This is episode 1028 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest David Highley, PCC, In this episode David share's his coaching journey and appreciation for holding 'unconditional positive regard' for his coaching clients in the coaching setting.

David is an ICF Professional Certified Coach with a specialization in executive coaching, and leadership coaching. David completed his coaching certification training at the University of San Diego. Today, David is a Mentor Coach for the University of San Diego’s Leadership Coaching Program. 

A professional musician by training, David has spent several decades running his own businesses in the music industry. David's passion for coaching and helping people drew him into coaching as a profession.

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 interview was conducted on 10 May 2021 via Zoom Video.

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This is episode 1027 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest Sally E Rhoads, LCSW, exploring "Covid19 Mental Health Crisis and Coaching Considerations." The 3rd wave of the Covid19 epidemic is a mental health crisis and the indication of crisis is showing up in distressed lives, stressed people and human relationships, and incident and survey report data tracked by the CDC and other researchers. In this episode we explore the roots of a mental health crisis, the outward signs or tells, and when and how executive coaches should make a referral to a mental health professional. We also review recent scholarly research from JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, CDC, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trust on Mental Health and Covid19.

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 30 April 2021.

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This is episode 1026 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen exploring Covid19 "Return To Work" issues impacting businesses, employees, and the workplace. Have you ever wondered, “what will the workplace look like when we return to work” after Covid-19, or “who will return” to work after being sent home to “Work From Home”? This is a key issue being discussed now in private homes and corporate board rooms, and it is certainly being actively discussed in executive coaching sessions in recent weeks. In this episode, we explore the research and surveys conducted on employee attitudes on Return To Work themes. We look at productivity studies on remote workers. We listen to employees who now remote, literally "digital nomads' that do not want to return to the workplace who have found freedom in their work. We also peer into a special Clubhouse room held Monday, 3 May 2021, that explores the Return to Work issues impacting businesses, employees, and their coaches.

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.

Special thanks to executive coaches Ozzie Gontang, Bridget Wenman, and Pete Michaels who joined Severin Sorensen on Clubhouse to convene this conversation.

This episode was recorded on 3 May 2021.

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This is episode 1025 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Steve Brody, an executive coach and former Vistage Master Chair, who earned his MBA from the UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Steve started out his career working for the Coca-Cola Company in marketing and sales, and then moved into executive positions with private companies in the beverage and packaging industries that included Utopia Spring Water, Yellowstone Capital, and PackageNet (a reseller of UPS package shipping services for the supermarket industry). In 1999 he moved from working in businesses to coaching business owners and he was a Vistage Chair for 20 years. About eight years ago he started working with Naviond to help business owners with navigating their lives after business, and most recently he has expanded this work with his affiliation with Navix Consultants helping business owners navigate successful exits from their businesses. In this podcast, Steve shares a brilliant story about his experience as CEO of Utopia Water and how an unanswered question lingers, causes one to think and remember and led to brand recognition and success.

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 interview was conducted on 4/16/2021 via Zoom Video.

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This is episode 1024 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen, and guest Lane Monson. founder of Platinum Circle Coaching. Lane is an executive impact coach and personal strategist, who provides coaching and mastermind peer groups for corporate executives and for entrepreneurs. Lane’s pathway to coaching was through his career as a corporate executive and leader in the technology and healthcare sectors.. Some of his high profile roles were Group Vice President at Oracle, , Global SVP at Infor Global solutions, and CEO of Aviacode, a cloud delivered medical coding company. During his tenure in these leadership positions, Lane took a keen interest in the work of the Leadership Circle and the Habit Finder Group and decided to pivot his career to coaching and consulting. In this episode, Lane talks about his experience with the 'call' of coaching and his passion for excellence and making a difference.

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 12 April 2021.

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This is episode 1023 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Rustica Lamb as we explore what is meant by Learning 3.0.

So how do we learn? How can we learn better? How can we teach better? These are themes and more from the Learning and Development (L&D) community are grist for today’s episode. I am speaking today with Rustica Lamb, a Senior Learning Technology Ecosystem Strategist | Author of #Learning3.0 on LinkedIn; host of the Learning3.0 Podcast. And she is also a frequent contributor to Learningatwork on Clubhouse. Rustica resides in Auckland, NZ, and is founder and President of Bloom Learning Technologies that she has operated since 2012. In her career, Rustica has been involved in curriculum development, learning strategy, and implementation in a wide variety of Learning Management Systems (LMS) solutions for business and educational environments.

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 interview was conducted on 8 April 2021 via Zoom Video.

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This is episode 1022 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Mark Taylor, MBA. Mark is an executive coach and Vistage Chair (since 2009, 12+ yr). He is also a Master Chair, Keynote Speaker, and entrepreneur. In the Vistage eco-system, Mark is a high performer and is consistently ranked in the Top 20 Chairs, and he is a Vistage Star Award Winner. Prior to executive coaching, Mark was an early mover and leader in the computerized shipping and logistics industry. He has built, operated, and sold his own business, and comes to coaching with valuable real-world experience. In his career, one of the businesses he operated was named in the NY State Fast 100 Growth Companies. In his coaching career Mark grew an interest in Dave Logan et.al.'s Tribal Leadership and is certified as a trainer in this field. Most recently, Mark has been getting training in Positive Intelligence and talks about this important field and its rising importance in the coaching industry today. What the listener will find abundantly clear is that Mark is a lifetime learner and brings with him a curiosity about life, language, and relationships that makes this podcast episode a great listen.

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 interview was conducted on 3/31/2021 via Zoom Video.

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This is episode 1109 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen which explores the art and science of executive coaching. In this episode, we revisit the topic of powerful questioning. Have you ever wondered what makes a question powerful? The power of the question is not the question but the response it awakens. In this episode, we review seven defining characteristics of an essential question that can be used to seed great questions. We explore dozens of powerful questions that can be used in executive coaching settings. We also review powerful questions used as tools by outstanding executive coaches previously interviewed in the Arete Coach Podcast series.

In this episode are powerful questions offered by great executive coaches drawn from prior episodes of the Arete Coach Podcast (AC): Richard Bosworth (AC e:1001); Ozzie Gontang (AC e:1002); Divya Jegasundaram (AC e:1003); Bill Clark (AC e:1004); Norma Rosenberg (AC e:1005); Glenn Waring (AC e:1006); Steve Ramerini (AC e:1007); Adam Harris (AC e:1008).

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 March 29, 2021.

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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.

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This is episode 1020 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Theresa Merrill, an executive career development coach and Linkedin Job Search Strategist. Theresa helps C-level executives, executive coaches, and job seekers build their professional brand on LinkedIn; increase their online visibility and network to generate leads. In the episode, we explore candidate resumes, LinkedIn profile strategy, career development, career branding, job interviewing, and salary negotiations. A consistent theme in the episode is: Why LinkedIn is a necessity for your career.

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 interview was conducted on 3/11/2021 via Zoom Video.

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This is episode 1019 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and his guest Phil Holberton, CPA. Phil is an executive coach, Vistage/TEC Chair (of 8 years), and Instructor on organizational leadership for Brandeis University. Phil began his entrepreneurial pursuits first serving in the financial audit track and grew into the CFO role for a number of private and public companies including Cambridge NeuroScience, BioSepra, Genome Therapeutics, Protein Forest, and then he was CEO of Differential Proteomics. In the podcast we explore Phil's journey as a coach and what he is working on now as a lifetime learner exploring mental fitness and positive intelligence coaching.

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 interview was conducted on 3/10/2021 via Zoom Video.

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