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Today's special show is on Executive Coaching: what you need to know about it to use it effectively in your organization or for yourself. Dr. Greenberg and Dr. Nadler both certified coaches with thousands of hours working with executives and executive team will talk executive coaching best practices today • Did you know when coaching is added to training a person's productivity is enhanced by 88% while training alone is a 22% increase. • Coaches are great thinking partners for executives In this podcast, these seasoned coaches will discuss: 1. Why leaders underperform & the need for Executive Coaching? 2. What is Executive Coaching? 3. Who are the best coaching clients? 4. How to find a good coach- certifications etc. 5. What is the coaching process? 6. Challenges with coaching 7. Examples of successful coaching initiatives 8. Best tools you use 9. How to measure it? 10. Maintaining the gains and types of follow-up:

President Obama won a hard fought second term and Time recently named him the person of the year for 2012. Time stated "he is the 21st Century version of the new American He is more than just a political figure he is a cultural one." Leadership experts Drs. Greenberg and Nadler will unpack the leadership components that allowed him to be reelected as our 44th president. They will highlight his Emotional Intelligence leadership competencies that are the foundation of his personality and appeal. What did he do to appeal to so many different kinds of Americans? What EI competencies did he use? What can you learn to emulate from his Fearless leadership? What derailers were present in his campaign? What are the main aspects of good decision makin? How does he manage his emotions? What can we expect from him in the next four years? Tune in to tune up your performance and hear what 35,000 people a month are hearing.

Dr. Paola Lake is a clinical psychologist who works with individuals to create positive change and dissolve barriers that interfere with personal success. As a registered psychologist in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Dr. Lake enjoys helping people with a variety conditions, including interpersonal problems, fears and anxieties. She provides services to individuals suffering from burn out or other emotionally distressed states that interfere with personal functioning and performance at work, often as a consequence of involvement with a toxic or demanding work environment. Dr. Lake has a special interest in helping people identify toxic or difficult work atmospheres and develop tools to manage and cope better in the workplace environment. Dr. Lake obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Saskatchewan. She also hosts a weekly radio show, the Dr. Lake Show, on CHLY, 101.7 fm, community radio for Nanaimo, presenting topics on a variety of mental health issues.

James Gottfurcht, Ph. D., is an internationally recognized money coach and keynote speaker. He is President of Psychology of Money Consultants, a Los Angeles firm, where he coaches financial service and mental health professionals and helps individuals and couples in his specialty. He is a pioneer in the field and has been practicing for over thirty years. In 1982, he developed The Psychology of Money Profile which is a standard and is used with professionals and the public to assess ten psychological money skills associated with financial success. He is also a clinical psychologist specializing in challenges with money, career, relationships, and stress. He is a popular media guest who has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, and the BBC and in Time, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, etc. He is on the faculty of UCLA Extension and the College of Executive Coaching. He has also written a chapter in Dr. Stephen Covey's and Dr. Ken Blanchard's book, Blueprint for Success.

Jamie Woolf has over twenty years of experience consulting to business leaders. Based on her work inside dozens of public, non-profit and private organizations, Jamie helps parents apply business "best practices" to enjoy more success at home and at work. She founded The Parent Leader to help mothers and fathers gain the self-awareness and leadership skills to transform their daily parenting challenges into desired results and co-founded Pinehurst Consulting, an organization development and training consulting firm. Join Jamie Woolf the author of Mom-in-Chief: How Wisdom From the Workplace Can Save Your Family From Chaos to learn how to maximize your success at home and at work.

Dr. TC North is a high-performance executive coach and speaker who accelerates and motivates individuals and organizations to attain their visions and dreams by becoming high performers. Cathy L. Greenberg is a best selling, award-winning author, ICF Certified Coach and abc TV's "First Lady of Happiness". Together they share the secrets of success in their new book, "Fearless Leaders", just one of many titles in their forthcoming hardback and digital Fearless Book Series. Tune in to learn more about the principles for being truly fearless in life, love, business and relationships. It's Emotional Intelligence at it's best.

Ronald Ettinger, VP Human Resources at Quaker Chemical specializes in global organization development and executive coaching. Since 1918, Quaker Chemical, a multi million dollar company, has been establishing and maintaining relationships with leading enterprises in every major manufacturing country in the world. Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Quaker has a long track record of financial consistency and strength. As the Company entered the 21st century, Quaker began a major strategic action to better meet the changing needs of customers. Now, as a global, knowledge-based company, they provide best service, technology, and product resources to all of their customers—around the world. While working hard to meet customers' needs, Quaker strives to keep a strong sense of responsibility to all associates, to the communities in which we operate, and to the natural environment. Ron shares insights from over two decades of OD, HR and Coaching in today's program.

Dr. Sharon Melnick is a psychologist/coach dedicated to helping talented and successful people "get out of their own way". Informed by 10 years of research at Harvard Medical School and trained in cutting edge stress resilience techniques, she is a leading authority in helping business professionals move to the next level and feel secure about themselves in insecure times. Sharon is dynamic trainer and executive coach for businesspeople in varying functional roles. She has a strong track record of successful engagements at organizations such as Deutsche Bank, Deloitte Consulting, Oracle Corp, Merrill Lynch, Korn/Ferry International, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network and many others. She has taught her effectiveness techniques at the School of Management at Boston College, Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations. Her training is from Yale University, UC Berkeley, and the Institute for Management Studies.

Join stress coach, Dr. Carol Scott, formerly an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Hospital and author of Discover Your BestStress Zone to learn the secrets to transforming stress in today's show. Dr. Scott is an expert on the connections between stress & health and the developer of the BestStress Zone Concept. Dr. Scott is a highly sought after consultant, speaker and one on one StressRelief Coach who has taken her work from the emergency room to the boardroom. As described in a recent Fast Company profile, "participants & clients gain knowledge, resilience, specific strategies, & motivation to live with less stress and improved health".

Michael R. Drew is a maverick who gets results. Marketing books for his entire career, Michael's become the world's most successful book promoter, having launched nearly 75 consecutive books onto best-seller lists, many of them number-one titles. Michael honed his skills at such respected publishers as Bard Press, Entrepreneur Magazine, Longstreet Press and Thomas Nelson Publishers, among others. He has mastered the intricacies of publishing and, in adapting to today's fast-evolving industry, Michael founded Promote A Book to work directly with writers to help them spread their message. Learn how to create winning books that win hearts and minds on todays show.