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Understanding People and Emotions: The Key to Coaching and Leadership | An Interview with Regina Gerbeaux

May 28, 2024
01:14:26

On this week's episode, Sabrina sits down with Regina Gerbeaux to discuss coachability, the importance of understanding people, and building trusting teams.

Regina is the executive coach for top-tier CEOs, Operators, and Investors. She is best known for her work as an operator scaling companies in size and revenue using the Mochary Method. Regina is also an excited founder of a bootstrapped music business she started in college that hit $1M of annual recurring revenue by the time she was 20.

Tune in to hear the duo discuss the process of finding one's true self and aligning it with the ego. Regina provides insights on the role of vulnerability, empathy, and compassion in leadership, as well as the need for leaders to create a safe space for themselves and others. They also touch on the dangers of busyness and the importance of overcoming the addiction to progress.

Quotes:

  • “When you have someone believe in you, it can change the trajectory of your life.” - Sabrina Wang
  • “Children are amazing examples of our true selves. Because they like what they like and they don’t like what they don’t like.” - Regina Gerbeaux
  • “I’m not saying money is bad. But understanding the “why” will help you understand how much is enough.” - Regina Gerbeaux
  • “The beauty about being your true self is that you’re doing everyone else a favor by being your true self.” - Regina Gerbeaux
  • “You hired smart people for a reason, so let them help.” - Regina Gerbeaux
  • “When you do exactly what you want, so long as it’s not harming other people, you’re going to be really good at it, and it’s not going to feel like work.” - Regina Gerbeaux
  • “The self-awareness of a leader is what makes a company successful.” - Regina Gerbeaux
  • “The thing about life is we get to choose our success, we get to choose our suffering, and how we get there.” - Sabrina Wang

What You’ll Learn:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:50) How Regina Inspired Sabrina’s Coaching Journey

(00:04:15) Getting to Know Regina Gerbeaux

(00:05:26) Coachability and Why It’s So Important

(00:07:28) The Difference Between the Ego and the True Self

(00:09:12) How to Uncover and Connect with Your True Self

(00:14:40) What Story Are You Telling Yourself?

(00:19:52) You Can’t Solve All Your Problems By Yourself

(00:26:45) A Real Life Story of Trust and Making Strategic Decisions

(00:28:36) How to Gain Trust in Your Team as a Business Operator

(00:31:24) People’s Deep Desire Is To Be Heard and Respected

(00:35:42) It’s Not About the Words But the Intention Behind the Words

(00:38:40) The Benefits of Keeping Focus on the Other Person

(00:41:56) People Are Addicted to Busyness

(00:47:54) The Biggest Problems Most CEOs Face

(00:52:10) Pain Will Always Be Here, Suffering is Optional

(00:56:03) The Mindset Piece of Building a Business

(01:01:41) How to Start Reducing Your Suffering

(01:06:45) What Most People Want is Freedom

(01:10:54) Parting Thoughts

Links and Resources:

About the Show:

Are you a leader of a fast-growing organization who wants to build a world-class team?

Welcome to Evergrowing, where leaders like you learn to build high-performing teams. I believe when you sign up to be a leader, you sign up for a journey of constantly growing - Evergrowing. I’m Sabrina Wang, CEO of Evergrowth Coaching. I've been a coach to many top CEOs in the world who do 8-9 figures in revenue. I'm bringing to you the most common breakthroughs in coaching sessions. I was the former Head of Coaching to Matt Mochary, author of The Great CEO Within, and the CEO coach to leading tech companies like Coinbase, OpenAI, Reddit, and so on.

Tune in each week to hear about strategies designed to help you turn the toughest business challenges into tangible success.

Available on all podcasting platforms and YouTube, don’t forget to tune in every week :)


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