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Inside an AI Coaching Plan: How It Adapts Week by Week
See how an AI coaching plan gets built from one plain-language request, how it is re-planned each week from the last session, and what the plan cannot see.
Sep 16, 2026
15 min read
AI Coaching: What It Is, What It Isn't, and Whether Your Team Needs It
A founder's honest guide to AI coaching. What it actually is, where it works, where it falls short, and how to evaluate platforms. Written by someone who coaches managers and builds the AI.
Updated Sep 16, 2026
23 min read
Manager Burnout and AI Coaching: What the Evidence Shows
No study shows that AI coaching reduces manager burnout. Here is what the research does show, which burnout drivers a coach can reach, and where it stops.
Sep 16, 2026
13 min read
AI in Leadership Development: What Actually Works in 2026 (From a CEO Who Built One)
A CEO's honest take on AI in leadership development. What actually works, what doesn't, and what to look for when buying an AI coaching platform in 2026.
Updated Sep 14, 2026
19 min read
AI vs Human Coaching: When to Use Each
Most people have never had a coach at all. The real question isn't AI vs human, it's coaching vs nothing. A behavioral science look at how the two differ, and what AI can't replace in executive coaching.
Updated Sep 14, 2026
15 min read
Generative AI for Learning and Development: Getting Started
Learn how to use generative AI for learning and development functions and increase your team's impact.
Updated Sep 14, 2026
13 min read
7 Conflict Resolution Scenarios And What To Say First
Seven conflict resolution scenarios at work, each with the opening move that shifts it, plus the CIPD data on why most workplace conflict never gets resolved.
Updated Sep 3, 2026
21 min read
Self-Evaluation in Performance Reviews: 7 Examples That Work
Most self-evaluations get written from memory the week they are due. Here are seven rewritten examples, the evidence log behind them, and where they get gamed.
Updated Sep 3, 2026
19 min read
How to Disagree in Writing Without Sounding Combative
Your written objection lands as a finished case because nobody can interrupt it. Five rewrites for email, a Slack DM, a channel, a doc comment and a PR review.
Sep 2, 2026
15 min read
The 7 Levels of Delegation, With a Script for Each
Jurgen Appelo's 7 levels of delegation, Tell to Delegate, with the exact words I use at each one and how to pick the level by what breaks when it's wrong.
Aug 26, 2026
13 min read
Managing Imposter Syndrome When You Get Promoted
Imposter syndrome after a promotion has three causes a new job doesn't: managing former peers, being judged on team output, and skills that stop transferring.
Aug 20, 2026
13 min read
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