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Unlocking Insights: Business trends through a coaching lens

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Unlocking Insights: Business trends through a coaching lens

Hoolr is proud to announce the release of its latest research report into the business trends and themes emerging from coaching in 2024. We release our trend reports every 6 months.

Coaching is a valuable tool for personal and professional development, providing individuals with a supportive environment to explore challenges, reflect on observations, and foster growth. This report presents the key themes derived from coach feedback and coaching data collected between January 2024 and December 2024 through the Hoolr platform.

The purpose of this analysis is to identify common themes emerging from the coaching world using data shared with Hoolr. The insights garnered from this analysis serve as valuable benchmarks and offer a glimpse of what common themes have appeared in conversations throughout the year.

All data used in this analysis was provided by those who opted in to sharing high-level themes with Hoolr.

It is important to emphasise that the findings presented in this report are intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as personalised advice or guidance. Each coaching journey is unique, and individual circumstances may vary significantly.

Unlocking Insights 2024: Coaching trends through a coaching lens, presents a comprehensive analysis of coach feedback and coaching trends. By analysing a range of coaching data, Hoolr has gained valuable insights into the areas where individuals face challenges, the observations they make, and the growth they strive for.

You can read more insights in the full report which is downloadable here

Trends in Coaching: Public vs. Private Sector

We have generated insight into themes between the Public and Private Sector from users across the Hoolr platform. The key coaching themes in 2024 from the Public and Private sectors were.

Private Sector Top Coaching Themes 2024

  1. Leadership Development

  2. Managing People

  3. Mental/Emotional Resilience

Public Sector Top Coaching Themes 2024

  1. Strategic Thinking

  2. Changing Role

  3. Leadership Development

The headlines

  • Private Sector companies are twice as likely to focus on mental/emotional resilience in their coaching.

  • Life Balance focused coaching is 2.4x more common in the Public Sector.

  • Managing People is a common priority amongst Private and Public Sector companies.

Coaching Impact in 2024

The Lowest Confidence Coaching Goals in 2024

Hoolr asks coachees to mark the goals they wish to work on during their coaching relationship and assign a confidence level to each goal.

Our data shows the goals with the lowest confidence level at the beginning of coaching relationships were:

  1. Life Balance

  2. Leadership Development

  3. Changing Role

The Biggest Impact of Coaching in 2024

At the end of the coaching relationship coachees are asked again to score their confidence levels against their initial goals. In 2024 coaching had the biggest impact on goals associated with:

  • Leadership Development- Confidence in leadership development more than doubled on average for coachees after engaging in coaching.

  • Life Balance- Coaching resulted in a 112% increase in confidence regarding life balance management.

  • Managing People- Coachees reported being 97% more confident in their people management skills after coaching.

Most common themes in coaching from 2024 vs. 2023.

Throughout the year, clients have consistently identified their most pressing coaching needs. The top three selected coaching needs in 2024 are as follows:

  • Leadership Development

  • Managing People

  • Mental/ Emotional Resilience

2024 vs. 2023 Coaching Trends

  • Coaching relationships that focused on the theme of Managing People saw the biggest increase over the year from 8% in 2023 to 13% in 2024.

  • Leadership Development continues to be in the top three area of focus in 2024, signalling a strong emphasis on growing leaders.

  • Culture Development was an emerging theme in 2024 across coaching on Hoolr.

What does this mean for HR and Business Leaders?

Leadership development is a priority

For the last two years, leadership development has been in the top 3 themes across Hoolr.

Coaching can be hugely impactful for life balance

In 2024 on Hoolr, coaching resulted in a 112% increase in confidence regarding life balance management.

Differences between Public & Private sectors

For example, mental resilience is 2x more likely to be a focus in the private sector.

Managing People is becoming a focus of coaching

Managing People saw the largest growth as a focus area for coachees in 2024.


For the practical implications and the importance of using this data, you can download your own detailed copy of Unlocking Insights 2024: Business Trends through a coaching lens

Want to find out how Hoolr can help you and your business- Schedule a demonstration

Hoolr is proud to announce the release of its latest research report into the business trends and themes emerging from coaching in 2024. We release our trend reports every 6 months.

Coaching is a valuable tool for personal and professional development, providing individuals with a supportive environment to explore challenges, reflect on observations, and foster growth. This report presents the key themes derived from coach feedback and coaching data collected between January 2024 and December 2024 through the Hoolr platform.

The purpose of this analysis is to identify common themes emerging from the coaching world using data shared with Hoolr. The insights garnered from this analysis serve as valuable benchmarks and offer a glimpse of what common themes have appeared in conversations throughout the year.

All data used in this analysis was provided by those who opted in to sharing high-level themes with Hoolr.

It is important to emphasise that the findings presented in this report are intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as personalised advice or guidance. Each coaching journey is unique, and individual circumstances may vary significantly.

Unlocking Insights 2024: Coaching trends through a coaching lens, presents a comprehensive analysis of coach feedback and coaching trends. By analysing a range of coaching data, Hoolr has gained valuable insights into the areas where individuals face challenges, the observations they make, and the growth they strive for.

You can read more insights in the full report which is downloadable here

Trends in Coaching: Public vs. Private Sector

We have generated insight into themes between the Public and Private Sector from users across the Hoolr platform. The key coaching themes in 2024 from the Public and Private sectors were.

Private Sector Top Coaching Themes 2024

  1. Leadership Development

  2. Managing People

  3. Mental/Emotional Resilience

Public Sector Top Coaching Themes 2024

  1. Strategic Thinking

  2. Changing Role

  3. Leadership Development

The headlines

  • Private Sector companies are twice as likely to focus on mental/emotional resilience in their coaching.

  • Life Balance focused coaching is 2.4x more common in the Public Sector.

  • Managing People is a common priority amongst Private and Public Sector companies.

Coaching Impact in 2024

The Lowest Confidence Coaching Goals in 2024

Hoolr asks coachees to mark the goals they wish to work on during their coaching relationship and assign a confidence level to each goal.

Our data shows the goals with the lowest confidence level at the beginning of coaching relationships were:

  1. Life Balance

  2. Leadership Development

  3. Changing Role

The Biggest Impact of Coaching in 2024

At the end of the coaching relationship coachees are asked again to score their confidence levels against their initial goals. In 2024 coaching had the biggest impact on goals associated with:

  • Leadership Development- Confidence in leadership development more than doubled on average for coachees after engaging in coaching.

  • Life Balance- Coaching resulted in a 112% increase in confidence regarding life balance management.

  • Managing People- Coachees reported being 97% more confident in their people management skills after coaching.

Most common themes in coaching from 2024 vs. 2023.

Throughout the year, clients have consistently identified their most pressing coaching needs. The top three selected coaching needs in 2024 are as follows:

  • Leadership Development

  • Managing People

  • Mental/ Emotional Resilience

2024 vs. 2023 Coaching Trends

  • Coaching relationships that focused on the theme of Managing People saw the biggest increase over the year from 8% in 2023 to 13% in 2024.

  • Leadership Development continues to be in the top three area of focus in 2024, signalling a strong emphasis on growing leaders.

  • Culture Development was an emerging theme in 2024 across coaching on Hoolr.

What does this mean for HR and Business Leaders?

Leadership development is a priority

For the last two years, leadership development has been in the top 3 themes across Hoolr.

Coaching can be hugely impactful for life balance

In 2024 on Hoolr, coaching resulted in a 112% increase in confidence regarding life balance management.

Differences between Public & Private sectors

For example, mental resilience is 2x more likely to be a focus in the private sector.

Managing People is becoming a focus of coaching

Managing People saw the largest growth as a focus area for coachees in 2024.


For the practical implications and the importance of using this data, you can download your own detailed copy of Unlocking Insights 2024: Business Trends through a coaching lens

Want to find out how Hoolr can help you and your business- Schedule a demonstration