Cloverleaf Study Finds AI Coaching Favors Self-Protection Over Relationship Repair

• Analysis of AI workplace coaching found all five relational-quality dimensions below the neutral midpoint, highlighting risks for employers deploying automated coaching.
• Three trained reviewers assessed 75 responses across five leading language models using five workplace conflicts.
• Specificity ranked lowest at 2.2 out of 5, though reviewers showed the least agreement on that measure.
• On relationship repair, 52% of responses favored self-protection, 36% remained neutral, while 12% encouraged genuine investment in the relationship.
• Only three of 638 distinct recommendations encouraged employees to connect with, show vulnerability toward or genuinely invest in colleagues.

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