228: Start Within to Change Your World

228: Start Within to Change Your World

228: Start Within to Change Your World

Do you expend energy trying to make others wrong so you can be right? Rich Habets is a master of facilitating powerful discussions 1-1 and with teams by asking questions and not making anyone wrong. In this conversation, he shares what he does to guide clients to look within and listen for the gold in what others say.

Rich is the founder and lead coach at Insight, Inc. Over the past 14 years, he’s dedicated himself to empowering more than 6,000 individuals and collaborating with more than 30 world-class companies, helping them break through barriers and achieve unparalleled performance.

What’s interesting is that Rich’s clients are already a force to be reckoned with, but his expertise serves as the catalyst that propels them to even greater heights. He’s operated behind the scenes for years as a silent but powerful ally in their journeys.

His mission is to help others harness their untapped potential so they transform their lives into a beacon of success, growth, and personal accomplishment. 

You’ll discover:

  • The benefits of being open and vulnerable with others
  • Why Rich focuses on who he is BEING when he works with clients
  • How Rich helps leaders raise their awareness about their own behaviors
  • The powerful questions Rich uses to help leaders discover the blind spots and gaps
  • Ways to make meetings more productive

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212: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching

212: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching

212: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching

Are you working with a coach or have you considered hiring one? There are things you can do to maximize the experience, and my guest Karen Davis has literally written the book on it. In this enlightening conversation, you’ll find out the characteristics of being coachable and how to integrate what you learn into daily practice.

After 25 years in leadership roles in business-to-business technology, Karen changed her life by serving and guiding the transformation of others. Since 2007, she’s been coaching, consulting, and facilitating leadership workshops for organizations such as Pfizer, Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, and Medtronic, as well as small to medium businesses

Today, Karen’s practice focuses on deep one-on-one coaching with high-performing executives, entrepreneurs, and executive coaches who are committed to their success, ready to uncover their hidden potential and make their own unique difference in the world. She’s the co-author of three books; and in her interview, we focused on her latest, How to Get the Most Out of Coaching, A Client’s Guide for Optimizing the Coaching Experience.

You’ll discover:

  • The benefits Karen has experienced herself by working with different coaches since 2007
  • The distinction between goal-line and soul-line and how the two work together
  • What it means to be coachable
  • Why it’s so critical to have an agreement related to each person’s commitment to the coaching process
  • The kinds of actions that are important immediately before and after the coaching session

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190: Stop Being the Answer-Person for Your Team

190: Stop Being the Answer-Person for Your Team

190: Stop Being the Answer-Person for Your Team

Have you ever been told, “You’re the best leader I’ve ever had”? Michelle Braden has. She lives and breathes every day the behaviors that both challenge and support the people on her team.

In this gold nugget-filled conversation, you’ll hear about the journey that led Michelle to learn about, adopt, and apply the key leadership skills that bring out the best in others.

Michelle is the Vice President of Global Talent Development at WEX, a leading provider of corporate payment solutions. She has more than 25 years of successful management experience in companies like TELUS International, SAP and Xerox.

You’ll discover:

  • Why Michelle Braden likes to describe herself as the Chief Learning Evangelist
  • How the Situational Leadership program became a turning point in Michelle’s career
  • What Michelle does to challenge team members and provide support at the same time
  • The behavior that consistently trips up the senior leaders Michelle has coached in her role
  • How application of The Fifth Agreement helps build critical thinking skills

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138: Become Calmer, More Mindful, and Less Overwhelmed

138: Become Calmer, More Mindful, and Less Overwhelmed

138: Become Calmer, More Mindful, and Less Overwhelmed

Do you ever struggle with overwhelm and feel stressed? My guest Fran Keogh understands those feelings. She helps clients reduce those negative states by simplifying their decisions and their lives. Fran also “gets” the perfectionism and procrastination that keep someone from achieving the results they seek. In fact, her coaching practice focuses on assisting busy professionals to build a better life in order to have more time, fun, and freedom.

Over the years, Fran has reinvented herself multiple times—from radio host, voice-over talent, “domestic goddess” (aka at-home mother of four), alpaca farmer, yoga teacher, health coach, to business life coach and speaker. This is a lively conversation with a very special human being who’s learned many lessons from her varied experiences.

 

You’ll discover:

  • How Fran helps clients identify and work through overwhelm
  • What’s behind the fear that often drives us
  • How to practice mindfulness in your daily life
  • Why Fran does not hesitate to ASK for what she wants

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095: Life Skills for the Soccer Field and the Boardroom

095: Life Skills for the Soccer Field and the Boardroom

What does it take for leaders to deal successfully with a crisis like COVID-19? My guest Kon Apostolopoulos literally wrote the book on how to do that! Kon co-authored and published in 2020 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: A Practical Guide for Emotionally Dealing with Pandemics & Other Disasters, to provide a clear roadmap. The material is a valuable reference whenever you’re experiencing a difficult situation.

Kon is the Founder and CEO of Fresh Biz Solutions, a Human Capital Management consulting group that provides performance improvement and training solutions. He helps organizations develop their people, improve business results, and reap the benefits of a comprehensive Talent Management strategy. He’s also committed to developing future leaders by applying the same principles to the coaching of young soccer players in local, state and Olympic development programs.

You’ll discover:

  • The 7 keys that can help you navigate through any crisis
  • How leaders can use these keys with their teams to improve performance and achieve the desired results
  • The Leadership Paradox – how to take seemingly contradictory items and blend them successfully (e.g., empathy and tough love)
  • What Kon does to teach these concepts to the youth athletes he coaches

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