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Lately I have been experimenting with AI-Coaching, asking LLMs to guide me through a method or a set of questions. Personally, I was testing Internal Family Systems (IFS) by Dr. Richard C. Schwartz and Immunity to Change by Robert Keagan and Lisa Lahey. Additionally, some of the leadership programs I facilitate work with specifically prompted LLMs that support the exploration of classical leadership development models such as SCARF by David Rock, or Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. On many occasions, the AI makes a passable companion: it is professional following the pattern of a method, it brings in relevant questions and is doing mostly an amazing job in summarizing important bits from the conversation. Especially in longer explanations by a coachee, the AI has a great capacity to listen and highlight the most important aspects, and to bring it into a digestible structure. When exploring options for solutions, it depends a bit on the fencing (is the AI allowed to include all data or just specific data), but the ideas being generated for solutions in the frame of the model make largely sense. Furthermore, the AI can show compassion in its responses, and it feels that conversations are more private than sharing our concerns with another human, lessening the fear of being judged. Still there are important aspects in a coaching session, which currently I see only a human can provide: An unexpected or unconventional change of gears A safe space with the promise "I will hold you" A place to feel seen A "Stop and try for yourself"