The Coaching Studio with Lyssa deHart

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I welcome my guest today Mel Leow, MCC. We discuss business, feedback, self-reflection, and bravery. The idea of partnership and the need to learn to get comfortable with "not knowing" so that we can be in full curiosity with our clients and thusly better coaches.When I asked him what he would say to those seeking their MCC, he responded, "I think I'll just start by saying don't take yourself so seriously. And I did, and I did the start, at least. Um, I kind of felt like I was the savior of the room. I didn't just do coaching; I did facilitation. I did some speaking gigs and, um, strategic leadership team meetings and stuff like that. So did all that. Um, and sometimes those experiences give you the feel like you're in control, back again. Um, but I guess, uh, the more I let the people do the work, um, the less I feel like I've got to build up this, and I've got to do this to build my credibility. All of that is, I guess, important for the growth."With 28 years in Coaching, Consulting, Marketing, and Leadership in the Asia Pacific region, Mel’s key drive is to coach and empower Catalysts and Leaders to Live. Be. Brave. Mel serves c-suite executives from global and regional organizations to lead and thrive, speak their minds, connect with their hearts and bring out the best in others! He has over 4500 hours of Executive and Team Coaching experience and is one of 1500 Master Certified Coaches globally credentialed by the ICF. He is passionate about equipping "Future Coaches" through the Catalyst Coach Certification program as their Mentor Coach and Principal Trainer. Mel is a co-author of three books, “Bring Out Their Best,” “Coach Wisdom” (Volume II), and “The Calling” and author of the “ENGAGE – How to Stop Living in Default and Start Living the Life You Desire.Check out Mel's book, Engage: How to stop living in default and start living the life you desire!I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Mel, and I hope you will as well.To learn more about Mel Leow, MCC, visit his website and  check out his podcast #100MasterCoachesConnect with Mel Leow on LinkedIn.Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

On this episode of the Coaching Studio, I welcome my guest today Ruth Kudzi, MCC. There were many favorite parts to our conversation one had to do with the three things Ruth would have done differently.  And what she thinks when coaches say, "My Client would never do XYZ." Join us as we explore ways to open ourselves up, reflect, and not put limits on our clients and what they would or wouldn't do. Taking time to become transparent with ourselves and giving to ourselves what we give to others.Ruth started in recruitment and people development and moved into education where she helped to embed coaching skills and coaching culture in a number of schools. She is now the CEO of Optimus Coach Academy.One of the most highly regarded coach training schools in the UK which has trained over 500 individualsAn award-winning, established, and well-regarded business and leadership coaching practiceExperience in working with individuals and corporates in the public and private sectorProject-based experience developing and leading coaching culturesCheck out Ruth's book,  Is This It?: The Smart Woman’s Guide To Finding Work You Love Her new book will be out in 2023.Ruth, thank you for being on the show!I hope you enjoy the show!Learn more about Ruth Kudzi, MCC visit her website and see what she’s up to!Take a listen to her Podcast, the Coaching HubConnect with Ruth on LinkedIn here.Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

It is my distinct pleasure to introduce you to my guest today Tony Latimer, MCC. I always learn something in each podcast and today was no different. Tony was taught coaching at it's genesis, focused on the non-directive coaching principles at that time with the likes of Sir John Witmore. Our conversation covers the gamut of becoming a coach to AI and the impact AI is going to have on coaching. This leads to why coaches need to up their game to stay relevant.Tony is a Master Executive Coach, working globally with leaders in transition; to guarantee promotion success for themselves, build effective leadership teams, and sustainable rapid organizational change through his Profitable Leadership® framework. Having his first exposure to coaching in the early 80s, Tony is at the forefront of defining the applications of coaching in the workplace; is active on ICF global task forces. He is piloting one of the first Level 3 MCC training programs and has a new Level 3 CCE-based Level 3 membership program delivering advanced masterclasses on The Simplicity of Mastery: pure, connected, presence. Tony is a Contributing Author in several books, The Handbook of Knowledge Based Coaching Chapter 16 – Organizations and Organizational Culture and Coaching In Asia the First Decade - Chapter 9. Who Coaches Whom: The Case for Internal Coaches - Tony LatimerTony, thank you for being on the show!I hope you enjoy the show!Learn more about Tony Latimer, MCC check out his website and see what he’s up to!Find his Simplicity of Mastery CourseAnd, connect with Tony Latimer, MCC, on LinkedInPodcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Today’s guest is someone who I think you are going to enjoy; I am excited to introduce you to Mike Green, MCC. In our conversation today, we talk about Mike’s adventure into Leadership Coaching, becoming an MCC, and how each coach has to discover how to let go of their baggage, such as the idea of adding value, to become the coach their clients need.Mike Green’s story reads like something from a Hemingway or Kerouac novel. This guy hitchhiked from New York to Alaska just to prove a point. He believes that leaders are made in the wild. In all environments, no matter how extreme, there is a shared fundamental need: people who are brave enough to discover their leadership truth. Throughout his 30 years of working and traveling around 63 countries throughout all seven continents, he has documented over 11,000 hours of coaching along the way. His book “Wandermust, A Hero’s Journey To Seven Truths” chronicles some of his travels as well as how he coaches clients in the outdoors. Mike utilizes various methods, including dynamic workshops, virtual coaching, face-to-face coaching, and adventure coaching, to help uncover clients’ leadership truths. He earned the Master Certified Coach accreditation from the International Coaching Federation, which is the highest standard for coaching.I hope you enjoy our conversation as we adventure into ideas around how we show up and give value, to stepping into having empathy and grace with ourselves as we develop as coaches. Mike works with Executives and Leaders, and we chat about how coaching benefits his clients as they explore how they may be very far out of alignment and congruence with themselves and the type of leader they want to be. Exploring their leadership truth ultimately melts into their life truth. You’ll never discover the truth about yourself behind a desk, but in the rugged wilderness of Alaska, on the breathtaking plains of the Serengeti, or in the stunning Gobi desert.Extreme environments challenge us to become the best version of ourselves by drawing upon the courage within each of us to achieve new levels of performance.His book Wandermust is available on Amazon. Thank you again, Mike, for coming into the Studio.I hope you enjoy the show!You can find Mike Green, MCC, on LinkedIn and his website.Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest InformationHost: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCMusic: Frolic by Harrison AmerProduction Editing: Lyssa deHartSocial Media and Communications: Michele Logan Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest in the studio Tara Nolan, MCC. One of my favorite parts of the conversation was when Tara was talking about the "being" of partnership. And the move away from listening to the content and she shifted into listening now just for energy. Noticing what words really spring out to her that she could then be curious about. She said, "Am I picking something up and being curious about that and noticing the terminology, or when a client just takes a deep inhale and moves backward." These small easily overlooked elements that often lead to the deeper underlying important inquiries.Tara Nolan, MCC is a coach for Top Teams & Senior Executives of global concerns. Tara is a certified Mentor Coach & facilitates Leadership Development programs. Tara is a keynote speaker & Podcaster. Visit her Podcast, The Game of Teams. Consistently working with organizations such as Microsoft, Zurich FS, Quintas, the Senior Civil Service, and others she delivers an executive coaching service with a difference. Her approach balances the needs of the company and individual while leaving a lasting, positive legacy of professional and personal change. Previously she was a headhunter for PricewaterhouseCoopers and an investment banker for Morgan Stanley, working across the world, and is now the head of Tara Nolan Ltd, a pan-European provider of executive leadership solutions with selected partners.Thank you Tara for joining me in the Coaching Studio!I hope you enjoy the show!You can find Tara Nolan on LinkedIn and on her website.And definitely check out her Podcast The Game of TeamsPodcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest InformationHost: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCMusic: Frolic by Harrison AmerProduction Editing: Lyssa deHartSocial Media and Communications: Michele Logan Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Listen to an insightful conversation with guest Sophia Casey, MCC, as she shares her journey from mentorship to impactful coaching. Discover the importance of presence over performance, curiosity-driven coaching, and empowering clients to find their own wisdom. Explore the shift to MCC level coaching, the power of co-creation, and the transformative journey towards client empowerment. Reflect on the value of active listening, authentic partnerships, and the joy of mentor coaching.

Welcome to the Coaching Studio, I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Tünde Erdös, Ph.D., MCC. Join us as we meander through the forces that moved Tünde from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation and how coaching aligned with that journey. One of the interesting parts from our conversation was around "knowing" or "not knowing." Tünde shares, "I don't want to know and interestingly what I realized today and I didn't know that before when I was a novice coach, was that anything that we need to know to start working with, emerges in the first 5 to 10 minutes in any encounter. And because I have had this experience, this is what I'm looking for. This innocent, this blank sheet, you know, going in as a blank sheet as best as we can." Tünde is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation and has done a body of research on Presence. Her work has explored how coaches may think they are present with their clients, yet the body language of the coach and the client tells a different story. What does it mean to be present?Tünde Erdös, Ph.D., MCC, would say, "My profession is more than a vocation: it’s a pro-vocation: I coach in synergy with leadership, HR, teams, and workshop staff mostly in culturally diverse environments. What I learned is that staying fresh as a coach is the biggest challenge for me. So, I’ve decided to fall out of love and in love with coaching over and over again. My vision is to coach for connection between all stakeholders. The goal is to encourage systems-collaborative thinking, the key to organizational thriving beyond individual growth. I also place my practice on evidence base through my own engagement in research. And creating social impact through coaching has been my latest pet peeve: it's about moving from 'power for me' to 'empowering other women in Kenya - through coaching and coach training: and the coaching documentary is the most recent initiative to do just that.So thank you again, Tünde, for being on the show.Visit Tünde Erdös at her website and see what she's up to!Coaching Documentary: The Light and Shadow of CoachingFind out more about the Mama Organization and Doing GoodBook(s): The Coaching Science Practitioner Handbook and Coaching PresenceFind Tünde Erdös on LinkedInI hope you enjoy the show!Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

In today's podcast, my guest today is Dr. Antoinette Braks, MCC. Join us as we have a listen to Antoinette's coaching journey into Leadership Coaching. Exploring transformational and conscious coaching, that leaders need, in order to support a positive change in the world.Antoinette is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and is the author of Executive Coaching in Strategic Holistic Leadership: The Drivers and Dynamics of Vertical Development (2020). She founded the global StageSHIFT Coaching & Consulting Community. They specialize in Transformative Coaching in Vertical Leadership Development to the advanced stages of Synergist and Alchemist. Dr. Braks offers the StageSHIFT Coaching Certification Program, and the VHLP Certification Program – the VHLP is the Vertical Holistic Leadership Profile. It’s a capability-based Vertical self-assessment for senior executives. StageSHIFT coaches partner with strategic leaders through the StageSHIFT Vertical Leadership Culture Program proven to inspire, co-create, and accelerate a quantum vertical shift in consciousness, leadership culture, human systems, and our socio-economic foundations, so life flourishes in a more sustainable, healthy, equitable, joyful, and peaceful world.So thank you again Antoinette for being on the show.You can find Dr. Braks on LinkedIn and on their website.Enjoy the show!Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest Information Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Ben Dooley, MCC. Join us as we discuss Ben's thoughts on what coaches need to hear about marketing, coaching, and clowning around. Ben shares his secret to everything, ABC! You'll have to listen to find out what the acronym stands for, but I can tell you it deserves the exclamation point. Ben is a Master Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation. Ben came out of an acting background only to discover himself in coach training. Ben states, "When I walked in that first day of training, it was something in me, woke up that I didn’t even know had been asleep my whole life."Ben is awesome. (So are you.) And he’s here to help you bring your awesome fully into the world. Whether it’s through the bi-weekly “COACHING SKILLS FORUM” telecalls, “The Fast Pass to Masterful Coaching” advanced coach training program, his Masterful YOU membership (packed with videos, audios, and more), or one-on-one mentoring, he is committed to stretch and grow coaches of ALL levels (ACC to MCC and beyond) into full confidence, full power, full range, full impact coaches. In other words, to help you BE the Masterful coach you are truly here to BE. And your journey continues to deepen right now.So thank you again Ben for joining me in the Coaching Studio.I hope you enjoy the show!You can find Ben Dooley on LinkedIn and on his website.Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest InformationHost: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCMusic: Frolic by Harrison AmerProduction Editing: Lyssa deHartSocial Media and Communications: Michele Logan Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

I am looking forward to introducing you to my guest today Tracy Sinclair, MCC. Join us as we ponder what would be different in the world if Coaching wasn't typically a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th career, but rather if young adults could choose Coaching like they do Social Work or Organizational Psychology. What if Coaching was the first career? And, then we take a dive into the differences and similarities between Counseling and Coaching.  Tracy is a Master certified coach with the International Coach Federation, she does coaching supervision, she's a mentor coach, she is a coach trainer as well as being an assessor for the ICF, As people are going through their credential process. She is the co-author of Becoming a Coach, the Essential ICF Guide, which was published in 2020. Becoming a Coach provides a comprehensive guide to coaching for coaches of all skill levels and all levels of experience. It is really an opportunity to explore the psychological underpinnings of coaching and how that also relates to the new, updated core competency model. Tracy founded Coaching with Conscience which exists to have a positive impact on society and our environment through coaching. She leads projects related to mental health, well-being, and coaching young leaders. Tracie has volunteered with the ICF in the last 10 years In various global and local roles, including being the Global Chair in 2018. Which in fact was the first time that I met her at the Global Leadership Forum in Warsaw Poland. So thank you again Tracy for being on the show.I hope you enjoy the show! You can find Tracy on LinkedIn and on her website.Podcast Website for Transcript, Links, and Guest InformationHost: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCCMusic: Frolic by Harrison AmerProduction Editing: Lyssa deHartSocial Media and Communications: Michele Logan Season 5 Host: Lyssa deHart, LICSW, MCC, BCCLet's Connect on LinkedInWebsite Lyssa deHart Producer: Michele Logan Video Editor: Sebastian Crespo Social Media: Luciana Bottini Music: Frolic by Harrison Amer Subscribe, Rate, & Follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.