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Excellent Executive Coaching podcast will examples of leadership coaching issues and challenges. Excellent Executive Coaching will provide leadership coaching tips, strategies and resources that can resolve leadership issues. Subscribe today to learn about coaching top global leaders and their trials and successes.
The Excellent Executive Coaching podcast is a platform of discussion and a source of knowledge sharing between professional coaches and leaders. It promotes continued education for executive coaches and leaders around the world.
This podcast is mostly devoted to personal development and leadership coaching. The host is Dr. Katrina Burrus. She is a First Master Certified Coach from the International Coaching Federation in Switzerland and founding Board Member for ICF Switzerland. She has served as an adjunct professor to several universities and speaks around the world on the topics of leadership coaching and Global Nomadic leadership and has been working as an executive coach for global leaders since 1994.
Latest episodes

Jul 25, 2023 • 20min
EEC 288: How to Stay Inspired When You Are So Tired, with Christine Cashen
Christine Cashen is more than just an author and speaker- she's a force of nature. With over two decades of experience entertaining crowds, Christine has earned a reputation as one of the best in the business. With all the terrible things in the news, how do you overcome the feeling of dread and sadness? How do you stay energized when you want to crawl back into bed at noon? Do you have any ideas to deal with difficult people? What do you do when you work with a negative person? Do you have any ideas on dealing with stress? Christine Cashen Christine Cashen has a talent for finding humor in everyday situations is unmatched, and her ability to turn those moments into something magical is nothing short of amazing. Christine's unique perspective on life is relatable, refreshing, and insightful. Christine is not just a funny lady - she was inducted into an elite group of speakers who have met the rigorous criteria of the National Speakers Association, CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master's degree in Adult Education. In 2016, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Central Michigan University. Christine’s award-winning books, THE GOOD STUFF and It's YOUR Business, are must-reads for anyone looking for a healthy dose of humor and great ideas. She's a cancer survivor, mother of two, wife of a "hottie engineer," and a true inspiration to anyone looking to live their best life. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

Jul 18, 2023 • 26min
EEC 287: The Art of Transformational Coaching, with Dr. Keith Merron
Dr. Keith Merron is the Managing Partner of Leadership Pathways, a consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations with bold visions achieve sustainable high performance and industry leadership. What inspired you to become a consultant? How would you characterize your clients? Where did you receive your doctorate? How do people describe your work? What inspired you to write the book The Art of Transformational Coaching Dr. Keith Merron As an organization effectiveness and executive development consultant, Dr. Keith Merron has more than 35 years of experience assisting executives and managers in business, government, and education. Keith has designed and led over 100 seminars and workshops for leaders. He has helped create some of the most innovative leadership training programs in the country. Keith received his Doctorate from Harvard University in 1985, where his studies spanned the fields of human and organization development. He is the author of seven books on human and organizational change. Keith teaches at Hult International School of Business and is in high demand as a speaker on the subject of leadership and building extraordinary organizational cultures. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

Jul 11, 2023 • 23min
EEC 286: Distinguish Your Brand in a Sea of Competition, with Randy Herbertson
Randy Herbertson is a recognized brand strategist, conceptor and creative director with over twenty years of marketing and innovation experience in the client, agency and media worlds, from entrepreneurial to corporate environments. What is the upside of a changing environment? How do you build a "Communication Code" with your brand's audience? How do you distinguish your brand in a sea of competition? What are some brand essentials for new and growing brands - for your investors, and your customers? How can you understand yours and others' "creative DNA" and how to optimize communication with everyone? Randy Herbertson Randy is a recognized brand strategist, conceptor and creative director with over twenty years of marketing and innovation experience in the client, agency and media worlds, from entrepreneurial to corporate environments. Randy has worked in the WPP and Omnicom agency networks, Conde Nast Publications, Allied Domecq and E&J Gallo. He also spent several years in the digital start up world in during the height of the dotcom boom. Most recently, Randy has worked in the boutique agency world, owning and operating two firms, including The Visual Brand, founded in 2013. He has a strong expertise in social media, digital innovation, packaging, industrial and environmental design. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

Jul 3, 2023 • 21min
EEC 285: Fulfilling your Purpose as a Leader, with Kvon Tucker
Kvon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Consciously, a purpose-driven firm that helps executives and organizations do work with more purpose. Until early this year, Kvon was the Global Head of Leadership Development at Google. What were some of the lessons you learned about leadership, coaching Fortune 500 executives at Amazon, Netflix, and Google? Could you describe the difference in cultures at these Fortune 500 companies? How do you develop leadership presence by using your body, feelings, and emotions? What tips are there to a develop contemplative practice? Why leaders need to lead with purpose and how can they develop purpose statements. Kvon Tucker Kvon is the Co-Founder and CEO of Consciously, a purpose-driven firm that helps executives and organizations do work with more purpose. Until early this year, Kvon was the Global Head of Leadership Development at Google. Part of his job at Google involved coaching top executives to be better leaders as they help grow the company. Before Google, Kvon worked at Amazon and Netflix, where he also coached leaders on how to adapt to hyper-growth and tremendous scale. Kvon has also had the opportunity to coach Apple, Tesla, Facebook/Meta, and LinkedIn executives. He holds a Master’s in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (M.S. I-O) and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC). Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

Jun 27, 2023 • 22min
EEC 284: Use Experiential Intelligence for Leadership Success, with Soren Kaplan
Soren Kaplan is an award-winning author, former corporate executive, co-founder of Praxie.com, a columnist for Inc. Magazine and Psychology Today, and an affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. What is Experiential Intelligence? How does "XQ" complement IQ (intellect) and EQ (Emotional Intelligence)? What is the role of Experiential Intelligence in leading teams and organizations? How can leaders uncover and fully leverage their experiential intelligence? You share some very personal and poignant stories in the book. What inspired you to reveal so much about yourself? Soren Kaplan Soren Kaplan is an award-winning author, former corporate executive, co-founder of Praxie.com, a columnist for Inc. Magazine and Psychology Today, and an affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California. He is an international keynote speaker and has led professional development programs for thousands of leaders around the world, including Disney, NBCUniversal, Visa, PayPal, Colgate-Palmolive, Kimberly-Clark, Medtronic, Roche, Hershey’s, Red Bull, and many others. Business Insider and the Thinkers50 have recognized Dr. Kaplan as one of the world’s top management thought leaders and consultants. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

Jun 20, 2023 • 20min
EEC 283: Using Inclusion Management to Lead in the 21st Century, with Dr. Lauren Tucker
Dr. Lauren Tucker combines her extensive experience in DEI, data science, and relationship marketing to help clients build inclusive, positive employee relationships in a multicultural, transcultural, and global world. Why do your employees hate you? What is inclusion management and how can leaders use it to manage humans for the 21st century? Employee activism is on the rise. What does that mean for companies and how can they turn employee alienation into engagement and high employee NPS? How do you define and evaluate NPS, Net Promoter Score? How can leaders bridge the talent divide and turn employees into business partners. Lauren Tucker Dr. Lauren Tucker combines her extensive experience in DEI, data science, and relationship marketing to help clients build inclusive, positive employee relationships in a multicultural, transcultural, and global world. Frustrated with the myopic and transactional approaches of legacy DEI and talent management programs, Dr. Tucker designed Do What Matters to put inclusion first by addressing the operational inefficiencies and broken communications that turn off great talent, especially women, people of color, LGBTQ+, and those with disabilities. An entrepreneur with a history of leadership, research, practice and activism in race, ethnicity, and gender, Dr. Tucker is an honorary research fellow at the School of Mass Communication Research Center at the University of Wisconsin, where she received her doctorate. She has worked at some of the world’s most renowned advertising agencies, including Leo Burnett, Burrell Communications, and the Martin Agency and is also co-founder of Indivisible Chicago, a progressive political organization dedicated to making civic activism easy, accessible and impactful. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

Jun 13, 2023 • 20min
EEC 282: Demystify AI for Your Business, with Kavita Ganesan
Kavita Ganesan is the author of The Business Case for AI: A Leader's Guide to AI Strategies, Best Practices & Real-World Applications and the founder of Opinosis Analytics, an AI advisory and consulting company. What's True, What's Hype, and What's Realistic to Expect from AI in Your Business? How can coaches use AI? Can AI be used to determine the emotional state of an individual? How do corporation use Artificial Intelligence AI? What is the HI-AI discovery Framework? What are the 4 Steps to uncover AI opportunities for your business? Kavita Ganesan Kavita Ganesan is the author of The Business Case for AI: A Leader's Guide to AI Strategies, Best Practices & Real-World Applications and the founder of Opinosis Analytics, an AI advisory and consulting company. With over 15 years of experience in AI, Kavita holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, with a specialization in Applied AI, NLP, Machine Learning, and Search Technologies. Kavita has been featured in Forbes, CEOWorld, Verizon, CMSWire, KDNuggets, SDTimes, and Yahoo Finance. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

May 30, 2023 • 29min
EEC 281: The Storytelling Secrets Every Marketer Must Master
Michael Hauge is one of Hollywood’s top story experts and consultants, and uses those same storytelling principles to help speakers, authors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders generate millions of dollars in revenue. Why must authors, speakers and business leaders tell great stories? What are the essential components of a great story? If I'm not a celebrity, why would anyone want to hear my story? What is the biggest mistake storytellers make, from the stage or on the page? You've worked with both Will Smith and Russell Brunson. In terms of storytelling, what do they have in common? Michael Hauge Michael Hauge, author of the best-selling book Storytelling Made Easy, has made in person and online presentations to more than 500,000 participants worldwide. He is one of Hollywood’s top story experts and consultants, and uses those same storytelling principles to help speakers, authors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders generate millions of dollars in revenue. In the words of Will Smith, “No one is better than Michael Hauge at finding what is most authentic in every moment of a story.” And according to Russell Brunson, “We incorporated Michael’s principles into our ClickFunnels software, which now creates millions of dollars a month in sales. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

May 23, 2023 • 24min
EEC 280: How Do You Create Engagement, with Kerry Stover
Kerry is the COO at Pariveda Solutions, a leading management consulting firm that specializes in developing talent that helps numerous businesses, from small startup ventures to Fortune 500 companies, solve complex technology and business problems. How to build a market-leading company through people development? How to rediscover your purpose at work as a leader in your company? What are top trends in employee development that should interest HR managers and company leadership in all industries? What is the significance of investing in people within your business? What are the benefits of c-suite executives when grooming members of their teams to be better than them? Kerry Stover Kerry is the COO at Pariveda Solutions, a leading management consulting firm that specializes in developing talent that helps numerous businesses, from small startup ventures to Fortune 500 companies, solve complex technology and business problems. Kerry has over three decades of management and technology consulting experience and is a strong advocate of investing in the growth of employees, so they're well-equipped to lead company transformation and growth initiatives. Before joining Pariveda Solutions, he was the Co-Founder and Principal of I.Think, an online market research services firm. Under his leadership, the company experienced a 37% compounded annual growth in revenues and was named one of the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

May 16, 2023 • 15min
EEC 279: How to Resiliently Bounce Back from Set Backs, with Jaymie Pottinger
As CEO and founder of Pottinger and Associates Consulting, Jaymie has worked tirelessly and successfully with start-up businesses, as well as Fortune 500 companies to develop leaders and teams at every level of the organization. What does the FACE of Leadership Framework mean? To which level of leadership does the FACE of Leadership Framework Apply? What strategies do you recommend for a leader who struggles with failure and setbacks? How can a leader who is not naturally confident, improve their follower-ship and influence? How does your organization help leaders to implement the FACE of Leadership framework? Jaymie Pottinger Jaymie Pottinger is on a mission to change the world – one workplace at a time. He is a passionate, dynamic, high-energy thought-leader who is passionate about adding value to people's lives. Jaymie lives in Orlando, Florida along with his wife, and three children. As CEO and founder of Pottinger and Associates Consulting, Jaymie has worked tirelessly and successfully with start-up businesses, as well as Fortune 500 companies to develop leaders and teams at every level of the organization. He is an international speaker, executive coach and corporate trainer who has given keynotes in North America, Central America, Europe, and the Caribbean. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be with customized leadership and coaching development programs. MKB Excellent Executive Coaching offers leadership development programs to generate action, learning, and change that is aligned with your authentic self and values. Transform your dreams into reality and invest in yourself by scheduling a discovery session with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC to reach your goals. Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.