Insight On Coaching

Guests discuss how coaching can assist managers and corporate executives guide their companies through mergers and acquisitions. Topics discussed include how coaching can be used to help leaders create strong and effective work teams, bridge cultural differences, communicate with confidence, and ensure the retention of key employees.

Humans are social animals, so it’s no wonder that relationships play an important role in our work and personal lives. Hosts Tom and his co-hosts explore how the relationships you build can impact your career, both positively and negatively. Guests discuss how coaches help you diagnose the health of your social network, and take action to tend to this important component of your work life.

According to the Harvard Business Review, confident, successful, “alpha males” represent about 70% of all senior executives. However, these highly intelligent drivers can also be aggressive, domineering, and in some cases – destructive – in the workplace. Join Tom and Zenobia as they facilitate a conversation about how coaching can help these personality types in the workplace.

Politics was once jokingly defined as “any interaction consisting of two or more people.” In this show, Tom and Zenobia ask guests how politics exhibits itself in the workplace, and how they help their clients navigate political waters in their own organization.

Just about half of the workers in the United States are women. And yet, just over 12% of executives are women. What factors contribute to this discrepancy. In this show, we will ask our panel of experts how successful women have broken through the “glass ceiling” and beaten the odds.

Culture is so ingrained in our consciousness that it can be difficult to even recognize its impact on our actions. In a globally competitive business environment, however, culture is an important factor in the success or failure of an organization. In this segment, Tom and Tom will ask our panel of coaches: “When does it make sense to employ a cultural coach?” “How is cultural coaching different from cultural training?” and, “What benefits can one expect from cultural coaching?”

Did you know that 70% of mergers or acquisitions fail outright and that 55% of the remaining merged companies fail within 3 years? A major reason for these statistics is due to the two organization’s failure to effectively combine their cultures. It’s critical that leaders understand the cultural dynamics of the other organization. These dynamics can be influenced by a country’s culture and attitude toward work, industry trends, and the company’s own unique history. We will be asking our panel of cultural coaches what organizations have done to pull off a successful merger and how cultural coaching can be used to ease the transition.

What does it look like to be culturally aware? How does someone who is culturally aware approach problems differently from someone who is not? What are the benefits of being culturally aware in today’s global environment? How do you demonstrate cultural awareness while remaining authentic? In this segment, we will ask these questions and more.

Ever met an executive who really knew how to command a room and captivate audiences? Most people have heard the phrase “executive presence” - but how do you develop it? This show highlights the role our identities and bodies play in our abilities to be perceived as leaders.

Experts agree that feedback is a critical component in developing people and growing organizations. But providing the right feedback at the right time can be difficult. Here, Tom & Zenobia will focus their attention on managing difficult conversations. That is, the giving and receiving of constructive feedback. We will explore how to give effective constructive feedback to people at all levels in the organization and how to apply feedback you’re given to improve your effectiveness at work.

We have all heard about work/life balance and how important it is to have it. But in real life, does such a boundary really exist? Must you give up one to benefit from the other? In this show we will ask the question “Can you have it all?” Can you, indeed, enjoy financial success and have time for yourself, your friends, and family?

Located on the opposite side of the country – or globe – from a coach you’d like to work with? No problem! This show explores how somatic coaching can be used long distance to uncover an individual’s moods, concerns, emotions, and passions. Highlighting the importance of listening, communication, and establishing a deep connection with the person on the other end of the line, guests highlight how they’ve been able to achieve success, without being there in-person.

In today’s business world, the ability to develop relationships at organizational, team, and individual levels is critical in succeeding in environment. In this show Tom and Zenobia facilitate a conversation with a panel of experts who discuss the importance of individual awareness and “being yourself” in the workplace.

Think of a person in your past who, when they retired, left an indelible impression on the company you worked for. What was it about them that made them so special? We all have an impact on the organizations with which we work. But a legacy is something bigger, something special. In this show, Tom and Zenobia will delve into how great legacies are built and maintained.

What’s your perception of yourself? How does who you are impact what you achieve? This show explores how coaches use assessment tools, learning style inventories and other techniques to help individuals increase self-awareness and understanding.