200 - Joel Monk: The Coaching Industrial Complex

In this short episode of the podcast, host Joel Monk reflects on two Substack articles by Peter Lindbergh that critique the coaching industry, and opens the conversation around what it means to be a coach as the occupation evolves in our fast-changing times. Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator and entrepreneur. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company on the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of over 65,000 coaches. Coaches Rising programs regularly include participants from every continent on the planet and they have collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development and coaching. Joel is also a leadership coach, coaching at companies such as THNK, Booking.com, Siemens and Naspers. Joel has designed and led several entrepreneurial and leadership development programs, at places such as Socionext, THNK and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.