Coaching for Leaders with Rory Rowland

A good start to the show as Sarah goes 20 minutes into the conversation without pressing the record button. An instant classic. Rory Rowland is a speaker, author, consultant, corporate coach, and podcaster. Early on Sarah and Rory establish the difference between executive coaches, like Sarah, and corporate coaches, like Rory. Rory shares a success story about a girl who was ready to quit her job but the manager, who Rory was coaching at the time, said “I’ll grant you five wishes” which allowed the employee to communicate why she wanted to leave and what she was missing from her current job. Sarah goes on to talk about the importance of open-ended questions in coaching and in management. 

Rory gets into his three quick tips. Master the art of asking “what do you think?” He also poses the questions of “Who is on your ‘board of directors’?” and “Who’s ‘board of directors’ do YOU want to be on?” Rory shares another example about genuinely caring about one of his clients and asking the right questions which allows the conversation to be honest and solve problems quicker.