Conversations with Coaches

Welcome to the new season! This time, you drive the conversation. Our pilot episode featured Nancy Burger and Jathan Janove, who brought their unique perspectives and expertise to the table. We explored key topics such as generational differences and the skills leaders need to navigate today’s challenges. Plus, the audience had a chance to chime in with their real-world experiences of adapting to...

This conversation discusses a coaching engagement with a CEO in a nonprofit organization. The client faced challenges related to emotional reactivity, accepting feedback, and providing accountability and support to change management teams. The engagement was initiated through a referral and involved assessing the leader's readiness for coaching. The coaching process included setting expectations,...

This conversation explores the challenges faced when selecting the right client for a coaching engagement. The coach shares a story of an engagement that went wrong due to various factors, including lack of clarity in the client's needs, lack of team accountability, communication issues, and challenges with completing the 360 assessment. The coach reflects on the importance of articulating the ben...

In this conversation with Jathan Janove, we explore how Stakeholder-Centered Coaching transformed the behavior and perception of a highly successful CFO who was initially seen as abrasive and intimidating. We discuss the client's challenges, the initial contact, the introduction to stakeholder-centered coaching, and how we addressed apprehension and defensiveness. We also dive into the role of rol...

Brenda Bence shares her experience working with a CEO and CFO in a publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange. The engagement focused on CEO succession planning and developing the CFO as a potential successor. Brenda emphasizes the need for coaches to watch for patterns among stakeholders and explore any outliers in feedback. She also discusses the importance of coachability and workin...

In this episode of Conversations with Coaches, Lillian Davenport, a seasoned leadership and career development coach, shares her expertise on how to foster leadership excellence. Tune in to discover how targeted coaching strategies and assessments can unlock the potential of leaders, even those facing the unique challenges of rapid career advancement. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeki...

This week's conversation explores the journey of executive coach J.B. Adams and his experience working with a public sector client to develop the next generation of leaders. Listen to gain valuable insights and practical strategies for building and repairing trust within teams, leveraging skeptics' feedback, effective succession planning, and developing executive presence. J.B. highlights the bene...

In this conversation, Hana Ngo discusses her engagement with an IT company struggling with effective communication channels. She emphasizes the importance of understanding stakeholder expectations and using live feed forward to improve communication. The engagement resulted in increased collaboration and improved communication between technical and business teams. The key takeaways include the nee...

In this episode of "Conversations with Coaches," Elise Foster helped bring about a notable shift in a senior manager's leadership approach, creating a profound organizational impact. Elise Foster collaborated with a senior director at a prominent medical device company whose main challenge was connecting and engaging effectively with others. Despite performing tasks, their interactions often elici...

Discover how to improve leadership responsiveness with SCC®. In the twelfth episode of "Conversations with Coaches", Paul Crick explains how he helped the client experience improvements in skill development to boost their performance. In this episode, Paul Crick assisted a product management leader at an advanced electronic components manufacturing company. With ambitions to expand in specific sec...

Discover how stakeholder-focused coaching can drive professional growth. In the new episode of "Conversations with Coaches," Mollie Eliasof shares her experience and the key strategies she used to help a client overcome obstacles and stimulate professional growth. In this case study, Mollie Eliasof collaborated with a client who was highly ambitious but stagnant in her career. Using tools such as...

Explore in this episode of 'Conversations with Coaches' how to address unique challenges in workplace diversity coaching. In this episode, Sunil Deshmukh helped solve career transition and diversity, equity and inclusion issues, uncovering effective approaches to unexpected problems with focus and creativity. Through personalized coaching strategies, Sunil discovered innovative solutions designed...

In this episode of "Conversations with Coaches," Dan Sitner delves into a compelling case study focused on improving leadership behavior. This new episode focuses on a senior manufacturing leader at a global company who was facing team engagement challenges. Through Dan Sitner's expert guidance, he discovers how shaping leadership behavior can be crucial to improving leader effectiveness and addre...

Discover in the eighth episode of "Conversations with Coaches" how Dexter Nolley, through Stakeholder Centered Coaching®, has trained leaders to overcome shyness and lead strongly in the health system. Through Nolley's case study, it is revealed how one health system leader faced challenges in understanding leadership and employee engagement, and how he managed to embark on a transformative journe...

Discover how Dominik Szot successfully led a feedback-focused leadership coaching process in a company. In this episode of "Conversations with Coaches," he explores the challenges he faced hosting monthly feedback talks and confronting some leaders' discomfort with the coaching provided by the company's founder. Through his focus on feedback-based leadership, Dominik shares how he overcame these o...

Discover how to strengthen the culture of a true leader through SCC® in the Sixth Episode of 'Conversations with Coaches'. In this episode, Daniel facilitated empowered leadership amidst the intricate challenges encountered within a resources company following his divestiture. Daniel Collins, reveals the profound impact of SCC® in strengthening organizational alignment and fostering optimal perfor...

Discover the intricacies of leadership in high-pressure environments in the fifth episode of 'Conversations with Coaches. Corine Hines brings you her case study, where she shows how overwhelmed leaders were trained to excel as effective change agents within a rapidly growing manufacturing firm. In this episode, Corine Hines addresses high-risk challenges within the manufacturing industry. Hired by...

Immerse yourself in a journey of cultural transformation in the fourth episode of "Conversations with Coaches." Discover how leadership can drive change from Bill Auxier, who shares his work with a rural hospital facing challenges such as lack of effective communication and resistance to change within his team. Through the SCC® approach, Bill led a cultural transformation that helped the hospital...

Embark on a leadership development journey with Joseph Lerner's case study featured in the third episode of "Conversations with Coaches." Delve into how he expertly guided a client within the accounting arena, emphasizing leadership development while addressing perfectionistic tendencies that hindered his advancement to leadership roles. Joseph Lerner illustrates a compelling case study in which h...

Discover the keys to success in times of change with James Pereira. Join the second episode of "Conversations with Coaches" to explore how he collaborated with a high-potential leader at a rapidly growing company, addressing the challenge of building teams for company expansion. In this episode, James collaborated with the National Sales Manager of a pharmaceutical company to address her challenge...

Join this new episode to learn how Catherine collaborated with a high-potential leader at a rapidly growing company, tackling the challenge of building teams for company expansion. This new case study highlights how Catherine Cantey, a leadership coach, helped a business leader at a growing company build an effective team. She focuses on the importance of establishing trust, offering constructive...

In this last episode of the second season of 'Conversations with Coaches,' CEO and host Brandon Mergard sits down with William A. Sommers — a certified Stakeholder Centered Coaching® Coach who specializes in SCC® for school and district leaders and helps numerous leaders enhance their skills and achieve their goals. Bill Sommers: The Man of the Hour More widely known as Bill, he is an accomplished...

In this episode of the second season, the spotlight shines on Inderjeet Singh, the founder and CEO of Grow More Avenues, an engineering graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi). With 30 years of experience spanning sales, marketing, management, and entrepreneurship, Inderjeet is a multifaceted expert in coaching, training, and leadership. Inderjeet Singh: The Man of the...

Get ready for a transformative session in Season 2, Episode 8 of 'Conversations with Coaches,' focusing on the key themes of consistency and clarity just for you! Join our star guest, Nancy Burger, and let this episode become your latest source of inspiration for honing your coaching skills. Nancy Burger: An Outstanding Professional Nancy Burger, the 'Communications Strategist' and leadership deve...

Conversations With Coaches Season 2, Episode 7 features Chester Elton, #1 New York Times bestselling business author and renowned expert on employee engagement, leadership, and organizational culture, who talks about cultivating high-performance cultures. and effective leadership strategies. Tune in to this episode and learn about topics such as personal identity, the importance of relationships a...