Arete Coach: The Art & Science of Executive Coaching

This is episode 1098 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Terrie Lupberger, MCC, she is an ICF Master Certified Coach, Executive Coach, senior instructor for coaching at the University of Miami, CEO of Terrie Lupberger and Associates, and former CEO for the Newfield Network USA. Terrie Lupberger is an MCC out of Boulder, Colorado. She combines her 20+ years of global leadership and management experience with her executive coaching and change-management expertise to bring forth the very best out of her coaching clients. She coaches her clients with an expansive body of knowledge, tools, and unique processes to better support them in navigating their challenges and generating greater impact. In her coaching, she utilizes her research into what makes change really stick, teams, emotional intelligence, conscious leadership principles, and quantum theory. Today she is the Program Director and Co-Facilitator of The Coach Partnership’s Team Coaching Certification Program. She is also the Co-Facilitator of The Disruptive ChangeMaker, a virtual 3-month, online program for coaches, leaders, and other changemakers that brings quantum-based theory into business practice. Terrie also co-facilitates The Executive Sanctuary, a development program for nonprofit CEOs. Since 2013, Terrie has been a Senior Instructor at the University of Miami’s certified Professional Coaching Program. Since 2010, Terrie has been the Director of Training with The Coach Partnership which offers the Newfield Coaching Program in Asia. Terry is the former CEO of Newfield Network USA. In the podcast, we explore Terrie's journey into executive coaching, lessons in life and some lessons learned in her coaching journey. From the safety of her first positon at the US Department of Treasury, to her transition into the helping and serving professions of coaching. She shares her experience learning coaching method first in Newfield, and then later learning journies into neuroscience and other fields. She shares her power questions and explores how she views 'the brilliance of coaching is a safe space to explore possibilities.' She shares her views on human beings being meaning makers, and the stories we tell to provide meaning, and how often 'its all made up.' She gives voice to the notion, 'do I need a story about this?' These musings and more can be found in this episode. The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on September 29, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

This is episode 1097 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Virginia Knudsen, Executive Coach and CEO and Founder of BOAR. Virginia Knudsen is the CEO and Founder of BOAR, a “courageous community” which creates “personal and professional greatness.” At BOAR Virginia helps executives and business owners “seize opportunities and fulfill their potential.” Through her CEO Mastermind groups and executive coaching, she helps business leaders develop their skills, “live courageously”, inspire others, “be role models”, and connect with and learn from other business leaders. Virginia uses her unique skill set from her experience in roles such as CEO, Entrepreneur, EVP/COO, Former Vistage Chair (7 yr) and Vistage Member (7.5 yr), and Executive Coach to best assist her clients and group members. Before her consulting and coaching, Virginia was the SVP and Region Manager of First National Bank of Nevada, SVP of Nevada State Bank, and EVP and COO of Bank of George. She obtained her Master of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership from Regis University and was awarded the “Women of Distinction Award- Glass Ceiling” by the National Association of Women Business Owners in 2009. In 2021, Virginia also became a certified Fierce Facilitator. In the podcast, we explore Virginia's journey into executive coaching, lessons in life and some lessons learned through hardship as a young mother, then working at Wells Fargo to provide for her family, and how she was quickly identified as a high potential and earned her way up the ranks in banking. We learn of her journey into coaching and her passion for helping others. We learn of several powerful questions she has asked to her coaching clients. We hear about her early exploration of learning and self at Landmark, and how that created a desire to learn more and share more with others. The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on July 22, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

This is episode 1096 of the Arete Coach Podcast with Severin Sorensen and his guest Larraine Chang, who is an executive coach and CEO of Ascension Associates based in Hong Kong, China. Larraine is an executive coach, a member of ICF, a strengths coach, an OKR certified coach, and highly qualified to talk about the coaching practice and business in the Hong Kong market. She helps executives find the potential within themselves by using a strengths-based coach approach. She also conducts leadership development workshops to create workplace well-being and teaches managers to embrace a coaching mindset. Through her company, Ascension Associates, she provides executive coaching, executive search and talent selection for her clients. Prior to starting her company, she was a recruitment director for a local Hong Kong boutique financial services firm. In the podcast, we explore Larraine's love of Jazz music, and its parallels to improv and great coaching. We cross-walk through her coaching journey from a recruiter, to consultant, to coach. We explore powerful questions she has used in past coaching sessions. Larraine also comments on the difference in mindsets between 'faking it till you make it,' vs 'work it till you make it.' Larraine describes how 'coaching is helping the person face themselves so that they can find their own solutions.' The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on August 19, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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 this episode together was to provide sage counsel for CEOs, business owners and coaches who are coaching other business owners on how to prepare for a probable recession, and one that may indeed be a hard recession. In the episode, we explore, What is a recession? [1:13]; What Does A Recession Feel Like? [10:38]; What 10 Things Would You Take Into A Hard Recession? [29:07]; Final reflections from panelists [1:13:23]; and lastly, Severin summarizes the session [1:17:50] and ends with a few inspiring quotes to consider. Share this episode with executive coaches, business coaches, leadership coaches, business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs, Key Executive teams, and anyone wanting to have a headstart in preparing for what looks like more than a portent of stormy weather ahead. [A disclaimer and warning; in this episode, panelists on the podcast share their deepest insights and past actions they have taken during hard recessions. Several offer their 'to-do' list for preparing for a recession such as securing cash for operations. Listeners are advised to seek their own financial and legal counsel before implementing any suggestions offered in this program.] The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on October 7, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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 Vistage Chair with multiple peer groups since 2005. In 2007 she became a Vistage Mentor where she helps develop new Vistage Chairs to start their groups and become effective leaders. In 2012, Michele became a faculty member of Vistage and started teaching new hire training courses and advanced training courses for experienced chairs. Michele was a Lead Change Management Consultant and Director with Fidelity Investments. Michele has also worked in the education, training, and learning fields. With Politzer & Haney she served as a Learning and Development Manager and she also worked in other organizations as an Instructional Designer for training, a Developmental Editor for school curriculum, and an English Teacher and Mathematics Teacher. Michele is a certified Predictive Index Certified Partner and Practitioner, a certified EQi 2.0 and EQ-1 360 with Multi-Health Systems, she is certified with the Leadership Circle Profile, and she is a PI Certified Talent Optimization Consultant. Furthermore, Michele has her Masters' degrees in Literature and Accounting. In the podcast, we explore Michele's journey into executive coaching, lessons from sports, curiosity, courage, and compassion. We talk about the parallels of sports and business, sch as "Playing on Your Front Foot" and being offense or attack minded. We explore powerful questions and nuances of performance coaching. The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on August 31, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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, turnaround situations, mergers and acquisitions, finance, global marketing, and strategic planning. At Arizona State University. Mike serves as a professor emeritus in the WP Carry School of Business with research and teaching interest centered on leadership, marketing, strategy, and entrepreneurship. Mike has held positions on boards and is a member of the board or interim president for several of these. He has held leadership positions, such as the vice president of marketing at Memorex Corporation and a variety of other roles at IBM. He has also held executive positions, such as CEO, COO, and other presidential roles in 12 companies, including Mortgages Limited, Learning Edge, and LandTech Environmental. Furthermore, Mike was a member of the US Air Force Academy class of 1967 and served in the Southeast Asia area during the Vietnam war. He earned his master's from Columbia University and his Doctorate from Capella University in organization and management with a specialization in leadership. In our conversation, we explore Mike's career, thoughts on leadership, and his metaphor that leadership is like surfing. The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on August 19, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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 decades of experience providing high-level mentoring, strategic support, and executive guidance to over 100 companies. He is the former President of Consolidated Directories, an early phone book company. As a Vistage Chair he led four chief and key executive peer groups. In 1999, he was awarded the Don Cope Award, and was later promoted to President of Vistage Florida, where he oversaw 45 Vistage Chairs and 75 Vistage groups. He is a co-founder of TEC (Vistage) Keepers of the Flame. This interview contains a rich conversation that spanned many topics, from a poem Chip wrote called 'Act Now' inspired by the inspirational prodding of poet David Whyte, to Chair/Coach musings about ' the 'power of peer groups,' to exploring powerful questions, to sharing thoughts from his new book (in writing) about civic duty and safeguarding democracy. We close by exploring Chip's mission: 'making a difference in the people's lives and helping them realize their dreams for we are here to be angels to each other.' The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on August 25, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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 first as a TEC Chair and later went on to found his current coaching business: CEOIQ. Ben earned his MBA from the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College. In the interview, we explore Ben's life journey into coaching, his hard lessons learned in business, and the lifelong learnings that have brought him to be one of the great coaches of our day. We explored topics of managing the business during inflationary times, the risk of unbridled corporate growth, KPIs to manage your business, the unintended consequence of words, and many other issues relevant to business owners and coaches. When not coaching, Ben is an avid photographer and has traveled the world seeking that 'perfect' shot, and he describes the work of his new book (in writing) looking through the 'leadership lens.' This and much more awaits the listener inside the episode. The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was produced on August 12, 2022. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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 of Psychology at The University of Sydney.” (Grant, 2020). As director of the Coaching Psychology Unit, Anthony Grant made great strides toward establishing the efficacy of evidence-based coaching. He collaborated widely with colleagues at Sydney University and researchers worldwide. Through his focused attention, research, teaching, and collaborations, Anthony has supported the development of the evidence-based coaching industry, and his impact on the industry continues today. In academia, a scholar's contributions and community significance is often captured by academic key performance indicators: for example, SemanticScholar shows that Professor Grant has 111 publications of record, eight books, 27 book chapters, and over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, and more research is being published that was started before his death. The episode explores Professor Grant's life contributions and a new article written by Severin Sorensen, M.Phil., and Nathalie Lerotic Pavlik, MSc, MBPsS, "Towards Evidence-Based Coaching Practice: “Taking Out the Sham, and Putting in the Wham” – Honoring the Life, Legacy, and Research of Professor Anthony Grant, PhD." In the article, we review several findings in Professor Grant's coaching research that informs the coaching practice today. We explore themes like, When is coaching best practice actually bad practice? How can coaching research inform coaching practice? More on the topic is available at AreteCoach.io. The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was produced on 5 September 2022. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.

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 Manhattan, New York. In this episode, Norma shares her observations of navigating this Covid19 era and the flexibility we need to adapt and thrive. Titling this episode, "Oops and Ops," Norma shares metaphors and observations that leaders must consider today, including managing the mindshare of their own brains. Listeners may recall that Norma was a prior guest on our podcast, back in 2020 on episode 1005 "from black and white to Technicolor." The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io. This episode was recorded on August 15, 2022 via Zoom Video. Copyright © 2022 by Arete Coach™ LLC. All rights reserved.