➡️ ICF Coach Connect ⬅️ Melbourne - SouthEast
Melbourne - SouthEast Coach Connect is a group of passionate ICF Coaches who come together regularly for peer support, professional development, professional networking, social interaction ... and to progress our shared commitment to creating a better world. We regularly have guest speakers who are leaders in the field of human development. Our events are almost always free - or very low-cost.
In addition to our regular meet-ups, we all provide peer support to each other ... evolving best-practice, business development, and human kindness and wellbeing.
We are part of The International Coach Federation, which exists to lead the global advancement of the coaching profession, with a global vision and mission of:
“A world where coaching is integral to transforming societies.”
“Advancing coaching excellence, impact and value worldwide”
Feel free to contact us and attend one of our wonderful gatherings!
Our co-convenors are Mike McGregor and Richard Dent OAM FAICD ... feel free to email to make contact!
Our Meetups!
We gather every few weeks for wonderful conversations,
professional and personal insights, and peer support.
Our participants enjoy a refreshing sense of belonging and purpose.
Resources
Our shared resources - customised from our conversations, insights ... and plans for future discussions - are updated here.
Coaching and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is (arguably) best known for such online platforms as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft CoPilot etc. Media coverage is often relating to such platforms "hallucinating", or to the potentially very concerning environmental impact of AI servers, or the potentially very concerning social impact of potential job losses / industry repositioning and more. And yet such well-known platforms are merely one aspect of the evolving revolution: customised chatbots, user-developed workflows, and much more.
As professional Coaches, our group is starting to have conversations about our role during this forthcoming disruption - and in particular about how AI will shape the future of Coaching and our intended positive impact for individuals, organisations, communities ... and all humanity.
In this context we've assembled some very initial materials - all from 2025 or 2026 ... because AI is evolving so swiftly that even assumptions from 2024 or earlier may be deeply flawed (as, of course, may contemporaneous assumptions ...)
AI and Coaching: Some Outline 2026 Thoughts
One of our convenors has authored a one-page overview of some of the key considerations:
ICF MelbourneSE Convenor Article March 2026 (PDF)
We have also assembled multi-modal summaries of five recent publications, as below. These are solely meant to be examples - there are of course a very wide range of publications about AI.
Video summaries of the five publications listed below can also be found at this YouTube playlist: leadingprogress.info/AICoachVideos
Cultivate an AI Mindset: Identifying and Efficiently Leveraging the Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
Martina Peukert, 2025
Book Outline (PDF)
Summary Infographic (PNG)
SlideDeck (PDF)
PodCast (Spotify, 22mins)
Video (YouTube, 6mins)
Human Coaches and AI Coaching Agents
Passmore et al, 2025
Journal Article (PDF)
Summary Infographic (PNG)
SlideDeck (PDF)
PodCast (Spotify, 23mins)
Video (YouTube, 6mins)
Partnering with AI in Coaching and Human Skills Development
Jelena Pavlović, 2026
Book Outline (PDF)
Summary Infographic (PNG)
SlideDeck (PDF)
PodCast (Spotify, 64mins)
Video (YouTube, 7mins)
Hybrid Human-AI Coaching: Experiences of coaches and agents in a customer service environment
Eijkenboom et al, 2026
Journal Article (PDF)
Summary Infographic (PNG)
SlideDeck (PDF)
PodCast (Spotify, 21mins)
Video (YouTube, 6mins)
AI Coaching - How to leverage AI for Coaching and Coaching Purposes
Harald Geißler, 2025
Book Outline (PDF)
Summary Infographic (PNG)
SlideDeck (PDF)
PodCast (Spotify, 23mins)
Video (YouTube, 6mins)
ICF Materials
The International Coaching Federation also has a range of excellent and informative materials, including:
→ International Coaching Federation, AI Coaching Standards / AI framework resources (2025)
→ International Coaching Federation, 2025 Global Coaching Study Executive Summary (2025)
National Leadership Summit 2025
Last year several of us participated in the national Leadership Development Summit in Canberra, part of which included a focus on AI, Leadership Development and Coaching. There are a number of relevant multi-modal articles here:
If you'd like to be part of this ongoing conversation - or to contribute your perspectives, suggestions or experiences - feel free to email richard@leadingprogress.au