This Thirtieth issue of the Future of Coaching brings together two important themes: (1) stewardship and (2) leadership development. They are brought together within the context of nurturing the field of executive coaching. Furthermore, the essays contained in this issue build on outcomes from a summit conference on executive coaching that was held in April of 2022. Called the New …

At an executive coaching summit, I witnessed agility and collaboration in response to a technological challenge. I witnessed leadership that was being exhibited by senior-level executive coaches who are usually doing the coaching about leadership, but in this instance were engaging in leadership themselves. It was amazing!!

Sixteen of the registered participants in the upcoming New Executive Coaching Summit gathered by zoom to discuss early research findings from surveys surrounding leadership development. Dr. Bill Bergquist presented the early findings and highlights of the survey results, and we discussed the implications for the field of executive coaching. Theme: Executive coaching and leadership development Do we need to change …