Welcome to the new season! This time, you drive the conversation. Our pilot episode featured Nancy Burger and Jathan Janove, who brought their unique perspectives and expertise to the table. We explored key topics such as generational differences and the skills leaders need to navigate today’s challenges. Plus, the audience had a chance to chime in with their real-world experiences of adapting to remote work. Don’t miss this episode, and stay tuned for the rest of the season—your participation s...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 1
This conversation discusses a coaching engagement with a CEO in a nonprofit organization. The client faced challenges related to emotional reactivity, accepting feedback, and providing accountability and support to change management teams. The engagement was initiated through a referral and involved assessing the leader's readiness for coaching. The coaching process included setting expectations, negotiating parameters, and adapting to new challenges. Over the course of three years, the leader m...
Oct 01, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 20
This conversation explores the challenges faced when selecting the right client for a coaching engagement. The coach shares a story of an engagement that went wrong due to various factors, including lack of clarity in the client's needs, lack of team accountability, communication issues, and challenges with completing the 360 assessment. The coach reflects on the importance of articulating the benefits of coaching and the impact of crises on engagement. Key learnings include the need for tough c...
Sep 17, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 19
In this conversation with Jathan Janove, we explore how Stakeholder-Centered Coaching transformed the behavior and perception of a highly successful CFO who was initially seen as abrasive and intimidating. We discuss the client's challenges, the initial contact, the introduction to stakeholder-centered coaching, and how we addressed apprehension and defensiveness. We also dive into the role of role-playing, the stakeholder-centered coaching process, the mini-survey, the after-action review, and ...
Sep 03, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Brenda Bence shares her experience working with a CEO and CFO in a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange. The engagement focused on CEO succession planning and developing the CFO as a potential successor. Brenda emphasizes the need for coaches to watch for patterns among stakeholders and explore any outliers in feedback. She also discusses the importance of coachability and working with clients who are hungry for change
Aug 20, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 17
In this episode of Conversations with Coaches, Lillian Davenport, a seasoned leadership and career development coach, shares her expertise on how to foster leadership excellence. Tune in to discover how targeted coaching strategies and assessments can unlock the potential of leaders, even those facing the unique challenges of rapid career advancement. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to enhance their leadership capabilities and drive organizational impact.
Aug 06, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 16
This week's conversation explores the journey of executive coach J.B. Adams and his experience working with a public sector client to develop the next generation of leaders. Listen to gain valuable insights and practical strategies for building and repairing trust within teams, leveraging skeptics' feedback, effective succession planning, and developing executive presence. J.B. highlights the benefits of group coaching and shares personal anecdotes with actionable advice for enhancing coaching p...
Jul 23, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 15
In this conversation, Hana Ngo discusses her engagement with an IT company struggling with effective communication channels. She emphasizes the importance of understanding stakeholder expectations and using live feed forward to improve communication. The engagement resulted in increased collaboration and improved communication between technical and business teams. The key takeaways include the need for stakeholder-centered habits and identifying the stakeholders involved in creating a bigger imp...
Jul 18, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 14
In this episode of "Conversations with Coaches," Elise Foster helped bring about a notable shift in a senior manager's leadership approach, creating a profound organizational impact. Elise Foster collaborated with a senior director at a prominent medical device company whose main challenge was connecting and engaging effectively with others. Despite performing tasks, their interactions often elicited a “suck it up and grin” response. Recognizing the need for a change in relational dynamics, Elis...
Jul 09, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Discover how to improve leadership responsiveness with SCC®. In the twelfth episode of "Conversations with Coaches", Paul Crick explains how he helped the client experience improvements in skill development to boost their performance. In this episode, Paul Crick assisted a product management leader at an advanced electronic components manufacturing company. With ambitions to expand in specific sectors, the company hired coaching support to nurture its leaders. Using various methodologies, signif...
Jul 02, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Discover how stakeholder-focused coaching can drive professional growth. In the new episode of "Conversations with Coaches," Mollie Eliasof shares her experience and the key strategies she used to help a client overcome obstacles and stimulate professional growth. In this case study, Mollie Eliasof collaborated with a client who was highly ambitious but stagnant in her career. Using tools such as assessments and behavioral interviews, they were able to gain a deep understanding of the client's d...
Jun 25, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Explore in this episode of 'Conversations with Coaches' how to address unique challenges in workplace diversity coaching. In this episode, Sunil Deshmukh helped solve career transition and diversity, equity and inclusion issues, uncovering effective approaches to unexpected problems with focus and creativity. Through personalized coaching strategies, Sunil discovered innovative solutions designed to foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Sunil Deshmukh is the Global Chair Elect (2023-2...
Jun 18, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 10
In this episode of "Conversations with Coaches," Dan Sitner delves into a compelling case study focused on improving leadership behavior. This new episode focuses on a senior manufacturing leader at a global company who was facing team engagement challenges. Through Dan Sitner's expert guidance, he discovers how shaping leadership behavior can be crucial to improving leader effectiveness and addressing team engagement challenges in global and complex environments. Dan Sitner, the founder of Clea...
Jun 11, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Discover in the eighth episode of "Conversations with Coaches" how Dexter Nolley, through Stakeholder Centered Coaching®, has trained leaders to overcome shyness and lead strongly in the health system. Through Nolley's case study, it is revealed how one health system leader faced challenges in understanding leadership and employee engagement, and how he managed to embark on a transformative journey to overcome shyness and lead assertively. Through this approach, the leader received crucial feedb...
Jun 04, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Discover how Dominik Szot successfully led a feedback-focused leadership coaching process in a company. In this episode of "Conversations with Coaches," he explores the challenges he faced hosting monthly feedback talks and confronting some leaders' discomfort with the coaching provided by the company's founder. Through his focus on feedback-based leadership, Dominik shares how he overcame these obstacles and created an environment where leaders felt more open and safe to participate in the coac...
May 28, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Discover how to strengthen the culture of a true leader through SCC® in the Sixth Episode of 'Conversations with Coaches'. In this episode, Daniel facilitated empowered leadership amidst the intricate challenges encountered within a resources company following his divestiture. Daniel Collins, reveals the profound impact of SCC® in strengthening organizational alignment and fostering optimal performance at all levels of the company. He explores how coaching conversations serve as the central hub ...
May 21, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Discover the intricacies of leadership in high-pressure environments in the fifth episode of 'Conversations with Coaches. Corine Hines brings you her case study, where she shows how overwhelmed leaders were trained to excel as effective change agents within a rapidly growing manufacturing firm. In this episode, Corine Hines addresses high-risk challenges within the manufacturing industry. Hired by a prominent UK-based manufacturing company on the brink of a massive project, Corine was faced with...
May 14, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Immerse yourself in a journey of cultural transformation in the fourth episode of "Conversations with Coaches." Discover how leadership can drive change from Bill Auxier, who shares his work with a rural hospital facing challenges such as lack of effective communication and resistance to change within his team. Through the SCC® approach, Bill led a cultural transformation that helped the hospital improve its leadership skills and develop strategies to address resistance to change. In this episod...
May 07, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Embark on a leadership development journey with Joseph Lerner's case study featured in the third episode of "Conversations with Coaches." Delve into how he expertly guided a client within the accounting arena, emphasizing leadership development while addressing perfectionistic tendencies that hindered his advancement to leadership roles. Joseph Lerner illustrates a compelling case study in which he mentored a senior accounting manager, paving the way for him to overcome perfectionistic inclinati...
Apr 30, 2024•31 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Discover the keys to success in times of change with James Pereira. Join the second episode of "Conversations with Coaches" to explore how he collaborated with a high-potential leader at a rapidly growing company, addressing the challenge of building teams for company expansion. In this episode, James collaborated with the National Sales Manager of a pharmaceutical company to address her challenge of adapting amid a changing business environment. James Pereira, a seasoned professional trainer si...
Apr 23, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Join this new episode to learn how Catherine collaborated with a high-potential leader at a rapidly growing company, tackling the challenge of building teams for company expansion. This new case study highlights how Catherine Cantey, a leadership coach, helped a business leader at a growing company build an effective team. She focuses on the importance of establishing trust, offering constructive feedback, and maintaining regular communication for leadership development. Catherine Cantey has led...
Apr 16, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In this last episode of the second season of 'Conversations with Coaches,' CEO and host Brandon Mergard sits down with William A. Sommers — a certified Stakeholder Centered Coaching® Coach who specializes in SCC® for school and district leaders and helps numerous leaders enhance their skills and achieve their goals. Bill Sommers: The Man of the Hour More widely known as Bill, he is an accomplished consultant, author, leadership coach, and retired principal from Austin, Texas. Bill's impact on le...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In this episode of the second season, the spotlight shines on Inderjeet Singh, the founder and CEO of Grow More Avenues, an engineering graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi). With 30 years of experience spanning sales, marketing, management, and entrepreneurship, Inderjeet is a multifaceted expert in coaching, training, and leadership. Inderjeet Singh: The Man of the Hour Inderjeet's journey is a testament to his passion for developing leaders. As an ICF Master Cer...
Feb 06, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Get ready for a transformative session in Season 2, Episode 8 of 'Conversations with Coaches,' focusing on the key themes of consistency and clarity just for you! Join our star guest, Nancy Burger, and let this episode become your latest source of inspiration for honing your coaching skills. Nancy Burger: An Outstanding Professional Nancy Burger, the 'Communications Strategist' and leadership development expert, is a visionary in her field. With a successful career spanning more than two decades...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Conversations With Coaches Season 2, Episode 7 features Chester Elton, #1 New York Times bestselling business author and renowned expert on employee engagement, leadership, and organizational culture, who talks about cultivating high-performance cultures. and effective leadership strategies. Tune in to this episode and learn about topics such as personal identity, the importance of relationships and community, developing more human and empathetic leadership, gratitude as a powerful practice, and...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode of the second season, the podcast spotlight is on Frank Wagner, a mainstay in the realm of leadership coaching and co-developer of Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching®. With an impressive track record spanning four decades, Frank has significantly contributed to the development of leadership skills in Fortune 100 companies. Frank Wagner: The Man of the Hour Frank's journey began at The Center For Leadership Studies in the 1970s and has since been characterized by his...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 6
An extraordinary coach who's known for pushing boundaries and going the extra mile, returning podcast guest Bill Zeeb is here on Season 2, Episode 5 to share his insights on effective coaching strategies — from weekly check-ins and time efficiency in coaching. Bill Zeeb: The Man of the Hour Bill's resume reads like a who's who of high-level roles in Sales, Finance, and Operations. But he's not just a man who's walked the walk. He talks the talk in three languages, including German and French, ma...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Turn up the coaching charm with podcast guest Mitchell Levy and make this episode your newest jam. Mitchell Levy: The Man of the Hour Mitchell Levy, the 'Credibility King' and Global Credibility Expert, is like Google personified. A two-time TEDx speaker, including delivering the 28th most popular talk in 2021, and an international bestselling author of over 60 books, Mitchell's influence is transformative. As a Certified Stakeholder Centered Coach and an executive coach for Marshall Goldsmith’s...
Nov 21, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Scott and Jacquelyn are big names in the world of leadership coaching, thanks to their work with Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. This episode's gonna be packed with great chats and handy tips. Be sure to tune in and take advantage of this opportunity to learn from two of the best in the field. Scott Osman and Jacquelyn Lane: The People of the Hour Meet Scott Osman, a leadership luminary and the driving force behind Marshal Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. As its CEO and co-founder, he's been instrumen...
Nov 07, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Delighted to have Michael Beale, a maestro in language and coaching, return for another episode in this new season of Conversation with Coaches. Known for his significant contributions to the global NLP community, Michael brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. This episode promises to be loaded with insightful discussions and practical tips. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from one of the industry's finest. Michael Beale: The Man of the Hour In his previous episode...
Oct 24, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 2
