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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee

Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee

Alex Pascal

Join Coaching.com Founder & Executive Chairman, Alex Pascal as he hosts some of the world's greatest minds in coaching, leadership and more! Listen as Alex dives deep into coaching concepts, the business of coaching and discover what's behind the minds of these coaching experts! Oh, and maybe some conversation about coffee too!

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee - David Drake: Founder & CEO of The Moment Institute & Narrative Coaching
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10/17/22 • 76 min

In this episode of Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee, Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal sits down with Dr. David Drake, the Founder of The Moment Institute in Portland, Oregon and a Thought Leader for the Institute of Coaching at Harvard University. Dr. David Drake has used his work to support the transformation of coaching initiatives in 70 organizations, including Dropbox, Google, Logitech, Nike, PWC, and is the creator, author, and teacher of narrative coaching.

During this conversation, Alex asks David to demonstrate the concept of Moments of Time in Coaching and the connection it has between happiness and freedom for clients. He talks about the pressures clients face, and the deliberate lack of goal-based thinking narrative coaching focuses on. By giving clients a safe and plentiful space to discuss their narratives and trajectories, David explores how his work centers on giving clients the ability to be true to themselves.

Examining that space, Alex and David discuss the profound nature of silence and the possibilities that come with making new choices that incorporate silence instead of being drowned out by the noise of the same decisions every day. With an emphasis on self-regulation, they highlight the value of narrative coaching being based on the rejection of conventional coaching norms.

Through the prioritization of personal development, David worked with larger technology companies on the patterns found within their team dynamics and how deconstructing them piece by piece is integral to their reformation. Silence, or waiting for a response, is essential for that reconfiguration of relationships and relatability.

In this context, David explains the readiness of clients implementing change being dependent on the work they are willing to do being primarily outside of coaching sessions. Channeling the experience of a client through their scope and daily life, Alex and David discuss the importance of impact and drive of coaches by illustrating the value in the work clients have ahead of them.
Resources:
David Drake
: https://www.themomentinstitute.com/
Socials
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbdrake/e/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5eiBlgWW77IFwMnWujEiPg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NarrativeCoach
Books
Narrative Coaching: The Definitive Guide to Bringing New Stories to Life
Narrative coaching: Bringing our new stories to life

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee - Jean-Francois Cousin: Former Global Board Chairman of the ICF
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03/06/23 • 47 min

An inspiring conversation with passionate coaching advocate Jean Francois Cousin, a global executive coach and former senior leader who has served CEOs, C-Suite executives, and leadership teams in 35 countries. Former Chairman of the ICF’s global board
Jean Francois drops by Coaches in Zoom Drinking Coffee to share some wisdom from his extensive coaching experience.
Jean Francois trained as an engineer and enjoyed a successful corporate career before beginning his coaching journey at the age of 40. In this episode, he explains why he chose to pursue people over promotions and politics because this was - and still is - his passion.
He shares some of the early mistakes he made in his career, including marketing himself as a “jack of all trades” coach instead of niching down. He also unpacks some of the key values that have driven his career, including his belief that coaching should be an act of unconditional love for the potential of the client.
Jean Francois is one of our most popular Summit speakers, and in this episode, he demonstrates why! He takes this opportunity to provide some valuable insights on how coaches should approach their work with humility, ensuring their client remains the superstar, and how coaches can overcome imposter syndrome when working with high-level clients.
Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal asks Jean Francois for his take on whether coaches should focus on asking questions or providing advice. In response, Jean Francois explains his strategies for stepping out of the role of coach and into a more mentoring role when the situation calls for it.
To hear more about the most prevalent problems that clients are bringing to Jean Francois’ coaching sessions, listen to the full episode. He offers some fantastic practical tips at the end!

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee - Amy Sandler: Chief Content Officer - Radical Candor, LLC
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02/27/23 • 56 min

An enlightening conversation with Amy Sandler: professional speaker, executive coach, and corporate mindfulness trainer. Amy was one of the first 30 people chosen by Google in 2007 to deliver the mindfulness based emotional intelligence training program Search Inside Yourself. She is currently serving as chief content officer and coach at Radical Candor.
An early adopter of mindfulness and spiritual development in executive coaching, Amy has since built a career from sharing these practices. In this episode of Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee, she explains how important it is to catch what a purely rational approach to coaching would otherwise miss.
Of course, encouraging CEOs to open their hearts and invest time and energy on spiritual development can be a challenge. During their discussion, Amy talks about how she meets these people where they are, often using data and science to justify more spiritually-inclined activities.
One of the topics Amy discusses with Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal is her work with Radical Candor, which basically asks “how can I succeed at work without being a jerk?”. According to Amy, it’s all about finding the right balance between caring for people and challenging them.
Care and challenge may look different to different people, though. Talking through the Radical Candor framework, Amy shares examples of how obnoxious aggression, manipulative sincerity, and ruinous empathy show up at work.
Relating these ideas to the coaching industry, Amy and Alex talk about the paradox that coaches face: coaches have to be liked to keep clients; however, being liked isn’t always the same as being effective and achieving results.
To learn more about how Amy herself is working to overcome people-pleasing and perfectionism through her own personal spiritual curriculum, listen to the full episode.

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A fun and fascinating conversation with Eric M. Bailey, bestselling author of The Cure for Stupidity: Using Brain Science to Explain Irrational Behavior and President of Bailey Strategic Innovation Group, one of the fastest-growing human communication consulting firms in the United States.
Eric was recently named Diversity Leader of the Year by the Diversity Leadership Alliance. In this episode of Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee, Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal asks him to debunk some myths about what bias means and explain how people who confront their biases have greater opportunities for control and creativity.
As an expert on human behavior, connection, and communication, Eric had insights to share on how we can interrupt our thought cycles and move beyond our initial unhelpful reactions to stressful situations. Using road rage as an example, he provides practical tips you can apply right away to avoid holding onto the frustration you feel at the behavior of others.
One of the major conversations currently taking place in our culture is around political correctness and a perceived increase in the general population’s sensitivity levels. During their discussion, Eric and Alex consider whether beloved shows like Seinfeld could be shown today - and whether it’s really a negative thing if we’ve evolved past certain media.
To learn how to help people move beyond defensiveness into an open, curious mindset where they’re able to embrace diversity, listen to the full conversation.
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A deep dive into neuroscience and coaching with Ann Betz, cofounder of BEabove leadership and international speaker and trainer. Ann has been an early adopter of neuroscience in the coaching industry since 2010, so Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal takes this opportunity to find out how she believes this knowledge can be best used to enhance the profession.
In this conversation, Ann explains why she believes neuroscience has an expansionist effect on her coaching practice. She provides examples of how it has brought inspiration to her work and opened up new creative opportunities.
One of the concerns coaches have about integrating neuroscience into their practice is that they don’t want sessions to become academic lectures. Ann addresses this concern in this episode, giving practical guidance on how to find a balance between sharing the “why” and overwhelming clients with unnecessary information.
Recognizing that there are now many neuroscience programs for coaches to choose from, Ann also gives advice on choosing the correct course - one that’s both accurate and easy to apply. One red flag would be a program leader that focuses on the “typical brain,” for example, as Ann believes we are all (to some extent) neurotypical.
From Ann’s perspective, neuroscience has helped take her coaching from “just a thought” to a true exploration of reality. Find out how she uses science as a means to orchestrate conversion by subscribing and listening to this episode.

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee - Michael Bungay Stanier: Bestselling Author of The Coaching Habit
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02/06/23 • 58 min

A conversation with author, teacher, and coaching industry rockstar Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael is known for writing The Coaching Habit, which has sold over a million copies, as well as the unconventional but accessible approach that has earned him high profile fans like Brene Brown and Marshall Goldsmith.
In this episode, Michael talks about how coaches can lean into curiosity to navigate uncertain times. He shares his “advice monsters” model, which is used to identify and address the ways in which a coach’s ego can show up in their practice.
Michael also shares guidance on how coaches can tame their need to add too much value to their sessions, causing information overload, and instead strive for simplicity on the other side of complexity.
It’s clear that Michael has had many previous lives, and he talks us through them in this episode. He almost became a solicitor before discovering coaching, then when he created his coaching practice he felt called to dismantle it and pursue another path. He is the founder of Box of Crayons, a training company, but he has chosen to step down as CEO.
During this candid chat with Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal, Michael explains how both courage and lack of courage have informed his bold career decisions. He also shares how his “big purpose” and his “big business purpose” inform how and where he directs his energy.
Listen in to find out how he thinks coaches should embrace ambiguity and stop oversaturing sessions by adopting a “teach the least to have the most impact” approach.

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee - Susan Brady: CEO of Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership
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01/30/23 • 48 min

A powerful conversation with Susan Brady, CEO of Simmons University Institute for Inclusive Leadership and author of Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership.
In conversation with Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal, Susan outlines the career journey that brought her to write her most recent book. She also shares her perspective on mastering your inner critic, including why men and women engage differently with theirs.
It’s not just problematic narratives in our own minds that make us feel smaller and not good enough; the world also reinforces these beliefs. Susan’s work is concerned with how we arrive back to a compassionate center, both for ourselves and other people. During this episode, she explains the importance of understanding who your best self is in order to be able to return to this person swiftly.
As an experienced expert in women’s leadership, Susan has many informed opinions on the most effective methods of increasing workplace diversity. One of the issues she identifies with Alex is that men may have justified concerns about stepping in to right the wrongs that they’ve observed.
Susan has ideas about how to avoid blaming and shaming and using compassion and empathy as the fuel for change. She also clarifies why she believes it’s crucial to pursue diversity across dimensions, beyond the well-intentioned but ultimately inadequate concept of allyship.
To unlock strategies for exercising empathy and reconnecting with your inherent worthiness, listen to the full episode!

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee - Mo Kasti: Founder of CTI Leadership, Author & Coach
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01/23/23 • 41 min

A deep-dive into coaching in the healthcare space with Mo Kasti, founder of CTI Leadership and author of Physician Leadership: The Rx for Healthcare Transformation (2015) and Beyond Physician Engagement: A Roadmap to Partner with Physicians to Be All In (2018).
What does it take to be a doctor ? Prior to 2005, Mo explains that passing exams and achieving a great GPA was the only real criteria. However, he understands that success in the healthcare industry requires so much more than that.
In this conversation, he explains to Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal why it matters whether a doctor can listen actively, collaborate with others, and communicate effectively. He also shares why he believes that STEM should include art to become STEAM.
Mo Kasti knows that when it comes to the “expert culture” of the healthcare industry, soft skills can be the hardest ones to teach. However, neglecting them is not an option - in this context, they can literally save lives. That’s why his work aims to combine clinical skill with emotional intelligence to ensure the best possible patient experience.
Coaching may have arrived late to the healthcare industry, but as Mo explains, it has the potential to transform it. Find out about Mo’s progress so far in his mission to put humanity back into healthcare and hear more about his plans for the future integration of coaching into this industry by listening to the full episode.

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee - Janet Harvey: CEO of InviteCHANGE and Best Selling Author
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01/16/23 • 65 min

A candid conversation with Janet M. Harvey, CEO of InviteCHANGE, bestselling author, and former president of the ICF. In this episode, Janet shares personal insights from her journey in the coaching industry, including the challenges she faced as a fearless leader preoccupied with pursuing “the creative burst.”
Janet’s passion lies in helping create healthier organizations where people feel confident to step into their gifts. Here, she explains to Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal why she believes this is more important than ever and how her project inviteCHANGE has been designed to achieve that objective.
Another topic Janet addresses is the need for coaches to work on themselves so they can successfully work with clients. She explains what “ethical maturity” means to her practice and applies lessons from her own training as a private pilot to the topic of coaching development. If you’ve ever wondered how to respond in a coaching emergency, she has tips for you!
Janet believes that pre-pandemic, many companies lacked “love and soul.” During this discussion, she explains why certain companies are struggling to retain their workforce after the catalyst of COVID-19. She also reflects on the need to create our own myths to replace those that no longer fit our changing world.
Listen in to learn more about the limits of coaching and the need to actively invite - not just passively accept - change.

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In this episode of Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee, Coaching.com CEO Alex Pascal sits down with Laura Gassner Otting, executive coach, media personality, and the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life.

You may already recognize Laura as a repeat TED-talker, but through this conversation, you’ll get to know her at a much deeper level. She takes time to talk about her pre-coaching career and her early experiences of the coaching industry as a client. Laura first encountered coaching as she sold her mission-first business, and she tells Alex how a coach helped her stay honest and accountable to her values throughout the process.
Together, Laura and Alex also tackle the age-old question of “how hands-on should a leader really be?” They discuss the differences between leadership and management as well as the unique skill sets required to succeed in each. Using the metaphor of composers vs conductors, Laura shares how she learned that the person who created the vision isn’t always the person who should execute it.

Laura’s book Limitless is about finding your own path in the face of external expectations, and in this episode, she connects its message to the “Great Resignation” and other post-pandemic phenomena. She also shares her writing process and the real-life experiences that lie behind the book’s philosophy.

Need a little energy and inspiration? Since Laura’s focus is on getting her clients and readers “unstuck,” you may find this episode blows the cobwebs away. Listen in now to learn what drives Laura Gassner Otting’s success - and why she doesn’t believe that success equals happiness.

Resources:

Laura Gassner Otting - https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/
Socials
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heylgo/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/heylgo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heylgo/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heylgo/
Books:
Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best LifeThe Mission Driven Handbook: A Resource for Moving from Profit to PurposeChange Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector

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Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee currently has 101 episodes available.

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The episode title 'Amy Sandler: Chief Content Officer - Radical Candor, LLC' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Coaches on Zoom Drinking Coffee is 49 minutes.

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