Coaching for Social Change
Coaching has gained popularity in recent years, and the industry continues to grow with Coachers working in every sector imaginable beyond the traditional sports arena, such as executive, business, leadership, personal development, and health and wellness,
However, the Coaching ecosystem has been criticised for its paucity of diversity, as highlighted by a recent report by Roche and Passmore (2021), on structural racism within the coaching ecosystem.
The report calls for urgent action and for the coaching ecosystem to adhere to more equitable and inclusive policies, and to encourage and promote research with strategically diverse populations, conducted by intentionally diverse researchers.
Our research responds to this call for action