Heather Wray talks on Collaboration vs Energy tradeoff, coaching pre-and-post COVID through an innovation outcome and interaction standpoint.

More about our guest:

Heather Wray has over 20 years experience in the field of leadership development as an executive coach, talent management consultant, and sought-after group facilitator. She has worked extensively with high potential and senior leaders and is often sought out for her expertise in design thinking, leadership presence, mindfulness-based emotional intelligence, and navigating complex influence challenges. She is a Certified Integral Coach (New Ventures Wes) and a certified facilitator of the ExperienceChange and ExperienceInnovation simulations. Heather is also a Certified Teacher by the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute to teach the SIY program, developed at Google, a mindfulness-based program that builds the core emotional intelligence skills needed for peak performance and effective leadership.

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Episode Guide:

0:00 - Intro

2:10 - What Is Innovation?

2:54 - Coaching is The Innovation of The Human Being: How It Comes Up

5:03 - Running Into Coaching Misconceptions

5:37 - Coming Together: Mindsets, Behaviours, Design Thinking

7:25 - What Does Truth Look Like?  

8:14 - Delivering High-Quality Impact in COVID environments

9:15 - Tradeoff: Collaboration vs Energy

10:25 - Post-COVID: Continuing Virtual or In-person

13:18 - Innovation Standpoint: Outcomes and Interaction

16:34 - Weaving Through Innovation Terms

18:20 - Ashtanga Yoga: Structure, Flow, Creativity, Freedom

23:50 - Energy: An Art

25:56 - Key Skills Diagram of a Coach

26:53 - Fun in Coaching

28:00 - Advice for Innovators

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