490: AI: A Coach's Ultimate Thought Partner with Ron West, PCC

About this episode

The episode discusses how AI can enhance coaching practices while emphasizing the importance of ethical engagement.

AI is all around us! Is it a threat or an opportunity? How do coaches make sure to stay in the driver’s seat and engage with AI in an ethical, yet productive way? The bottom line is that AI can serve as a powerful multiplier for coaches—not a replacement for them. You’ll learn how today’s guest leverages the power of AI in various ways to organize his life’s work and enhance client deliverables. His enthusiasm for AI is balanced by practical caution, emphasizing that the coach must always be the one “driving the bus.” Join us to learn more! Ron J. West is an executive coach and the founder of West Executive. For more than two decades, he has worked with senior leaders navigating complexity and change. He is the creator of the Chrysalis ecosystem, which comprises leadership experiences built around a simple idea: when leaders expand how they think and lead, the organizations and systems they serve can also evolve. Ron is a repeat guest on the STaR Coach Show, and we’re thrilled to visit with him again! Show Highlights: AI as a useful thought partner–not a replacement for coaches Ron’s brainchild project: building a captured/private GPT of his body of work of 600+ artifacts (the…

People in this episode

Host: Meg Rentschler

Guest: Ron West

Topics covered

• AI in coaching
• ethical AI use
• coaching tools
• leadership development
• client deliverables

Keywords

• AI
• coaching
• leadership
• ethics
• productivity
• Chrysalis
• client engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: West Executive

Books & works: Chrysalis, Chrysalis AI Portal

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