The Energy Within: Powering Leadership in a Changing Energy Landscape

The Global Growth Blog Series | Part 2

ICF’s Global Growth blog series is a deep dive into coaching’s growth around the world across a variety of industries and cultures. As ICF fosters global relationships, ICF members, credential-holders, and stakeholders can benefit from these connections and opportunities.

Read the first installment of the Global Growth series.

How Coaching Is Powering Growth in the Energy Sector

Energy companies are facing one of the most disruptive decades in history. Technology, sustainability demands, and shifting workforces are rewriting the playbook. How are organizations keeping up? Increasingly, they’re turning to coaching. 

ICF has partnered with organizations in the energy sector around the world as they seek ways to support leadership, advance employee development, achieve corporate objectives, and enrich their company cultures. Navigating the constantly changing and growing energy sector can be challenging, but coaching can equip leaders, HR, and teams for resiliency, collaboration, and ultimately, success. 

As more energy companies see the value that coaching brings to their organizations, there will be more opportunities for coaches to partner with these companies and help them adapt to meet these challenges.  

Here are only a few examples of the ways coaching is advancing energy organizations:

• Osaka Gas USA integrated coaching into their leadership development program and built upon this to foster a strong organizational learning environment. Since, the company has improved performance outcomes, enhanced employee engagement and collaboration, and laid the foundation for the company to be a self-sustaining, high-performing organization.
• OQ’s award-winning coaching program has expanded in recent years, from servicing leadership executives to establishing coaching services that are accessible to all levels. The program has improved employee satisfaction, enhanced leadership’s effectiveness, and supported the company’s cultural alignment during a critical transformation phase.
• Petronas has instituted its own internal Coaching Academy, which supports coaching opportunities for leadership and employees throughout the company. It focuses on capability building and addressing a diversity of coaching needs reflected throughout its workforce.
• Saudi Electric Company’s coaching program has grown to serve employees at all levels of the company. It supports leadership, has built out succession plans, and is offered to employees with high potential. Internal coaching training also supports managers as they seek to implement coaching in their own work. Its transformative impact earned the organization a 2025 ICF Coaching Impact Award.

These organizations have partnered with ICF coaches and experienced up close what the gold standard of the profession is capable of —driving measurable impact across their full enterprises toward a future of sustainable growth.

Recognizing the value of coaching and ICF, companies like Osaka Gas USA, OQ, and Saudi Electric Company have invested in the consultative approach, products, and services offered by ICF Coaching in Organizations. By combining proven coaching practices with ongoing organizational support, these companies are ensuring that coaching continues to transform their workplaces and ensure long-term success.

Seeking Further Opportunities for Growth

Coaching has had a profound impact on the energy sector, and more of the industry is continuing to adopt coaching cultures across the world because they have seen coaching’s potential to inspire and transform, giving way to thriving businesses.

As ICF continues to advance coaching and demonstrate coaching’s value to the energy sector, there are many opportunities for coaches.

Growing Demand & Global Opportunities

Energy is everywhere, and as the sector expands its investment in coaching, opportunities for coaches will emerge around the world, from North America to the GCC to Asia.

Ideal Skillsets

The energy sector demands resiliency in the midst of change, and coaching is optimally suited to help leadership and their companies adopt resiliency and cultural transformation.

Recognized Value

More and more, we are seeing energy organizations treat coaching as a strategic initiative across the company, not just a “perk” for a select few. Coaches’ efforts will be deeply valued as members of the team, regardless of whether they are internal or external. And internal coaches can strengthen their influence by accessing tools, guidance, and networks through collaboration and partnership with ICF Coaching in Organizations.

Empowering the People who Power the World

The energy sector is in a moment of significant change. This comes with unique challenges for leaders and teams — challenges that are well suited for the strengths of coaching! I am excited for the open possibilities ahead — coaches have the unique opportunity to support these and other energy companies leading the charge to charge up for a bright future.

For coaches, this is an exciting moment. Whether you’re leading from within an organization or partnering as an external coach, your expertise is needed to help energy companies power transformation and sustainability. The opportunities are growing — and professional coaches are ready to meet them.