Coaching, AI, and ChatGPT are Complementary, not Competitive!

Over the period from February 2023 to August 2023, we have been researching and investigating the benefits of using Artificial Intelligence and associated tools like ChatGPT to understand and articulate the benefits to our coaching and mentoring clients. In that time, we have written over 120 “prompts”, specifically using ChatGPT, and roughly another 50 using Bing and Bard.

There is still considerable negativity and nervousness about whether AI is a suitable adjunct to face-to-face coaching. The reality is that our coaching and mentoring clients have started to use these capabilities and we, as coaches and mentos, need to understand what this means for their own personal growth and development. The key question is how we can best serve our clients. In our view, that is by educating them on how to use these capabilities themselves. For example, asking ChatGPT (our preferred tool) to outline their career opportunities based on the CliftonStrengths Profile and how that will help with their self-determination, self-reflection and self-awareness.

The following list of curated “chats” provides examples of how to ask ChatGPT questions to derive the most beneficial answers.