This is episode 1,103 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest Jim Naleid, Executive Coach, creator of EPIC 21, and CEO of Naleid & Associates. Jim describes himself as an executive coach and an executive culture and alignment coach. He is a former TEC Midwest Chair, where he was awarded two TEC Chair Excellence Awards. Before executive coaching, Jim was a financial industry executive for 25 years, where he was a Registered Principal for Robert W Baird & Co. He also hosted a radio and financial news show called "The Robert James Exchange." Additionally, he was a financial journalist and contributor to Wall Street Notes. Over the years, Jim has earned his stripes as a “veteran change agent with documented success in start-ups, emerging companies, mergers, and acquisitions.

In this podcast interview, we explore Jim's journey into executive coaching. One of Jim's core themes in coaching is: 'Rethink, Unlearn, and Think Again." In the interview, he shares his favorite questions and another source of question stems to help coaches. Jim shares his experience building and growing executive peer groups -- and his secret success weapon -- his group fills the open seats in his group. We discuss how peer groups function and the power of the group to help others in the group. Jim shares a wonderful peer group exercise using songwriting as the material for discovery. This is a wonderful interview with a great and serviceable human being.

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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 October 18, 2022 via Zoom Video.

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