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Be Everything You’re Capable Of Being With Terry McDougall
In this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by executive coach and author, Terry McDougall, to talk about her wholesome approach to coaching as well as her specialties working with people who are successful but not satisfied.
You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to The Ocean Cleanup, so it's the most efficient way to give - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- I work with people who I call successful, but not satisfied. They tend to be high achievers and a lot of times have got to the point where they’re chasing that brass ring and they wake up one day and they feel that from the outside they look successful but from the inside they feel a lot of stress, anxiety, burnout, sometimes there may be problems with health or relationships. I try to help increase the overlap between professional success and personal happiness. We do this by shifting their mindset to realise that maybe there’s a better way of doing things than how they’ve been doing it up until now.
- As people rise within organisations, people that are good individual contributors will get elevated into management roles. Unfortunately, one of the things I’ve seen in my own career as well as many of the people that I’ve coached is that many companies do not have any kind of training around how to be an effective manager. People will oftentimes model management/leadership behaviour that they’ve seen other people use, which may or may not be effective, or they don’t really understand how to leverage all the resources that they’ve been entrusted with as they rise within the organisation and therefore try to shoulder a lot of the burden on their own or use ineffective leadership techniques (most of the time unconsciously) to try to motivate the people under them and they don’t get the kind of productivity out of themselves and their teams that is completely possible, but it’s almost as if they have blinders on to get it without so much grind.
- It can be a tug of war. If somebody’s resistant and you decide to pick up the other end of the rope and pull it to pull them forward, they’re just going to pull in the other direction. People can only motivate themselves. As leaders/coaches, we can give people the opportunity to decide to change or shift their mindset. What I do, as a coach, is hold up a mirror to show them what they’ve been doing.
- Most of the time, when people are given coaching by their organisation or they seek it out on their own, it’s because they are feeling some pain. They have a goal they’ve been trying to reach and they’re frustrated because they’ve tried everything they can think of to get there and it’s not working. So, they start to think “maybe there is another way”. At some point we have to flip the table and start looking forwards to what they want rather than back at what they’re trying to get away from.
BEST MOMENTS
‘It is possible to be more in the flow by learning some new skills.’
‘You have to shift the mindset to believe that your goal is possible.’
‘As humans, on a daily basis, we’re faced with challenges that sometimes knock us back and we have to travel roads that we’ve already covered. But, it’s really about realising that this journey never ends – there’s nothing depressing about that because if it ends you’re dead!’
‘Some of my worst experiences I’ve learned the most from and I’m the proudest of having survived and learned the lessons that served me better in the future from those experiences.’
ABOUT THE GUEST
Terry McDougall is an executive and career coach, speaker and best-selling author of Winning the Game of Work: Career Happiness and Success on Your Own Terms.
She works with managers, executives and professionals who want to draw upon their greatest, most authentic abilities to positively impact their organisations. She supports clients who are creating change, driving innovation, and navigating transitions.
Terry relies on both her formal training as a coach and first-hand experience as a corporate leader to support her clients as they work towards their goals. In coaching engagements, Terry serves her clients as a partner and encourager as they break new ground; as a sounding board, supporting them as an objective listener; as a scout, who sees the larger context, their possibilities and potential; and, as a catalyst, helping to spark their commitment and action.
After 30 years of corporate business experience, 15 of which were in senior managerial roles, Terry chose to become a coach to concentrate on helping leaders step fully into their potential to lead satisfying careers. Though the majority of her professional experience is in financial services and marketing, her work exposed her to a wide variety of industries, business climates and corporate transitions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructures.
CONTACT METHODS
Website: https://terrybmcdougall.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrybmcdougall
Marketing Mambo Podcast: https://www.marketingmambo.net/
ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.
Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.
Why?
Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!
How?
Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.
CONTACT METHODS
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By Gav ScottIn this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by executive coach and author, Terry McDougall, to talk about her wholesome approach to coaching as well as her specialties working with people who are successful but not satisfied.
You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to The Ocean Cleanup, so it's the most efficient way to give - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- I work with people who I call successful, but not satisfied. They tend to be high achievers and a lot of times have got to the point where they’re chasing that brass ring and they wake up one day and they feel that from the outside they look successful but from the inside they feel a lot of stress, anxiety, burnout, sometimes there may be problems with health or relationships. I try to help increase the overlap between professional success and personal happiness. We do this by shifting their mindset to realise that maybe there’s a better way of doing things than how they’ve been doing it up until now.
- As people rise within organisations, people that are good individual contributors will get elevated into management roles. Unfortunately, one of the things I’ve seen in my own career as well as many of the people that I’ve coached is that many companies do not have any kind of training around how to be an effective manager. People will oftentimes model management/leadership behaviour that they’ve seen other people use, which may or may not be effective, or they don’t really understand how to leverage all the resources that they’ve been entrusted with as they rise within the organisation and therefore try to shoulder a lot of the burden on their own or use ineffective leadership techniques (most of the time unconsciously) to try to motivate the people under them and they don’t get the kind of productivity out of themselves and their teams that is completely possible, but it’s almost as if they have blinders on to get it without so much grind.
- It can be a tug of war. If somebody’s resistant and you decide to pick up the other end of the rope and pull it to pull them forward, they’re just going to pull in the other direction. People can only motivate themselves. As leaders/coaches, we can give people the opportunity to decide to change or shift their mindset. What I do, as a coach, is hold up a mirror to show them what they’ve been doing.
- Most of the time, when people are given coaching by their organisation or they seek it out on their own, it’s because they are feeling some pain. They have a goal they’ve been trying to reach and they’re frustrated because they’ve tried everything they can think of to get there and it’s not working. So, they start to think “maybe there is another way”. At some point we have to flip the table and start looking forwards to what they want rather than back at what they’re trying to get away from.
BEST MOMENTS
‘It is possible to be more in the flow by learning some new skills.’
‘You have to shift the mindset to believe that your goal is possible.’
‘As humans, on a daily basis, we’re faced with challenges that sometimes knock us back and we have to travel roads that we’ve already covered. But, it’s really about realising that this journey never ends – there’s nothing depressing about that because if it ends you’re dead!’
‘Some of my worst experiences I’ve learned the most from and I’m the proudest of having survived and learned the lessons that served me better in the future from those experiences.’
ABOUT THE GUEST
Terry McDougall is an executive and career coach, speaker and best-selling author of Winning the Game of Work: Career Happiness and Success on Your Own Terms.
She works with managers, executives and professionals who want to draw upon their greatest, most authentic abilities to positively impact their organisations. She supports clients who are creating change, driving innovation, and navigating transitions.
Terry relies on both her formal training as a coach and first-hand experience as a corporate leader to support her clients as they work towards their goals. In coaching engagements, Terry serves her clients as a partner and encourager as they break new ground; as a sounding board, supporting them as an objective listener; as a scout, who sees the larger context, their possibilities and potential; and, as a catalyst, helping to spark their commitment and action.
After 30 years of corporate business experience, 15 of which were in senior managerial roles, Terry chose to become a coach to concentrate on helping leaders step fully into their potential to lead satisfying careers. Though the majority of her professional experience is in financial services and marketing, her work exposed her to a wide variety of industries, business climates and corporate transitions such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructures.
CONTACT METHODS
Website: https://terrybmcdougall.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrybmcdougall
Marketing Mambo Podcast: https://www.marketingmambo.net/
ABOUT THE HOST
Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.
Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.
Why?
Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!
How?
Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.
CONTACT METHODS