Podcast Episodes

How to Supercharge Introversion

Episode 259

Concerned his introversion makes him less effective, a corporate vice president asks for coaching – from an extrovert! Together, the coach and client explore ways to assure his introversion is a stre…

Published on 9 hours ago

How to Manage Defensive People

Episode 258

A leader with a direct report who is, she says, the most defensive person she’s ever known, devotes an entire coaching session to gathering tools to help her cope. 

All the tools and ideas and scripts…

Published on 1 month ago

How to Own Healthy Assertion

Episode 257

Still traumatized over an angry explosion she’d aimed at an abusive leader years before, a leader asks her coach to help her access healthy assertion to use during moments of conflict.

Where are you o…

Published on 2 months ago

How to Create Engagement Online

Episode 256

Convinced that participants need to engage in order to learn, a leader is discouraged after the cheerless rollout of her online learning program. She turns to her coach for help facilitating virtual …

Published on 3 months ago

How to Deepen Relationships at Work

Episode 255

Knowing she’s never been good with people, a leader seeks coaching to her deepen relationships in ways she can tolerate.

Two ways to deepen workplace relationships:

Matching & Curiosity

4 Ways to Match:…

Published on 4 months ago

How to Talk so People Understand You

Episode 254

A leader is losing credibility with her senior leaders. Her boss thinks she can turn it around by learning the sorting tool that transformed him as a communicator, so he brings in the coach who taugh…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

How to Answer Questions Powerfully

Episode 253

A leader was given one goal for his coaching: improve how he answered questions. Knowing he struggled with this not only at work, but at home, he asked his coach for tools. 

Our free PDF shows the two…

Published on 6 months ago

How to Build Self-Esteem

Episode 252

A leader suddenly hears how harshly she speaks to herself. Wanting help, she turns to her coach who gives her tools to build a practice of self-esteem.     

The three self-esteem practices are:

Published on 7 months ago

How to Build an Executive

Episode 251

A coaching client wonders what elements need to be present for someone to appear ‘executive.’ Two executive coaches ponder this question and come up with five elements they deem essential.

Categories …

Published on 8 months ago

How to Answer “Tell Us About Yourself”

Episode 250

A senior leader, upset about having flubbed her reply to ‘Tell us about yourself’ during a high-stakes interview, talks with her coach about how to prepare for what she considers to be an incredibly …

Published on 9 months ago