Coach Potatoes Podcast

In this episode of our Interview Series, Lara Quie speaks to Alexander Mearns about why he started Levitise, a holistic health and fitness centre based in Singapore. You can connect with Alex at https://www.Levitise.com. We’d love to hear from you with any questions, comments or suggestions, so feel free to connect with us anytime.

Lara: [email protected] or through LinkedIn at https://www.Linkedin.com/in/laraquie

Andrew: [email protected] or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Coach Potatoes.

In this episode Lara and Andrew chat about the ‘pandemic pause’ that we’ve all endured (or are enduring at the moment). Has this given you the time and space to consider your personal and professional goals? If so, we look at a wide range of options that you might want to explore, some ideas for next steps and also how coaching can help you. We get a little distracted by talking about different responses to the global pandemic and how to get through this challenging time but we do get the conversation back on track!

Later in this episode we take a look at the importance of updating and continually refreshing your LinkedIn profile. Our quote of the podcast looks at the grass always being greener on the other side and whether that is really the case. What has been your experience?

We’d love to hear from you with any questions, comments or suggestions, so feel free to connect with us anytime.

Lara: [email protected] or through LinkedIn at https://www.Linkedin.com/in/laraquie

Andrew: [email protected] or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/

Thanks for joining us and also for subscribing.

This Episode is the second in our Interview Series, during which we interview leading Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Coaches.

In this episode, Andrew interviews Mervin Yeo, networking expert, adapted introvert and the founder of Introverts Network Asia. They talk about Mervin's career journey, networking, introversion and how to network as an introvert.

Mervin Yeo is a networking evangelist who has been spreading the good news of networking through his writing, training, coaching and mentoring for two decades. Mervin had authored and co-authored numerous books including "Purposeful Networking For Introverts" and "I Can Connect - An Introvert's Handbook To Stress-Free Networking" and is contributing author in the New York Times best-seller "Masters of Networking". His latest e-book "Step Out, Show Up", a Networking Confidence Starter-Guide for Introverts” was e-launched in May 25, 2020.

For 13 years, he was the Singapore National Director of the world’s largest referral organisation and was on the Executive team of a Singapore-based leadership development company for two years. Mervin describes himself as an adapted introvert and in 2013 he founded the Introverts Network Singapore, a quietly growing networking community of introverts. He has since expanded that to develop similar networks in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines with plans to start more in cities in the region. His current focus are INA and Quiet Impact Asia, an academy to develop and nurture Adaptive Introverts in Singapore and the region.

You can connect with Mervin via Quiet Impact - https://www.quietimpact.asia or through LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mervinyeo/

You can also connect with INA at https://www.introvertsnetwork.asia

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You can connect with Lara on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laraquie

Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/

Or email: [email protected] and [email protected]

This Episode is the first in our Interview Series, during which we interview leading Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Coaches.

In this episode, Lara interviews Ellie Rich-Poole, The Recruitment Coach. They talk about her career and journey into coaching, what coaching means and how she has transitioned into life in Singapore.

Ellie coaches individuals changing their job, career or country. She goes on the journey with them as a supporter and challenger, helping them get to action and achieve results. She also works as a Consultant supporting business leaders and HR Directors on a range of talent projects. With over twenty years’ experience in HR, Resourcing and Talent Management and within Executive Search as a head-hunter, Elie set up her own business in 2016. She has lived and worked in the UK, Germany, Chile and now Singapore and enjoys supporting globally minded individuals and organisations.

You can connect with Ellie here: https://www.ellierichpoole.com/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellierichpoole/

Join the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/therecruitmentcoach

Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ellierichpoolecoaching/

Please subscribe to the Coach Potatoes Podcast and like and review it on your favourite listening platform.

You can connect with Lara on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laraquie

Andrew on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andrew-parker-6ab5a995

Or email: [email protected] and [email protected]

Welcome to the first full length episode of the Coach Potatoes.

In this bumper first episode, Lara and Andrew discuss everything from what coaching means to us, the pandemic, LinkedIn, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and mentoring. We answer one of your questions and our quote of the podcast.

We commence the episode with a discussion on coaching, what it is, the origins of coaching, what it means to us and what topics clients bring to coaching.

We then look at perfectionism and the feeling that many people have of feeling like a fraud or an imposter. We discuss what it is, how it impacts people and what you can do to manage your own perfectionist tendencies or feelings of being an imposter.

We take a look at LinkedIn’s new feature of showing that you’re “open to work” - should you or shouldn’t you use this feature? We also talk about the importance of networking.

Poetry (believe it or not) makes an appearance in this episode as we unpack our “quote of the podcast”. This quote is all about personal wounds and what they mean to us.

In our ‘ask the Coach Potatoes’ segment we look at the difference between coaching and mentoring and formal and informal mentoring. In the mentoring section we mention https://protege.asia

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this and ideas for future episodes so please write us a review, subscribe and like, or contact us at:

Lara Quie [email protected] or through LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraquie/

Andrew Parker [email protected] or through LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-parker-6ab5a995/

Thanks for joining us.