Dr Helene Seiler

Auditing the Future of Workplace Coaching

Business EN ↓ 9 episodes

I am a veteran coach, deeply invested in the profession's agile evolution. Now, AI coaching chatbots are here, and I am not scared—I'm curious. My burning question: How are they trained? I want transparency into AI models to ensure safety and effectiveness. In this pivotal moment, driven by Large Language Models, I hope to spark vital discussions within the workplace coaching community. This will be a weekly podcast. The first season will focus on the future of coaching theory.

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Dr Helene Seiler

Episodes

Auditing the Future of Coaching Theory - Final Episode 08.09.2025 7:03

In this episode, we bring our first season to a close, with a call for the coaching community to demand transparency from the developers of AI coaching agents, so that we understand what foundational theories they use.

Auditing the Future of Coaching - Season 1 - Episode 7 - the client centered tradition 25.08.2025 11:04

In this episode we close our exploration of the four coaching theory traditions with client-centered theories. Enjoy listening and feel free to comment on my LinkedIn profile!

Auditing the Future of Coaching - Season 1 - Episode 6 - the coach developmental tradition 18.08.2025 8:18

In this episode, we continue our journey through the theories that inform workplace coaching. We focus on the coach-developmental journey, that views the coach's primary duty as a journey of self-development.

Auditing the Future of Coaching Theory - Episode 5 - the evidence-based tradition 11.08.2025 17:39

In this episode, we deep dive into the evidence-based tradition, highlighting its major contributions to coaching research, as well as its limitations for the practitioner.

Diving into the Expertise Tradition: The Coach as Master Craftsman 04.08.2025 15:24

Today, we're going to concentrate on theories that fallunder the Expertise Tradition . Those who champion the Expertise Tradition generally hold a positivist worldview, meaning they believe we can pursue truth through scientific means, with experts acting as the "guardians of truth." Their knowledge, built on years of education and practicalexperience, is seen as absolutely paramount...

Episode 3: How to categorize coaching theories? 28.07.2025 23:48

In this episode, my goal is to walk through a categorization of coaching theories. This will help us on our journey to discover each of them in later episodes.

A historical look at workplace coaching - a review of the root disciplines of coaching and their theories 21.07.2025 31:37

Brace yourselves for a long hike through the different disciplines that have informed coaching. You'll realize how important it is for AI coaching agents to be explicit about the theoretical traditions they anchor themselves in!

Episode 1. The case for a theorization of workplace coaching 14.07.2025 8:47

Coaching theory is essential for both human coaches and AI systems to ensure effective and ethical practice. Current AI models, often trained on a limited set of goal-oriented theories, lack the nuance, adaptability, and deep relational capacity of human coaches. This begs for an explicit definition and of the theoretical landscape that informs AI coaching development.

Introduction to the series. 08.07.2025 3:59

In this short introduction, I explain the why of this podcast and announce the topic of the first season.