Coaching Leaders
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -What makes one manager’s team excel and soar while another manager’s team hisses and stagnates? The answer is simple: coaching, not micromanaging! But how do you tap into your inner coach? Raf Baron brings guests in the field of coaching for valuable discussion on how every manager can tap into the great mentor & leader already inside them. Raf Baron is a feedback coach and former pro-wrestler who is an expert at coaching managers into giving the gift of feedback during everyday work conversation. Through the stories and practical tips, you will learn how to grow and develop your team.
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David Burkus: How to lead high-performing teams from anywhere
November 22, 2021 15:37 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBDavid Burkus is one of the world’s leading business thinkers. Since 2017, David has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers50. His best-selling books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. As a leadership coach and organisational psychologist, David's work is changing how companies approach innovation, collaboration, and leadership. David's latest book: "Leading from anywhere. The essential guide to managing remote te...
Robin Dreeke: How to build rapport and trust with anyone
August 09, 2021 15:27 - 50 minutes - 58.6 MBRobin Dreeke is a best-selling author, professional speaker, trainer, and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. As a master spy recruiter and Behavioral Analysis Expert, Robin built highly effective tools for all aspects and stages of interpersonal communication and relationship development. He has combined all these tools and techniques and created a one-of-a-kind formula for success with people. Today, Robin is a recognized expert, au...
Communication skills that win trust and credibility with Mark Bowden
August 04, 2021 16:31 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBMark Bowden is a global authority on nonverbal communication. Voted #1 Body Language Professional in the world for two years running makes him a sought-after expert and incredibly engaging keynote speaker. Mark’s work is consistently invaluable to sales and leadership teams, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, and prime ministers of G7 powers. His Tedx Talk reached millions and in my opinion, is one of the most engaging Ted Talks ever delivered. It perfectly encapsulates Mark's expertise as Bod...
Derek Gaunt: "Treat your employees as hostage takers"
July 26, 2021 11:52 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBDerek Gaunt is a lecturer, trainer, author of "Ego, Authority, Failure and member of the Balck Swan Group. With over 20 years of experience in hostage negotiations, Derek is versed in de-escalating emotions and returning people to a normal functioning level for better decision-making and behavioural change. "Ego, Authority, Failure: Using Emotional Intelligence Like a Hostage Negotiator to Succeed as a Leader" is filled with actionable tips that can help front-line managers, middle managers...
How to build your team with EQ at its heart with Kris Macc and Catherine De La Poer
July 13, 2021 11:16 - 58 minutes - 54.4 MBEQ is a better success predictor than IQ for managers, and as leaders, we need to spend more time developing our Emotional Intelligence skills and looking back at my career, it's a piece that I was missing during my early management years. Catherine De La Poer and Kris Macc are EQ champions and my today's guests that helped me understand how to build a team with EQ at its heart. As EQ coaches and Keynote Speakers, Cath and Kriss are helping leaders across the globe developing EQ skills and...
How neuroscience makes feedback easier with Dr Helena Boschi
June 28, 2021 14:07 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBDr Helena Boschi is a psychologist specialising in applied neuroscience that helps organisations across the globe understand and benefit from neuroscience that explains why we do what we do. Dr Helena is an author of the book titled 'Why We Do What We Do' which seeks to explain how the workings of our brain affect our behaviour and how we should be dealing with the modern world of increasing technology, rapid change and constant uncertainty. In this episode, Helena helped me understand: th...
Dr. Chantal Thorn: How to lead your team with curiosity.
February 10, 2021 16:58 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBDr. Chantal Thorn is a director of program Development at Box Of Crayons, a leading L&D company in the field of unleashing curiosity within organisations. Chantal's is an expert in helping organisations and managers developing and cultivating a curiosity-lead culture. Her expertise, passion for curiosity and energetic personality makes this conversation super engaging and packed with value! In this episode Chantal explained and demonstrated: -Why adults are no longer as curious as we were...
L.David Marquet: How your language shapes the behaviour of your team
February 04, 2021 18:15 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MBL. David Marquet is a former captain of a nuclear submarine Santa Fe, and today David is globally recognised as an expert on leadership and best-selling author. Fortune magazine called the book "Turn the ship around": "the best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution.” The second book "Leadership is a language" perfectly builds and expands on David's first book. David Marquest is a go-to expert if your goal is to create a truly empowered cul...
"How to solve your toughest problem" with Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
January 19, 2021 13:10 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBNo day goes by without facing a problem that needs to be solved between our professional and private lives. Solving problems consume a lot of our time and energy, so it's worth pausing and question our approach. Here is what I found out when I read "What's your problem". I am often busy with solving wrong problems and I apply wrong solutions. The results? I am losing time, money and health. Ouch! Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is a Harvard Business Press author and a globally recognized expert ...
How to activate the Growth Mindset within your team with Andrea Wänerstrand
January 12, 2021 15:01 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBAndrea Wänerstrand is a leadership coach and the Lead of Coaching Programs for Microsoft on the Worldwide Learning, Manager & Leader Capabilities team. At Microsoft, Andrea is working with a community of 16,000+ managers across 100+ countries, and helping them develop coach-like behaviours. If you are spending a majority of your time as a manager on solving other people's problems and challenges, then this episode is for you! Unfortunately, most of the teams tend to operate with a fixed m...
Treating your team as human beings not as employees with Mark LeBusque
January 07, 2021 13:52 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBWhat would happen if managers would stop treating their teams as employees, and instead started treating others and themselves as human beings? Mark LeBusque asked himself this question years ago, drew a plan and executed it. The results? As Mark told me: "Raf, magic happened". Results went through the roof, and I am not surprised at all. Today Mark is on the mission of helping teams bringing the best human version of themselves to work. Mark wrote two books: "Being Human" and "The Little...
How to create a happy workplace with Klaudia Mitura
December 18, 2020 12:32 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBWhen your team is happy, all the metrics are spiking up. Klaudia helped me understand not just the numbers behind happy employees but HOW to boost happiness in the workplace to drive business growth and innovation. Klaudia Mitura is a work psychologist, L&D specialist co-host of "& Happiness podcast. Klaudia's approach towards learning and development is based on empowerment, mastery and purpose and you can hear how passionate she is about it! Tune in and find out how to boost happiness wi...
"Honest Burgers" lessons and ways to boost team engagement and retention with Philip Eeles.
December 14, 2020 15:20 - 45 minutes - 42 MBCOVID pandemic requires from managers and business owners different ways of thinking. Innovation, courage and honesty are needed to find ways out of this challenging situation. That's what "Honest Burgers" are great at (on top of crafting incredibly good burgers!). This was a very enjoyable, casual and candid conversation with Philip Eeles, co-founder of "Honest Burgers" who shared with me what "Honest Burgers" does differently to keep the team engaged, to boost the morale and improve th...
Welcome to the Employee Experience Movement with Ben Whitter
December 02, 2020 12:52 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBCompanies are obsessing with "Customer Service". In the digital age "User Experience" is a must. How about your people? How about their and your experience? We no longer can use old HR practices and global pandemic only proved how important employee experience is. Ben Whitter is a pioneer and a world-leading figure within EX, best-selling author and sought after speaker and in this episode, we are going to learn more about EX and what can managers do to create a top-notch experience whils...
How to become a coach-like manager with Michael Bungay Stanier
November 16, 2020 18:16 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIf you could read just one book about coaching your team, then read "The Coaching Habit". In his best-selling book, Michael Bungay Stanier simplified coaching process for managers and with the follow-up book: "The Advice Trap", Michel showed us how to tame our advice monster and stay curious for a little bit longer. Sounds easy? Yes. But it's pretty damn hard! Tune in and learn how to become a coaching-like manager and get the best out of your team. Having Michael coaching me during the i...
How to develop a High Performing Mindset within your team with Dan Abrahams
November 09, 2020 11:47 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBYou were asked to lead a high performing team but weren't trained on how to develop a high performing mindset within your team? It's a missing puzzle that the sports industry understands very well. Dan Abrahams is a sports psychologist who held senior psychology positions including Lead Psychologist for England Golf (2013-2016) and to England Rugby (2017-2018). In this episode, we are breaking down how to develop a High Performing Mindset within your team and for yourself. Dan walked me ...
What managers can learn from the sport industry with Cody Royle.
September 22, 2020 16:44 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MBAs Cody Royle explains it :"There is an industry, and it's called sport, that has 140 years of experience, quality tested and quality assured ideas around how to organise, utilise people and to put them in the position to succeed." In this episode, we are going to look at what managers can draw from the world of sport to build successful teams. Cody Royle is the Head Coach of Canada’s national men’s AFL program, author of the book "Where others won't" and podcast host of the show with this...
How can managers create a micro-culture.
September 08, 2020 17:06 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBWhat can you do when the culture within your company is toxic and your desire is to create a place where people feel like they belong and can thrive? As Jim Knight puts it beautifully: "I create my own weather", and so can you. I know! It's easier said than done, and today's episode is dedicated to all managers who have the desire to create micro-culture and rock on! From personal development to the hiring process, in this episode, you will learn how to start taking matters in your own hand...
How can managers create a micro-culture with Jim Knight
September 08, 2020 17:06 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBWhat can you do when the culture within your company is toxic and your desire is to create a place where people feel like they belong and can thrive? As Jim Knight puts it beautifully: "I create my own weather", and so can you. I know! It's easier said than done, and today's episode is dedicated to all managers who have the desire to create micro-culture and rock on! From personal development to the hiring process, in this episode, you will learn how to start taking matters in your own hand...
How to become self-aware person with Tasha Eurich
August 31, 2020 12:23 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBMost people believe that they are self-aware, and yet only 10-15% of us actually are. A few years ago I was in that overconfident and none-aware 85% until I read "Insight" and my journey towards self-awareness begun. Am I in the top 15%? I am certainly closer than I was 5 years ago, and I believe that we all would benefit from developing this skill. Tasha Eurich took it to the next level and wrote a phenomenal book that helped thousands of people across the world become more self-aware. D...
Leadership through Emotional Intelligence with Teresa Quinlan. Part 2.
August 04, 2020 09:49 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBWhen we think about "bad managers" that we worked for, we rarely think about his or her level of technical skills. It's more about how they made us feel. More often than not, what people truly need from managers is to show up authentically, be empathetic and assertive. They need emotionally intelligent leaders. Where do we start the journey of building emotionally intelligent teams? Where can you start as a manager? In this episode, Teresa breaks the journey down for us and map the road th...
Leadership through Emotional Intelligence with Teresa Quinlan. Part 1.
July 28, 2020 10:54 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBWhen we think about "bad managers" that we worked for, we rarely think about his or her level of technical skills. It's more about how they made us feel. More often than not, what people truly need from managers is to show up authentically, be empathetic and assertive. They need emotionally intelligent leaders. Where do we start the journey of building emotionally intelligent teams? Where can you start as a manager? In this episode, Teresa breaks the journey down for us and map the road t...
Transforming your workplace into a coaching playground with David M. Brear
July 15, 2020 08:55 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBWhat happens if a company modus operandi turns your workplace into a coaching playground? The opportunities for personal development are limitless and your team is engaged! That's how 11:FS, an award-winning fintech company, operates and the group CEO and host of FunTech Insider, David M. Brear shares the ins and outs of their approach. In the world where everyone is very busy and doing more work is not an option, David and his team are leading the way of building the business by engaging p...
Hands-on coaching approach with Kieron Bailey
June 15, 2020 19:24 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBAs a leader, an important part of your responsibility is to show people what's possible and through ongoing coaching set them on that path. The traditional way of scheduled and documented feedback conversations is no longer a viable option. A real-time coaching conversation is a way to go, and Kieron spent years mastering this approach. In today's episode, you will learn how to develop your team through ongoing, real-time feedback conversations. Kieron is sharing with us his proven proces...
What coaching leaders have to know about cognitive biases.
June 01, 2020 10:22 - 50 minutes - 47 MBOur human nature can be the very barrier that prevents managers from coaching others effectively. It doesn't have to be that way! As Melissa explained during our conversation: "We can't stop them from happening, but we can do, is understand them and identify it when it happens so we can take conscious action". In today's episode, you will learn more about your decision-making process, understand how cognitive biases preventing us from being a better coach, leader and person. Melissa Hugh...
How to get better at leading teams virtually with Chris Colaco
May 21, 2020 10:33 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBAlmost overnight managers had to transition into leading their teams virtually and coaches moved their training sessions from in-house to online. This transition brought a set of new challenges that we all have to embrace, but where do we start? This special episode with Chris Coalco will help you take the right direction and adds clarity to this new journey of virtual leadership. We also have a bonus for you! Chris is a creator of cloud-based feedback platform and he has developed a se...
Coaching your team with a Radical Candor
May 21, 2020 09:21 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBYour employees need more direction and development. Your partner or your kids also need more feedback. So the question is: How do we share the feedback that is adding to the shared pool of trust, not withdrawing from it? The answer is: you challenge people directly and personally care for them. In today's episode Kim Scott, the author of Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best Seller shares with us what RC is all about and...