Arete Coach: The Art & Science of Executive Coaching

This is episode 1070 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Phil Johnson. Phil comes to us from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He is an executive coach, trainer, international speaker, leadership and emotional intelligence advisor, and creator of the Master of Business Leadership Program and podcast. On the podcast, Phil talks about overcoming challenges and the need...

This is episode 1069 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen with a special episode on the Economy: Economic Outlook and Trends Q2 2022." In this episode we explore the major economy trends and issues impacting the US and global political economy. Discussed are topics of inflation, Federal Reserve Bank policy, economic impacts of War, and inflation impacts on wages, prices, and suppl...

This is episode 1068 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Karl Van Hoey, MCC who lives in Belgium. Karl is an executive coach, MCC, Leader and Strategic Facilitator of Otolith Consulting, co-founder of Team Coaching Global Alliance, an ICF senior subject matter expert, executive professor, author, and founder of www.coachingjounreys.org (a community of 10,000 coach...

This is episode 1067 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Peter Buchanan. Peter is an award-winning executive coach of 34 years, founder of TEC in Eastern Canada, National Chair Director with TEC Canada, and president of Management Transitions. In 2008 and 2010, Peter was awarded the Chairman of The Year award by TEC Canada. In 2014, he received the Don Cope Award,...

This is episode 1066 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Rodica Obancea, MCC who lives in Romania. Rodica is an ICF Master Certified Coach, Mentor Coach, Executive Coach, Team Coach, Leadership Coach, and Serial Entrepreneur. Before entering the executive coaching industry, Rodica was a Professor of Management at CEFORA Business School and an HR Manager for a reta...

This is episode 1065 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen with a special episode on Managing Stress in Troubled Times. Joining the episode conversation is returning Guest Sally Rhoads, LCSW [ep. 1027] and Carolynn Lee, LCSW from Lexington, KY. " People are more stressed now than in recent memory. People have been waiting for the Covid19 wave to pass by so they can get back to thei...

This is episode 1064 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Kevin Rafferty, MBA from Orange County, CA. Kevin is an executive coach, life coach, speaker, peer group leader, author, and member of the Conscious Leadership Guild. In this podcast interview, Kevin talks about his experience with Conscious Capitalism and his passion for 'coaching conscious leaders.' He exp...

This is episode 1063 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen with a special episode on the "Ukraine Russia Armed Conflict." In the episode, we explore the current war in Ukraine, the historical background of Ukraine and Russia relations, NATO and rest-of-world support for Ukraine, and likely retaliation actions by Russia's Vladimir Putin. We next review prescient executive coaching t...

This is episode 1062 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Izsak Norbert, PhD, MCC who lives in Hungary. Izsak is an ICF and EMCC certified executive coach, Mentor Coach, Founding Director of PTF Coach Academy ACTP EQA, ICF PCC credential assessor, executive coach, speaker, and ICF Hungary accreditation committee member. Prior to becoming an executive coach, Izsak w...

This is episode 1061 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Nathan Biddulph. Nathan Biddulph is an executive coach, occupational therapist, and "Sports Peak Performance Coach." Nathan teaches neuro skills for competitive athlete clients that include star plays from Major League Baseball Players, National Hockey League Players, and other sports. In recent years, Natha...

This is episode 1060 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Stella Odogwu who lives in Orange County, CA. Stella is an executive coach, speaker, talent development consultant, and leader in women’s leadership development. One of Stella's great talents is her ability to coach women business leaders reach higher and make skip-level promotions. Stella Odogwu is the foun...

This is episode 1059 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Paul Martin who lives in Saskatchewan, Canada. Paul is an executive coach, TEC-Canada Chair (part of Vistage International), a Journalist and Business News Commentator, host of MyNewsRoom. CA, and Chairman of Martin Charlton Communications. Paul's business commentary is heard on 15 Saskatchewan radio station...

This is episode 1058 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Cathy Fitzhenry who lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Cathy Fitzhenry is an executive coach, Vistage Chair, Author of the book "Heartbeat: Why Heart-Based Leadership and Courage Matter," and Active board member of the H.E.R Circles Weekend. She is also President of CSF Marketing Services and a former author and co-e...

This is episode 1057 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Kevin McKeown who lives in Seattle, Washington. Kevin McKeown is a Vistage Master Chair, Vistage Star Award Winner, Vistage Chair Excellence Winner, CEO, Executive Mentor, and Leadership Coach. Kevin has a Law Degree from Villanova and was a former CEO of several small and medium-size businesses. Prior to ru...

This is episode 1056 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest coach Cristy Aphimonthol, MCC who lives in Thailand. Cristy is an ICF and EMCC certified executive coach, Coachologist, certified NeuroChangeSolutions consultant, co-founder of Coachology.com, and founder of the Pink Lotus Foundation. Among her accolades, Cristy coaches with Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered...

This is episode 1055 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen on 'Hiring Talent in an Age of Talent Scarcity" or alternatively Navigating the Silver Tsunami and the Automation Imperative.. There is an extreme shortage of skilled knowledge worker talent, and many buyers of talent, where labor bargaining power is surging, and prices for talent are increasing rapidly. What are businesses...

This is episode 1054 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen celebrating the First Anniversary of the Arete Coach Podcast. In the episode, we celebrate the journey of our first year of podcasting, sharing some of the sweet moments, some lessons learned, and providing a view of what to look for on the Podcast in 2022 and beyond. Principle themes and content of the first year in podcas...

This is episode 1053 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Gail Schaper-Gordon, Ph. D. In this episode, I speak with Gail Schaper-Gordon who is a Vistage executive coach, business psychologist, organizational consultant, and experienced CEO. Gail has 22 years of experience as a successful CEO and business leader. She has found and ran several successful small-to-mid-m...

This is episode 1052 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen on 'Navigating Inflation." In the episode, we explore what inflation is, the uncertainty and fear it can cause, and what executive coaches, business owners, CEOs, Presidents, and key executives can do to coach do to navigate inflation. We end the podcast by exploring over 20 ways business owners can raise prices today to in...

This is episode 1051 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Cindy Hesterman. In this episode, I speak with Cindy Hesterman, who is an executive coach, Vistage Chair, and recipient of the 2004 Vistage Robert Nourse Chair of the Year Award, and the 2013 Red Scott Award. Cindy has been an executive coach for 19 years with Vistage Florida and currently works with CEOs and...

This is episode 1050 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen, and we explore 'The Great Resignation or The Turning Away From, and Turning To… Trend." Popular news sources report that employees are leaving the workplace in mass and looking for new jobs. They call it the great resignation. What is going on, why are employees leaving? Are all employees leaving? And what can employers do...

This is episode 1049 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Zachary Green, author of Warrior Entrepreneur. This past week in America we celebrated Veterans Day, a day set aside each year to give thanks and honor to our veterans for their bravery, sacrifice, and love for their country. The pathway for veterans to move from active duty military service into the private s...

This is episode 1048 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen, and we explore 'Knowing Your Kenny Rogers Line." Knowing when to hold em, and when to fold em is important in gambling, and in life and business. This episode explores the ballad of Kenny Rogers' The Gambler and lessons we can learn that apply to our times. We look at emergent inflation its impact on asset prices and the e...

This is episode 1047 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Jill Douka, MCC. In this episode, I speak with Jill Douka, MBA, MCC, from Athens, Greece, who is an executive coach, best-selling author, and Director of the Global Academy of Coaching. We explore topics of personal development, coaching specialization, entrepreneurship, and coaching coaches. Jill's career sta...

This is episode 1046 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen, and in this episode, we revisit powerful questioning, a topic we first reviewed in episode 1021. Have you ever wondered, what makes a question powerful? The power of the question is the response it awakens. In this episode, we review defining characteristics of essential questions that can be used to seed great questions....