As a profession, we often describe coaching through a range of categories: executive coaching, leadership coaching, performance coaching, mindset coaching, career coaching, life coaching, holistic coaching, team coaching, menopause coaching, and many others. These distinctions exist for practical reasons. They help people understand the focus of a coach’s work and provide a shared language for describing the different contexts in which coaching takes place.But in reality, peo

Coaching has become a widely used term in professional and personal development. It appears in corporate programmes, leadership development, career transitions, and personal growth spaces. Yet the term is often misunderstood. Some people expect advice, others expect therapy, and many assume coaching is simply “motivational conversation”. None of those descriptions are quite accurate. Understanding what coaching actually is and what responsible coaching looks like is importa