AI & The Future of Coaching
What Can Be Replaced, and What Never Will
Artificial Intelligence is changing the landscape of every creative and human profession, including coaching. In this solo episode, Phil Goddard explores what AI can already do better than most humans, and where its reach will always end. Phil also takes a more intimate look at what those two letters, AI, might also come to mean for the coaching world.
This isn’t a debate about technology; it’s an inquiry into what makes coaching truly human: presence, curiosity, and love.
Phil takes listeners on a reflective, grounded journey through the evolving world of creation and connection, inviting both coaches and clients to return to the essence of what real transformation is built upon.
In this episode Phil shares:
• What aspects of the coaching industry are most at risk from automation
• The irreplaceable qualities that keep real coaching alive
• Why curiosity is the true heartbeat of transformation
• How creativity loses soul when it becomes mechanical
• What the future of meaningful human work might look like
• If you’re a coach: this episode invites you to rediscover your depth, to shift from performance to presence, and to build your work around what no machine can replicate.
• If you’re a coaching client: it offers clarity on what genuine coaching feels like, how to recognise when a conversation is alive, real, and transformative, and not formulaic.
This is a meditation on where technology ends, and where humanity begins.
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AI & The Future of Coaching
What Can Be Replaced, and What Never Will
Artificial Intelligence is changing the landscape of every creative and human profession, including coaching. In this solo episode, Phil Goddard explores what AI can already do better than most humans, and where its reach will always end. Phil also takes a more intimate look at what those two letters, AI, might also come to mean for the coaching world.
This isn’t a debate about technology; it’s an inquiry into what makes coaching truly human: presence, curiosity, and love.
Phil takes listeners on a reflective, grounded journey through the evolving world of creation and connection, inviting both coaches and clients to return to the essence of what real transformation is built upon.
In this episode Phil shares:
• What aspects of the coaching industry are most at risk from automation
• The irreplaceable qualities that keep real coaching alive
• Why curiosity is the true heartbeat of transformation
• How creativity loses soul when it becomes mechanical
• What the future of meaningful human work might look like
• If you’re a coach: this episode invites you to rediscover your depth, to shift from performance to presence, and to build your work around what no machine can replicate.
• If you’re a coaching client: it offers clarity on what genuine coaching feels like, how to recognise when a conversation is alive, real, and transformative, and not formulaic.
This is a meditation on where technology ends, and where humanity begins.
Bringing Love to the Boardroom
With over 3 decades of coaching experience, Elizabeth works with senior leaders who have responsibility for hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of millions of dollars. She brings a wholesome humanness into her work of helping her clients Love Being Human.
In this episode Phil & Elizabeth discuss:
* The importance of only sharing what you have lived.
* What are the 4 things that everyone wants?
* How do we help people understand what they really want?
* A deeper meaning of rapport.
* How she helps people connect with what they really really want.
* Speaking truth in service to a client.
* Being with our wounds and how they can be our greatest gifts in coaching.
* The codification of Spirit and its distraction from truth.
* Bringing spiritual and loving conversations into the boardroom.
* The importance and power of alignment.
* Being able to describe what we do, after the fact.
* Using Social Media, networking and woking in community.
And one of my favourite ever distinctions:
* Sizzle & Sausage.
Here’s a little more about Elizabeth:
Elizabeth Lovius specialises in giving leaders the headspace to lead with humanity, heart and wisdom.
She is an international coach, speaker, author, award winning trainer, facilitator and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of one of the first 100 B-corps in the UK, where the focus is on business as a force for good.
For over 25 years, Elizabeth has worked across most business sectors including: Hospitality, Food, Retail, Manufacturing IT, Banking, Government, Healthcare, Creative Media, TV, Social Enterprise, Start-up and Sports.
She has discovered that what really works to deliver business prosperity is the capacity of leaders to understand the human factor; what makes us all tick. As AI starts to influence our approach to everything - the human factor will become increasingly important.
Elizabeth offers clarity, openness and insight. Through an empowering mix of deep compassion and razor-sharp challenge, she supports people to access their own game-changing insights; liberating their potential and performance.
In business, Elizabeth knows big relationships are the source of big results so a particular area of speciality is helping people connect, collaborate, innovate and work well together to align and succeed.
You can find out more about Elizabeth here:
https://www.elizabethlovius.com/
and her Deep Dive Leadership Wisdom Retreats:
https://www.elizabethlovius.com/leadershipretreat-1
The Coaching Life
AI & The Future of Coaching
What Can Be Replaced, and What Never Will
Artificial Intelligence is changing the landscape of every creative and human profession, including coaching. In this solo episode, Phil Goddard explores what AI can already do better than most humans, and where its reach will always end. Phil also takes a more intimate look at what those two letters, AI, might also come to mean for the coaching world.
This isn’t a debate about technology; it’s an inquiry into what makes coaching truly human: presence, curiosity, and love.
Phil takes listeners on a reflective, grounded journey through the evolving world of creation and connection, inviting both coaches and clients to return to the essence of what real transformation is built upon.
In this episode Phil shares:
• What aspects of the coaching industry are most at risk from automation
• The irreplaceable qualities that keep real coaching alive
• Why curiosity is the true heartbeat of transformation
• How creativity loses soul when it becomes mechanical
• What the future of meaningful human work might look like
• If you’re a coach: this episode invites you to rediscover your depth, to shift from performance to presence, and to build your work around what no machine can replicate.
• If you’re a coaching client: it offers clarity on what genuine coaching feels like, how to recognise when a conversation is alive, real, and transformative, and not formulaic.
This is a meditation on where technology ends, and where humanity begins.
