3 Lessons From my Latest Podcast
I recently had the delicious opportunity to be interviewed on the KOFISI Connect Podcast along with fellow leadership coach Anja Lasofsky-Blahut from 5P Leadership Consulting in Austria. The podcast is produced by KOFISI – one of the largest and fastest growing creators of amazingly designed workspaces in many African countries.
Our conversation centered on creating wellbeing in international workplaces and the role that managers play in shaping workplace culture.
Give it a listen on Spotify or enjoy the audio on YouTube.
Here are three lessons I took away from the conversation and that you can listen for too:
@ 5:20 – Successful people sustain their success with coaching. Success shows that people have been willing to put in the work to get as far as they have. Just imagine how much is possible if these same people have the support of a coach to get to their self-defined next level. Roger Federer had a coach. Most Fortune 500 CEOs have had coaches. Success is a sign that coaching is for you.
@ 6:17 – The tools, structures, and ways of thinking that have defined work during our lifetimes are changing faster now than they have in the course of human history. We can adapt and we will. But, to do so we have to build in time to reflect with real people about what we’re experiencing, seeing, and learning. Coaching is a vital way to reflect and grow at the pace the mind is ready for.
@ 11:55 – It is very clear when the people in your company don’t feel psychologically safe. At this point in the interview Anja and I outline the key warning signs that executives, team leaders, and heads of HR can measure and feel when they are diagnosing whether they have a healthy culture. Coaching can help leaders to then improve themselves and their team cultures to get step function gains from their teams.
