Arete Coach: The Art & Science of Executive Coaching

This is episode 1095 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his executive coach guests Michele Barry, Ben Griffin, Barry Goldberg, Phil Holberton, and Conor Neill. In this episode, we present a special panel discussion of senior executive coaches that explores how to prepare for a Recession, and specifically, 10 things to take with you into a hard recession. The purpose of putting th...

This is episode 1094 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Michele Barry, who is a CEO, Vistage Chair, Executive Leadership Growth Coach, CEO Peer Group Leader, and Consultant. Michele is a former college athlete and teacher, and a current executive coach, and lifetime learner. Michele is CEO of M Barry Consulting operating from Arlington, Massachusetts. She is also a Vist...

This is episode 1093 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Michael Denning, PhD, Dr. Denning is an executive consultant, Vistage Master Chair, and professor emeritus, who lives in Phoenix, AZ. Mike has been with Vistage International for some 24 years, and currently serves as a Vistage master chair for four groups. Mike also serves as an executive consultant in leadership,...

This is episode 1092 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Chip Webster is a long-term Vistage Chair, Co-Founder of TEC/Vistage Keepers of the Flame, Mentor, Strategic Consultant, Business Owner, and Author. When not traveling across the US in his luxury RV, Chip lives and works in Tampa, Florida. Chip was an early leader in the peer-to-peer learning space with over 3 deca...

This is episode 1091 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Ben Griffin from Baltimore, MD, who now lives in Florida. Ben is an executive coach, board advisor, and Founder and President of CEOIQ.  Prior to entering the coaching business, Ben was an entrepreneur and an executive in multiple commercial insurance industry and IT service businesses. He started coaching f...

This is episode 1090 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen with a special episode that honors the life, legacy, and contributions of professor Anthony Grant PhD, the father of evidence-based coaching. Professor Anthony Grant (1954-2020) is often credited as ‘the father of evidence-based coaching” and in 2000 he “established the world’s first Coaching Psychology Unit at the School o...

This is episode 1089 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Norma Rosenberg. Norma is an Executive Coach, Vistage Chair, and winner of the prestigious Hyndman Award. Norma earned her MBA at Columbia University and worked first in the management consulting industry for PWC. Mid-career she made a pivot to executive coaching small to mid-size businesses. Norma operates from Ma...

This is episode 1088 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and an episode on Personal Courage, the necessity of the Free Press for Democracies, and Empowering Writers, with special guest Julie Gammack, a former Executive Coach and Vistage Chair, with a background of journalist, reporter, columnist, and talk news radio host in Des Moines, Iowa. In the interview, we explore Julie's l...

This is episode 1087 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Christopher Avery, PhD, who lives in Austin, Texas. Christopher is a CEO, author, mentor, and speaker. He is the CEO and founder of the Responsibility Company with a fashionable website, Responsibility.com. He teaches personal responsibility and the paradigm of owning it, where you are either above or below...

This is episode 1086 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Jim Alampi who lives in Clarkston, Michigan. Jim Alampi is the founder and chairman of Strategic Execution Accelerator, Execution Maximizer, an award-winning Vistage speaker, executive coach, and founder and owner of Alampi and Associates LLC.. Before investing his time in the executive coaching industry, Ji...

This is episode 1085 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Klyn Elsbury. Klyn is a motivational keynote speaker, best-selling author, and executive coach and sales team coach. Klyn's early years were developed as a promising professional recruiter, winning several awards and moving up swiftly in sales organizations. Then a negative life twist happened, a dark cloud...

This is episode 1084 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Sami Bugay, MCC. Sami is a Master Certified Coach, a Certified Ontological Coach, Leadership Coach, Team Coach, bestselling, author of "Better Leaders, Better Teams", and CEO and owner of KA Consulting. Better Leaders Better Teams, giving readers a ready-to-use combination of grounded theory and experiential...

This is episode 1083 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen with a special episode Surviving Economic Tsunamis: Scenario analysis, strategic planning, and risk mitigation. In this episode, we explore a world in commotion. We cross walk through current international political economy trends, the global economy, US economy, the war in Ukraine, and a portent of stormy weather ahead. So...

This is episode 1082 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach David Mead, who is a speaker, management consultant, and co-author of Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team. This book co-authored with Simon Sinek and Peter Docker has 400,000 copies in print, and is published in over 24 languages. In this episode, we explore David's...

This is episode 1081 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Katie O'Malley, BCC, who is a leadership and development expert, executive coach, and Senior Associate Director of Leadership Development, at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Board Certified Coach. Katie is the founder of (En)Courage Coaching and Consulting where she helps business lea...

This is episode 1080 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Tony Lewis who lives in Kanas City, MO. Tony is an executive coach, Vistage Master Chair, Best Practice Chair, and Chairman of The Lewis Group. In 1998, Tony founded the Lewis Group USA, where he helps companies develop better strategic direction and greater organizational effectiveness through his consultin...

This is episode 1079 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Doug Bouey who lives in Calgary, Canada. Doug is a business consultant, executive coach, Vistage/TEC Canada Chair Emeritus, and author of Fixing Fractures: Restoring Shattered Relationships in Business and in Life. Doug has been the president and principal consultant of Catalyst Strategic Consultants Ltd. si...

This is episode 1078 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Brent O'Bannon, MCC, who is an executive coach, CEO of Strengths Champion Solutions Workplace Training and Executive Coaching, ICF Master Certified Coach, Certified Strengths Coach, executive coach, keynote speaker, best-selling author, and human potential expert.  Brent O’Bannon is the 1st ever Gallup Certi...

This is episode 1077 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach David McKnight, who is an executive coach, image consultant, personal brand strategist, speaker, author, and change management specialist. In this episode we explore "Leveraging Executive Brand, Image, and Presence" and David's journey in executive coaching and his 'executive make-over' business. David McKni...

This is episode 1076 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Mary O'Sullivan, PCC, who is an executive coach, HR consultant, speaker, and author. Through her company Encore Executive Coaching and HR Consulting, Mary helps executives improve their communications skills, demonstrate more positive and assertive behavior, and master their emotional intelligence. She also...

This is episode 1075 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Ken Stibler who lives in Dallas, TX. Ken is an executive coach, CEO, Executive Advisor, Vistage Master Chair, and International Speaker. Ken Stibler began his career as a high-impact leader by coaching the 1982 College of Charleston men's basketball team to victory in the NAIA National Championship. His busi...

This is episode 1074 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen, and wherein we revisit 'The Great Resignation" thread and explore navigating labor scarcity and wage inflation. There are two times as many open positions as there identified unemployed workers to fill the positions. A scarcity of labor is impacting wages, worker sentiment, and compensation. In this episode we explore 10 p...

This is episode 1073 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Danny Creed who is an executive development coach, business coach, keynote speaker, corporate trainer, coach recruiting expert, and musician. In this episode, Danny talks about his path into coaching, and his journey as an entrepreneur, musician, and coach. He shares his wisdom from his book 'A Life Best Liv...

This is episode 1072 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Dr. Shahrzad Sherry Nooravi, who is an executive coach, organizational psychologist, speaker, author, CEO and Founder of Strategy Meets Performance, and an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC). Today she works from San Diego, California, and helps business leaders through her organization Strategy Meets Performa...

This is episode 1071 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Jason Thompson who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jason is co-founder and managing partner of Axíes Group, and an executive coach, Vistage Chair, CEO, mentor, author, and speaker. Jason has advised numerous companies in the areas of strategy and execution from Fortune 500, mid-market, and start-ups across ma...