108: Coach Like The Best: An L&D Leader’s Guide for Driving Human Change in an AI World.

AI may accelerate change, but people still have to make it happen.

As organizations race to adopt new technologies and ways of working, L&D leaders face a critical challenge: equipping leaders to help people think differently, overcome resistance, and adapt faster.

What if your leaders could coach change the way the world’s best coaches do?

This fast-paced, interactive session introduces RESPECT Styles, a research-backed framework built from studying how exceptional coaches create human change. You’ll discover seven distinct coaching styles that show leaders what to say and how to say it. Plus, you’ll get deep insight into how to shift approaches to unlock insight, motivation, and action.

But you won’t just hear about the model, you’ll see it in for yourself in a live coaching demonstration with someone navigating real change. You’ll also get to take a quick interactive quiz to discover your own dominant coaching style, and you'll learn from the head of internal coaching at Allstate as he shares how this approach is being applied inside a major organization.

You’ll leave this session with a practical action plan to help your leaders coach through disruption, accelerate learning and technology adoption, and build the human adaptability no AI can replace.

Last year: standing room only. Arrive early.

Attendees will leave this session able to:

• Coach change more effectively. Learn seven research-backed coaching styles that help people move through resistance, uncertainty, and change.
• Know what to say and when. Recognize which coaching approach and language to use based on what a person needs in the moment.
• Identify and expand your coaching style. Discover your dominant RESPECT Style and learn how to stretch beyond their natural approach.
• Turn resistance into momentum. Apply practical coaching techniques that help people think differently, build motivation, and take action.
• Equip leaders to accelerate AI adoption. Use coaching conversations to help employees learn, adapt, and embrace new technologies and ways of working.
• Learn from Allstate’s real-world experience. See how coaching approaches can be brought to life inside a large, complex organization.
• Put the framework into action immediately. Leave with a practical plan for helping leaders coach through disruption and build the human adaptability organizations increasingly need.