Coaching the future begins now, with the youth. For over a decade, I’ve had the privilege of coaching adults—many of them seasoned executives and leaders—through seasons of change, challenge, and transformation. Yet, this is not coaching the future. These are people navigating complex decisions, juggling demanding responsibilities, and seeking clarity in the midst of chaos. They arrive in coaching sessions with goals to meet, teams to lead, and identities to reimagine.
But beneath the professional polish, another story often emerges, a story, perhaps, from the teen room.
A story about self-doubt that began in adolescence.
A struggle with confidence rooted in early comparisons.
A habit of perfectionism first shaped by school or family expectations.
An internal narrative that’s never been challenged—until now.
Time and again, I found myself thinking: What if someone had coached this person at 15, 18, or 21? What difference might it have made?
That question is no longer hypothetical for me. It became a call to action.
That’s why The Diploma in Coaching Adolescents and Young Adults is such a significant milestone for me. This program will train coaches to work with adolescents and young adults.
Coaching Is a Continuum
The skills I’ve used to coach high-level executives—clarifying vision, building emotional intelligence, overcoming imposter syndrome, navigating complexity, aligning with values—are not reserved for the corner office. They are life skills. Human skills. And young people need and deserve them just as much, if not more.
When we coach adolescents, we’re not just preparing them for the future—we’re shaping how they show up now. We’re helping them form the narratives, habits, and capacities they’ll carry for life. We’re planting seeds of resilience, voice, and vision before the soil hardens.
And when I look at the leaders I’ve coached, I see how essential that early investment is. Coaching young people is not a “nice-to-have.” It is necessary.
Lessons from the Boardroom
Here’s what coaching executives has taught me that applies powerfully to youth:
- Purpose doesn’t appear overnight—it’s cultivated. The earlier we help young people explore what matters to them, the more agency they have in shaping their lives.
- Confidence isn’t the absence of doubt—it’s a practiced belief in one’s ability to learn, adapt, and try again.
- Burnout, people-pleasing, and imposter syndrome are not executive issues—they’re human ones. And they often start young.
- Leadership is seeded in youth. The capacity to influence, listen, stand up, and serve is something we can nurture early on.
Coaching the Future Means Training for It
That’s why this new program matters. We need a generation of coaches equipped not only with techniques, but with the insight to meet young people where they are. Coaches who can hold space for identity formation, transitions, social pressures, digital overwhelm, and the deep longing to be seen and heard. And we need them now.
So if you’re a coach, educator, parent, or leader who wants to be part of shaping the future—not by correcting adults, but by forming the next generation—this program is for you. Find put about the LCC Diploma in coaching adolescents and young adults here.
Because coaching doesn’t begin when someone gets a job title.
It begins when someone says, “You matter. Let’s explore who you are and who you can become.”
And the earlier we say that, the better.