Depth coaching works below the waterline. It is the missing piece in leadership coaching. Most senior leaders who turn to coaching do so for familiar reasons: a step up in role, a stretch assignment, a difficult team, an ambitious strategy. The brief often sounds similar: sharpen my impact, improve my communication, help me deliver this agenda. Traditional coaching responds in kind. It focuses on goals, plans, behaviours, and skills. Done well, that kind of work is helpful. Yet many leaders who have “done coaching” in this way still sense that something deeper is driving their repeated dilemmas – and that it remains largely untouched. That is where depth coaching comes in. Depth coaching still cares about performance and results, but