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.

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