environment. Leaders rely on coaches to maintain a supportive atmosphere, allowing them to concentrate on strategic decision-making.
  5. Motivating at All Levels: Leaders inspire through vision and strategic goals, while coaches help individuals motivate themselves by enhancing their self-esteem and skills. This dual focus on organizational ambition and personal growth results in a highly engaged and motivated team.

Leaders who view their roles as both leaders and coaches and embrace these roles as responsibilities rather than mere job functions, drive superior results. By fostering a people-centric culture, organizations create an environment where team members are empowered, engaged, and committed. This approach not only improves customer interactions and performance but also establishes a cycle of continuous growth and success.

For leaders aiming to enhance team performance through coaching, using AI-based tools like Marlee is a no-brainer. Marlee, from Australian company Fingerprint for Success, leverages advanced AI to deliver personalized coaching experiences, making it simpler and more efficient to guide employees through their growth journeys. For Generation Z employees, who thrive on immediate feedback and interactive learning, Marlee offers tailored insights and development plans that resonate with their tech-savvy nature. By using AI to analyze performance metrics and deliver customized coaching content, Marlee helps unlock the full potential of Gen Z employees, turning them into high performers and driving overall organizational success.

Go lead and coach—it’s your responsibility.

People Activation at Work: The Ripple Effect of Great Leadership

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In the realm of leadership, profound lessons often emerge from the simplest acts. Imagine a soccer player, drenched and weary, noticing the child right in front of him during opening ceremonies who is exposed to the relentless rain. Without hesitation, this player steps forward and offers his own jacket to the child. This small yet powerful gesture doesn’t go unnoticed. Inspired by this act of kindness, the other players quickly follow suit. This is the ripple effect of great leadership.

But why does this example resonate so deeply? Why is everyone so moved by the simplest acts of kindness? And furthermore, how the heck does coaching amplify such moments to create lasting change?

 

The Power of a Single Act

Leadership is often misunderstood as a command-and-control display of authority or the execution of complicated ideas and strategies. However, true leadership is more frequently found in small, intentional acts of compassion and empathy. The soccer player’s decision to protect the child exemplifies this beautifully. This single act not only provided immediate relief for the boy but also sparked a chain reaction among teammates. This ripple effect reminds us that small acts of compassion can flood the world with hope and inspire others to act similarly.

The Role of Coaching in Leadership Development

Coaching plays a pivotal role in harnessing and amplifying these moments of compassion. Here’s how coaching can transform individual acts into a broader culture of leadership:

  1. Awareness and Mindfulness
    • Coaching helps individuals become more aware of their surroundings and the impact of their actions. By cultivating mindfulness, coaches encourage leaders to be more intentional and notice opportunities for kindness and intervention, much like the soccer player did.
  2. Encouraging Authenticity
    • Authenticity is at the heart of impactful leadership. Coaches work with individuals to embrace their true selves, allowing them to act from their place of genuine concern and empathy.
  3. Building Confidence
    • Often, it takes courage to step out and act differently from the norm. Coaching builds confidence in leaders, empowering them to take those first steps, just as the soccer player did, knowing they can make a difference.
  4. Creating a Culture
    • Coaches help leaders understand the importance of creating a supportive and compassionate culture within their teams. When one person leads by example, as seen on the soccer field, it sets a precedent for others to follow, fostering a culture where empathy and support are the norm.
  5. Sustaining the Ripple Effect
    • Leadership coaches work on sustaining these positive behaviors. They help leaders implement systems and practices that ensure these acts of compassion are not one-time events but part of an ongoing culture!

The Broader Implications for Leadership and Life

The soccer player’s act of shielding the child from rain serves as a metaphor for leadership across all domains. Whether in the workplace, in communities, or in personal relationships, the ripple effect of great leadership lies in those small, selfless moments. Coaching ensures these moments are not fleeting but become ingrained in the leader’s approach to life.

Remember the old adage that a good leader is the same in public as in private. Well in leadership and life, never underestimate the power of one selfless moment. These moments, amplified through effective coaching, have the potential to create waves of positive change, transforming not just individuals but entire organizations and communities.

What do you or your business do to embrace the power of coaching to cultivate leaders who inspire, act with compassion, and create lasting ripples of hope and humanity?

Next Generation Coaching (AI Based) for the Worker of the Future

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Shifting from Boss to Coach/Mentor is critical for employee experience and the Worker of the Future. As leaders and managers, we must understand this evolution and get it right. People need to feel seen, heard, and celebrated. They don’t want to be just another butt in a seat at an office. The worker of the future wants their work to mean something, to be personal to them, and to get real, individualized support on their career growth.

With many workplaces engaging in hybrid, remote or even contingent work, it’s harder than ever to not only engage your entire workforce, but ensure they’re getting the coaching, mentoring, and development support they need to be their best selves and crush performance.

Enter AI coaching.

AI coaching is in its incipiency, and here to enhance rather than take away from human coaches. People like myself who have spent years training and developing a coaching style that creates real results want to be able to provide more at all levels and AI provides access for all. AI coaching is a critically important to supplement all workplaces and contingent workers.

How AI Coaching Will Shape the Worker of the Future

One of the most important attributes of AI coaching systems and services like Fingerprint for Success, evoach, the Rocky.AI chatbot, and others is that they can be delivered on demand. In our hyper-connected world where we’re using to having data and information available at our fingertips, AI coaching is an on-demand service that your employees can access anywhere and anytime. Just as remote and hybrid work have shifted to allow people more autonomy to get their work done during their personal peak productivity (whether that’s 4am or 11pm), AI coaching allows people to get real-time feedback on their problems and challenges so they can continue to learn, grow, and push through their own limitations.

AI coaching also harnesses the power of big data, culling from millions of data points about people, their characteristics, their behaviors, and our history as a species to make personalized suggestions for growth. In a way, AI coaching is like having access to a brain that knows everything about everyone, allowing your workers to benefit from top-tier insights. It’s similar to how human coaches work, drawing on their personal experiences, their training, and their past successes coaching others with similar struggles to prescribe a course of action for you. The difference lies in the amount of data AI has access to and how it synthesizes that data into a personalized plan. And, of course, the humanness of the interaction.

AI Coaching – Unlocking the Workplace of the Future

The future of work is not one to many – it’s one to one. AI coaching helps workplaces overcome the financial and logistical hurdles to ensure everyone has access to mentoring, coaching, and support to be their best and do their best. It democratizes coaching for all.

Imagine your organization employs 76,000 people – that’s roughly how many people work at Meta right now. Now, imagine you are all in and committed to shifting your workplace culture to one of coaching and mentoring. You decide that in addition to empowering your leadership to coach and mentor their teams, you want to hire human coaches to grow all your people so they can continue to succeed in the new world of work. You calculate that one coach can work with fifty of your employees. If you want every single one of your employees to have access to a coach, you would need 1,520 coaches.

Enter AI. With the help of AI coaching services and chatbots, you calculate that one coach can now double the number of employees they can work with, one hundred each. Now you need half as many coaches as you did before, saving you tons of money and labor hours. You also find that your employees do even better because they can access the on-demand AI coaching whenever they need it to coach themselves and then supplement their learning with personalized sessions with their human coach.

That is why I find AI coaching so interesting and exciting. It makes building a true workplace culture that is founded on coaching and mentoring possible.

Limitations and Challenges of AI Coaching

People need people. They always have and they always will. While AI coaching offers incredible advantages and possibilities for the worker of the future, it cannot replace the benefits of working one-to-one with an experienced human coach who really gets who YOU are.

AI coaching systems and chatbots are really smart, but they excel at synthesizing and regurgitating information. Yes, they have access to millions of data points, but they lack the creativity and innovation of the human mind. That is why AI coaching should go hand-in-hand with human coaching.

Relationships matter. Working with a coach is not a transactional experience. It’s one that grows and develops over time as both people get to really know each other and form a deep connection. This is what makes the coach/mentor and mentee relationship so powerful. You’re accessing wisdom, advice, and support for your career and self, but you’re also forging a bond founded on respect and partnership.

What do you think of the AI coaching revolution? Are you excited? Inspired? Frightened? Leave me a comment below or send me a message and let’s chat. If you’re looking for a coach to help you up the game, click here to learn more about my coaching services.

Coaching as a Vehicle for Workplace Transformation

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If 2020 was a massive shakeup, then 2021 is the year of shift and impact. To maximize your results and position your company to compete in the new workplace of the future, take the time now to create a coaching culture of connection within your organization. Coaching is the new connection currency. Our launchbox Coaching Systems will spur your launch plan for success and real-deal impact. Here are just a few of the transformations coaching can create in your organization:

Transformation #1: Develop the Real Leaders Within 

Our launchbox Coaching System will meet your employees and teams where they are and then develop the leadership behaviors they need to succeed in “YOUR” workplace of the future. We start by helping each of them establish the baseline with themselves and in your organization right where they’re at. Otherwise it does not matter. Then, we invite them to take the journey to shift their mindset. Mindset shift starts from within and we guide that through our proprietary Strengths & Story framework which helps them get to know themselves, what they’re about, and articulate their strengths, skills, values, and passions. When they really understand who they are, they’ll have confidence in their ability to articulate their value and lead with all of their talents from a place of strength.  

Transformation #2: Better Communication

We believe story is connection currency because our brains are wired to digest, receive, and engage with stories. And, understanding your own personal story allows you to form connections with others. It is the root foundation because when you can communicate through story you can connect and that bridges all these gaps that exist between ourselves and others. Understanding and articulating that story is the precursor to great communication. However, navigating the workplace of the future requires adding in highly effective tips and strategies for better communication. We teach audience-focused communication and skills like trust and empathy. Then you have a recipe for real-deal team and client success. We’ve seen even the most disconnected teams learn to effectively bridge the gap through their investment in our launchbox Coaching System. 

Transformation #3: Increased Client Focus and Profits

When your team communicates well, effectively bridges the gap (between generations, genders, cultures, clients’ pain, solutions, etc.), and shows up as their best selves every single day, everyone benefits. It doesn’t matter if you’re a B2B or a B2C company – when your house is in order, when you can tell a story that connects and communicate clearly, you can shift your focus from worrying about alignment and internal challenges toward truly carrying out your mission and vision for your organization externally. It’s not surprising that if you can use communication and stories to bridge the gap internally, well then external results will follow. This leads to increased client success, bigger profits for your company, and ultimately, greater impact on the world.  

Transformation #4: Enhanced Culture of Engagement and Wellbeing

If the last year has taught us anything, your workplace culture really, really matters. People need to feel safe, supported, and heard in the workplace. They need to feel like they belong and have a belief that you and they are growing together. All of us together. And how do you do this? Well we all come to the table with a different set of experiences owing to our age, gender, culture, education, etc. In the workplace of the future, diversity of experience is something that should be valued and celebrated. Knowing how to use simple communication tools to bridge that gap through alignment, trust, empathy and communication systems allows you to unite the best parts of your team’s varied backgrounds, reduces friction between individuals, and connects them to meaning and purpose within your organization. 

Transformation #5: Team and Organization Connection 

The worker of the future doesn’t want just any job. They want to feel that what they do matters and see the meaningful nature and tangible effects of the work they’re doing. In sum, they want to connect their own meaning and purpose to organizational impact. Coaching systems can provide a unique and personalized framework that meets them where they are, helps them discover themselves, and then gives them the tools to show up as the leader they want to be so they can create impact. It also helps them learn to coach themselves so they can sustain that system and keep creating massive impact every single day.

Interested in what our Coaching System can do for your organization this year? Reach out to us to schedule a free consultation and hear more about our client successes.