You can use AI to help you be a better leader. Here's how.
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As we find more ways to leverage AI to help us with professional growth, we also need to know the limits. Combining AI and human coaching could be a powerful way forward.
Robert Kovach Ph.D. The Psychology of Work Coaching AI as Personal Coach? Maybe. Three Ways to Make It Useful You can use AI to help you be a better leader. Here's how. Posted March 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. Share Tweet Share on Bluesky Share Email THE BASICS What Is Coaching? Take our Burnout Test Find a life coach near me Key points Using AI to help you professionally requires understanding the limits of the technology...and yourself. Human coaches can have even more impact on actualizing AI-generated tips into actionable steps. AI has less understanding of the role of timing and human resistance to change, which needs to be factored in. Over the holidays, a ChatGPT commercial featured a woman who had committed to run regularly. As she and her children ascended a hill (down the center of a street, in a picturesque town with no traffic, apparently), the AI plan scrolled down the screen. It makes sense that ChatGPT and other LLMs are advertising practical ways to improve your daily habits and reach goals. But recently another leadership coach I spoke to revealed that a client was using AI to help them with executive professional development strategy, alongside her as their “human” coach. Source: Vitaly Gariev/Unsplash Honestly? I’m ok with that. I could point out that planning a workout routine to reach fitness goals is a less complex ask. But customization is key, and I don’t want to disregard it as apples and oranges. (I used to be a pretty serious tri...