13 October 2026

Coach Affairs

The coaching profession, reported

Across the desks

Business331Executive and leadership coaching: what firms are buying, what they pay for it, and who is winning the contracts.
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Life13The practice and the profession — client work, boundaries, pricing, and the fight over who gets to call themselves a coach.
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Spiritual0Faith-adjacent and contemplative practice: retreats, lineage, ethics, and the line between guidance and authority.
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Technology0Platforms, marketplaces, AI copilots and the tooling that decides how coaching gets sold, delivered and measured.
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Sports7Benches, badges and backroom staff — appointments, licensing, player development and the economics of the touchline.
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Business

The Chemistry Call Is a Bad Interview

The Chemistry Call Is a Bad Interview

Almost every executive coaching engagement begins with a conversation designed to test rapport. Rapport is the one thing that was going to be there anyway, and the one thing that predicts nothing about whether the work will land.

Ade SalamiCorrespondent4 min

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