Jonathan Passmore: From the turning points of coaching’s history to the challenges of digitalization

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In the second episode my guest is professor Jonathan Passmore. If you have

not heard of him previously, Jonathan is an internationally renowned expert in

coaching research and practice. He is the professor of coaching at Henley

Business school, and Senior VP CoachHub, the digital coaching platform. Over a

40 year career he has worked in government, not for profits and the commercial

sector, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM and OPM, focusing on

organisational change, coaching and leadership development. He is a chartered

psychologist, holds five degrees and is a master coach and a team coach and

coaching supervisor. He has published widely with over 100 scientific papers,

100 + book chapters and 30 books. His most recent books include: The Coaches

Handbook (2021), CoachMe: My Personal Board of Directors (2022), and The

Coach Buyers Handbook (2023).

In this episode he shares insights in around a number of topics. First we

talk about the history of coaching and mentoring and he outlines four pivotal

points in the formation of the helping professions. How did we get here?

Continuing the historical idea, in the second part we discuss the impact of

technological development on the profession. How does digitalization change the

process and business of coaching, and what are the typical challenges that

coach-tech companies need to handle (e.g. data safety) when running their

business.

We talk about research as well, and revolve a bit around the active

ingredients of the coaching conversation and the enablers of coaching success.