Michael O'Brien is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: What helped you from your near death cycling accident that might help us with this period of uncertainly with the coronavirus? What are three approaches that help individuals with the anxiety of uncertainty? What was the mindset that helped you transition from a high paying corporate job to be an independent? Who is Michael O'Brien? Michael O’Brien PCC is the Chief Shift Officer at Peloton Executive Consulting...
Apr 06, 2020•26 min
Ryan Gottfredson is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: Why should executives and leaders be concerned about their mindsets? What examples do you have that speaks to the role mindsets play in leader effectiveness? What mindsets do executives and leaders need to develop to become more effective? How can leaders learn what mindsets they currently have? How can they develop the more positive mindsets? Who is Ryan Gottfredson? Ryan Gottfredson, Ph.D. is a mental succe...
Mar 30, 2020•24 min
Jason Treu is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: How do you develop great teams remotely? How do you show your team you care? What does research say about developing extreme trust within a virtual team? What exercises do you recommend to develop trust in a team? When working at home, how do you protect your family life when working in confinement at home? Who is Jason Treu? Jason Treu ( pronounced Troy ) is an executive coach who works with executives, entreprene...
Mar 23, 2020•25 min
Jeffrey Hull is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: What are the major changes you are seeing on the leadership landscape today? Why are these important? What led you to write FLEX? What are the key success factors for developing what you call "leadership agility"? Why does this matter? What is "somatic leadership" and why is it so important today? How can organizations succeed -- from start-ups to multi-nationals--in today's disrupted world? What is the distincti...
Mar 09, 2020•30 min
Ross Ingram is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: How do you define Artificial Intelligence? Why do you think AI is important to incorporate into a coaching process? How can technology be applied to a personal relationship? How can you protect confidentiality if coaches are journaling into your App? Will Robots take over a coach’s role in 5 to 10 years? Who is Ross Ingram? Award-winning technologist known for launching category-defining products. As part of the e...
Feb 24, 2020•24 min
Steve Wiideman is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: How to grow any coaching business with SEO? Biggest lessons from being in digital marketing industry for 20-years? The recipe for his agency's success? What are the new trends in social media? How do you stay abreast of a sector that is constantly changing? What social media channels should coaches focus on? Who is Steve Wiideman? Steve is a a professor, and a true practitioner of search optimization. Most mark...
Feb 17, 2020•26 min
Oscar Trimboli is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: Why does listening matter in leadership more than ever? What is the difference between a good listener and a great listener? Who are the four villains of listening? How can you listen to what’s unsaid? Listening is relational and contextual - how do you listen differently? What does it mean to say that “Everybody sees in color, but they listen in black and white”? What is the cost of not listening? Who is Oscar...
Jan 27, 2020•33 min
Chris Tabish is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: What is comediology? How did the principles of comedy help in business? How do you integrate the principles of comediology to help management consulting clients or using it in management? What are the essential elements for being humanistic? How do you help Fortune 500 companies be successful? Who is Chris Tabish? Chris is a passionate, transformational growth leader with over 20 years of experience successfully ...
Jan 21, 2020•25 min
Anita Graham is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: Why is talent management so important to VF? What are the 3 focus areas for managing talent? What does good talent management look like? What does talent management have like impact on culture and business? How do we encourage on-going growth at VF? How do you use talent management to make a difference at VF? Who is Anita Graham? Anita Graham is Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of VF Corporation. She...
Nov 13, 2019•26 min
Bill Coletti is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: How do you determine a crisis situation? How can a leader prepare for a crisis situation that could jeopardize his/her career? When a leader shows up unprepared for a crisis, what can they do? What is a crisis vs. critical moment vs. a difficult business issue? What are the skill sets of those serving leaders that make a difference in a crisis? What are the leaders greatest fear when managing a crisis? Who is Bil...
Oct 03, 2019•24 min
Tom Eddington is interviewed by Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC and discusses the following: How to be less stressed when running a business? How top leaders integrate their work and personal lives? Why emotional intelligence matters? Why vulnerability is essential to a great leader/entrepreneur? Biggest lessons coaching top CEO's. Who is Tom Eddington? Tom Eddington is one of Silicon Valley’s top business advisors. He can talk about how striving for balance is stressing you out – Just about every lead...
Sep 26, 2019•21 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Tara Mohr and talks about practical wisdom for women who want to speak up, create, and lead. Tara is an expert on women's leadership and well-being. What does it mean to play big and why are so many women playing small? Why is confidence not the answer to self-doubt/inner critic? How do we unhook from praise and criticism and why is it important for women in particular to do so? What are the common mistakes we make around discovering our purpose and callings, a...
Mar 19, 2019•23 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews Jeffrey Magee and talks about how to develop your human capital and management and why it is so important to us. Why is human capital development and management so important to us? After being downsized from a Fortune 100 firm while in your early 20's, what has that experience had on you and what can our viewers gain from your experience? You have been invited to speak at the World Congress on Leadership twice. What was that experience like? You have written many bo...
Mar 05, 2019•15 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews Amy Landino and talks about how she got started with creating videos and shares her top three tips to make money and proper. Why did you get started with video? What should brands be focused on? How do you stay consistent with video content? What video equipment do you recommend for beginners? What are your top three tips for someone who wants to get started with video right now? Who is Amy Landino? Amy Landino is a globally-recognized YouTuber, speaker, author, and...
Jan 16, 2019•23 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews Dr. John Reed and talks about his book Pinpointing Excellence: How to Find a Quality Executive Coach. What is your professional background and experience? What have you seen in the executive coaching field that prompted you to write the book? How has it been helping readers? Why? What have you seen in the executive coaching field since the book was released that makes it even more relevant now? What are the key messages from the book do you express to help those con...
Nov 30, 2018•22 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews a World Champion of Public Speaking: Darren LaCroix. You’ve been coaching professional speakers, corporate presenters, executives as far away as Ukraine, what do you see at the biggest mistakes more presenters make? How can presenters create Unforgettable Presentations? I know you teach experts to build their business through speaking, why do emphasize multiple streams of expert income? You talk a great deal about stories, why are stories so important in presentatio...
Apr 05, 2018•23 min
Dr Katrina Burrus, interviews Patrick Allmond who is a 19 year veteran of the business world and creator of the “Own Your Empire” marketing system, his own unique structured way of achieving success in the digital marketing world. Business owners come to Patrick to learn how to be rockstar marketers in their industry using the internet for lead generation, digital TV, social media and email marketing. In addition to consulting he travels the country speaking at events showing people how to gener...
Mar 09, 2018•15 min
Building Your Personal Brand To Be Successful Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Chris Ducker about developing your personal brand while answering the following questions: 1) Why should entrepreneurs be focused on building their personal brands? 2) What's the one thing we should be doing to build our personal brands? 3) How can we monetize our brands, once they’re built? 4) Where did you get the idea for your Youpreneur Community? What inspired you to start it? 5) You’re a big lover of live even...
Oct 26, 2017•24 min
How to Build a Successful International Law Practice Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC ask Mr. Xavier Oberson what he attributes his success to in Building a Successful International Law Practice? "Express your knowledge in a simple way," says Xavier Oberson. "Take a niche market aspect of law and develop it to an International level" "What made you so well known?" I like to entertain and teach. Playing music, teaching and speaking at conferences is entertainment " "I do it in a humble and entertaining wa...
Oct 13, 2017•27 min
Saving Children with Seth Berkley CEO of GAVI Seth Berkley answers what led him to become the successful leader he is as CEO of GAVI the Vaccine Alliance while answering the following questions. What is your leadership Strategy? What is one trait you possess that makes you an effective leader? Can you tell us a story of how you used that trait to build success? What were some of your most difficult challenges in your career and how did you overcome them? Take us to your biggest failure? What is ...
Oct 05, 2017•27 min
Failure to Leadership Success: SWISS International Airlines If Swissair went bankrupt in the past, Swiss International Airlines in Swiss Romand is beginning to thrive with Lorenzo Stoll and stay tuned, it is just the beginning. Dr. Katrina Burrus asked what does he attribute some of his leadership success at Swiss International Airlines with the following questions: What is one trait he possesses that makes him an effective leader at Swiss? How does he overcome challenges? What routine does he a...
Sep 28, 2017•20 min
Charles de Boissezon, retired was asked to take over as CEO of Geneva headquartered Hinduja Bank , a Private Bank, and he brings with him 37 years of International banking experience in London, Hong Kong, New York, Geneva, Chile, and Jersey. Charles is both French and British. He grew up in Vietnam and Hong Kong and spent his formative years in Geneva attending the College de Leman School. He then left for the USA to earn his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Boston University, B...
Sep 23, 2017•25 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews the prior Director General at CERN Mr. Heuer on, "Have you ever questioned the nature of existence? Have you wondered how it all started and what secrets the Universe holds? For most of us, these matters are beyond our comprehension and yet these are questions scientists at CERN are exploring. CERN is the world’s leading research body for particle physics. Some questions asked by the Director General of CERN, Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, is what does he attribute his succ...
Aug 05, 2017•21 min
Keeper of the Vision - Culture in Las Vegas Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Myron G. Martin, President and CEO of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, NV. These are the questions Katrina asks Myron: What do you attribute your success in making the Smith Center what it is today? What would you say is your biggest professional challenge today? What is your biggest personal challenge as a leader today? How do you see the Smith Center evolving in the next 5 to 10 years? If Europ...
Jul 27, 2017•15 min
Your host, Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews in this episode the executive director of Inspiring Children Foundation Mr. Trenton Alenik. The Inspiring Children Foundation prides itself on transforming under-served youth into high-level, hard-working, aware leaders that stand apart from the widespread mediocrity, excuse-making and blame-casting that is so prevalent in the culture of youth elsewhere. Hundreds of alumni attest to how the program has changed the trajectory of their lives, helping them t...
Jul 20, 2017•21 min
Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Dorothy E. Siminovitch, PhD, MCC about her new book, A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness IQ and asked the following questions: You have coined the term “awareness intelligence,” or Awareness IQ. What does that mean in terms of coaching effectiveness and coaching success? “Mindfulness” is so touted in today’s world. How is mindfulness connected with the Gestalt approach to coaching? In your book, A Gestalt Coaching Primer , you draw a distinctio...
Jul 13, 2017•28 min
How Copywriting Translates into Business Success Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews, Ray Edwards, the specialist expert on how copywriting can Translate into business success. She asks him the following questions: What is copywriting, and why is it so important to entrepreneurs and small-business owners? In your book, How to Write Copy That Sells, you refer to the “magic building blocks” of sales copy. What are those blocks, and how do we use them? You have a chapter in the book called The Secre...
Jun 15, 2017•22 min
Katrina Burrus, Phd, MCC discusses with Marilyn OHearne what lead her to write her new book, “Breaking Free from Bias: Preventing Costly Complaints, Conflict and Talent Loss.” Marilyn also answers other questions about her book and her coaching career. What is your vision of the book and programs’ impact? Tell us about your coaching career and what distinguishes you from other coaches. What are your other offerings besides Breaking Free from Bias? Marlyn O’Hearne, MA , International Coach Federa...
Jun 11, 2017•18 min
How Storytelling Can Save and Launch Your Company Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Eliot M. Wagonheim and discuss his tips on ways to achieve true greatness. Why are so many companies ineffective at recruiting their next rock star employees? What is the one question you should ask before signing a contract? Why shouldn’t companies do annual performance reviews? What is the one key to winning a lifetime of great customers? Who is Eliot Wagonheim ? Eliot is the founder of Wagonheim Law, a busine...
Jun 01, 2017•15 min
EEC 090 Reconnecting to our Essence Through Essentials Katrina Burrus, PhD, MCC interviews Nadine Fortin, a Strategic Leadership Coach who works with technical experts to help them becoming strategic thinkers. What is a Strategic Leadership Coaching? What does “detaching from the external results” imply for coaches? What does it mean for coaches to go back to essentials? On what else should coaches and other strategic leaders focus? Nadine coaches technical experts to become leaders and strategi...
May 25, 2017•22 min
