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Nathalie Blais is the Founder and CEO of Coach Academy and an ICF Master Certified Coach whose work focuses on how people think, connect, and lead. Her central idea is both simple and disruptive: connection is not an assumption; it is a skill. At a time when communication is increasingly reactive and transactional, she challenges people to reconsider how influence is built and how change actually occurs. She argues that coaching skills are connection skills and that coaching is the language of influence, inclusion, and meaningful exchange. Rather than fixing or directing, her work emphasizes coaching as the condition for insight, responsibility, and growth– an approach that has shaped how change-makers engage across systems and cultures. Blais holds a Master’s degree in Psychology from Harvard and has logged more than 50,000 hours in facilitation, learning design, research, and education development. She is the architect of multiple ICF-accredited coach education programs and has trained thousands of leaders and coaches worldwide. Her research explores fear, motivation, grief, compassion, and connection. Her forthcoming 2027 book examines why human-centred connection is becoming a critical skill in an increasingly automated world. www.coachacademy.com Substack: https://coachacademy.substack.com/p/the-word-connection-has-lost-its