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A chief officer had known for years he was an over talker. His CEO, desperate for improvement, gave him a coach. This episode highlights their first coaching conversation.
Two mindsets from this epis…
Published on 10 months ago
Building Listening
Episode 248
A vice-president gets kudos for likability but knocks for her inability to listen. With her coach, she talks about listening repeatedly. This episode features one of those conversations.
The 3 listen…
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Mastering Anxiety
Episode 247
Battling perfectionism and anxiety, a leader asks her coach for help and learns a tool that helps her tame her terrors.
This episode dovetails with many ideas in last month’s episode about Coaching v…
Published on 1 year ago
Coaching versus Therapy
Episode 246
Tired of feeling like a fraud, a leader searches for help down different paths. She and her coach talk about how coaching is, and is not, like therapy.
The leader in this episode wrestles with feeling…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Giving Upward Feedback
Episode 245
A leader and her coach discuss a three-step model for turning upward feedback into a learning conversation that might allow the boss to hear the message.
This month’s coaching conversation explores w…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Networking Conversations – Part Two
Episode 244
Knowing she’ll need to network to achieve her career goals, an ambitious leader asks her coach what a good networking conversation actually sounds like.
Resources for Building Your Networking Skills
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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Networking Conversations – Part 1
Episode 243
An ambitious leader knows she’ll need to network to achieve her career goals. But, to her, networking feels slimy, so she asks her coach for help.
Some core concepts from this episode:
The purpose of …Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Mastering Nerves
Episode 242
Before testifying in a high-stakes case, a theorist and his coach swap horror stories about their nerves hijacking them and the lessons they learned.
Tom’s Top Three Ideas for Mastering Nerves:
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Conquering People Pleasing
Episode 241
Angry at himself for continually putting others’ needs before his own, a leader turns to his coach for tools. He learns a new way to think and a behavior to try.
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Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Finding Management Courage
Episode 240
A vice president, struggling to control his team of artists, learns a technique for managing bad behavior from his coach. He likes it so much, he uses it with his high performers, too.
The tool descri…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago