Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly capable of solving problems, recognising patterns, and understanding and interacting with humans through analysing massive amounts of data. The applications of AI have gained momentum across many different industries such as education, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare. Another rapidly growing field of AI application is workplace coaching.

Did you know that you are a workplace architect? Yes, you, who is reading this post! The concept we unpack today and how business coaching might help you become a master architect of your work is job crafting. Job crafting is not a fuzzy buzzword but is based on rigorous empirical research accumulated over years. First, let’s unpack the concept of job crafting a little bit more.

Did you ever wonder what empowers you at work? An individual’s orientation to their work role is considered to be reflected in four cognitions that influence how we feel about the work we do - our sense of psychological empowerment: meaning, competence, self-determination, and impact.

Workplace coaching has gained momentum over the past years with a significant increase in coaching professionals. Coaching critics sometimes question if coaching is actually empirically based or worth the level of investment. So it may be worth asking the question if coaching actually works and if so when and under which circumstances.