355: How to Master Executive Transitions

355: How to Master Executive Transitions

355: How to Master Executive Transitions

Did you know that 40% of executives fail in their new roles within the first 18 months…and it’s rarely due to lack of technical skills? In this insightful conversation, you’ll hear from Navid Nazemian, an executive transition coach and author of Mastering Executive Transitions. He shares the real reasons leaders derail during role changes and what can be done to dramatically improve their odds of success.

Navid describes the cultural, political, and interpersonal challenges that make or break new leaders. You’ll learn why transitions take far longer than the often-cited 90 days, and how his “Double Diamond Framework” helps executives cut derailment risk and accelerate productivity by more than half. Whether you’re moving into a new role or coaching others who are, this episode gives you a practical roadmap to make your next transition a true success.

Navid has been ranked as the #1 Executive Coach for 3 years by CEO Today. He’s a leading authority on executive transitions and leadership impact. Navid is the author of the international bestseller Mastering Executive Transitions: The Definitive Guide. His focus is on supporting senior leaders as they transition into new roles, and he’s a trusted advisor to C-level leaders worldwide. He brings to his work 20 years of HR leadership across five countries and six industries.

You’ll discover:

  • Why 40% of executives fail in new roles—and how to avoid it
  • The critical difference between executive coaching and transition coaching
  • How the Double Diamond Framework shortens time to impact
  • The five C’s every executive should master before day one
  • Why pre-boarding is the secret weapon of successful leaders

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252: How to Help Transitioning Leaders Succeed

252: How to Help Transitioning Leaders Succeed

252: How to Help Transitioning Leaders Succeed

What causes so many leaders to fail when they are transitioning to a senior leadership role? Robert Witherspoon reveals important reasons, based on his decades of experience coaching leaders in transition. What he shares can help your organization avoid those pitfalls and instead ensure success.

Robert is a leadership coach for top executives, and he’s been serving leaders in business and government since 1990. He specializes in C-Suite and Leadership Transition Coaching.

Robert is the lead author, along with Randy White, of Four Essential Ways That Coaching Can Help Executives, the first field guide to executive coaching, published by the Center for Creative Leadership in 1997. Robert has been doing this work well before executive coaching and leadership development became popular boardroom language. Today he is considered a pioneer in the coaching profession.

His mission is to provide immediate impact, measurable results, and sustainable success. He achieves this by helping leaders develop their leadership skills and facilitating their transitions to new roles.

You’ll discover:

  • What Leadership Transition is and why it matters
  • Some of the key transitions that have major impact on an organization
  • What’s often missing before a leader moves into a new position
  • The role of robust assessments in identifying potential challenges for the leader

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Robert’s Website

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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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Rich’s Website

Richard Habets

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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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Connect with Karen

      

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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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Beth’s Website

WEX

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