Episode description
Episode description
Will Guillaume Foussier is Co-Founder & CEO at AceUp, part of MG 100, Forbes 30U30, Harvard Alumni and TechStars Alumni. TechStars have successfully raised $2.2m throughout the accelerator.
Will founded AceUp back in 2016, a human transformation platform that provides highly personalized leadership coaching at scale for individuals and teams.
Will's journey from social-impact investment to pioneering in the coaching industry shows a commitment to doing well by doing good. With AceUp, he's not just reshaping how organizations align on purpose, values, and goals but also how individuals and teams can realize their utmost capabilities. Get ready to dive into the future of leadership, adaptability, and the power of positive impact.
Will is also the founding member of the Human-Centered Leadership Research Consortium with the Institute of Coaching.
Ross and Will talk about changing careers, meaning, coaching, getting out of comfort zones, public speaking, changing lives, empowerment, transformation, limiting beliefs, education, Harvard University, mentorship, impact, innovation, continuous disruption, adapting, crisis, evolution, showing the importance of mission, supporting team leaders.
The pair also discuss common purpose, leadership upscaling, the new generation of leaders, leadership excellence, driving sustainable change, common language, dynamic leadership, scaling, alignment, coaching without frame work, culture, growing together, 'me to we', improving teams, clear contracts, finding time to grow, helping team leaders and learning new skills.
Timecodes:
- 00:16 Intro to Will
- 01:56 Starting AceUp
- 08:39 Turning Will's realisation into a business
- 15:18 Challenges and overcoming them
- 22:29 Key challenges people go to Will for
- 30:37 Core curriculum or bespoke principles when coaching at scale
- 39:17 Team coaching
- 49:11 The last time Will did something for the first time
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