Let's Coach with Carolyn - Career Strategist, Leadership and Life Coach

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Episode 130:Joining us on this episode of Let's Coach with Carolyn is podcast host Walker Neer. Walker is the host of The Walkshow, a podcast that explores the walk of life. Walker has been sharing stories with people since he could speak and he has dabbled in stand up throughout his life.  The show has great variety in both topics and guests with music baked into the episodes. He has interviewed entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, fathers, mothers, friends, comedians, and everything in between. Tune as Podcast Host Walker Neer discusses life as he knows it. This an episode that will definitely make you smile and laugh.

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Many businesses have needed to shift focus to keep their employees motivated and to continue to generate revenue. Some companies tend to do far better than others.  So what's their secret?Our special guest, Sarah Wirth has, along with her co-author Bill Eckstrom, spent a decade researching the activities, behaviors, and performance of leaders. After studying more than 100,000 coaching interactions in the workplace, primarily of sales teams, they have been able to determine how coaching affects team outcomes and growth.Bill and Sarah co-authored the Amazon bestseller, "The Coaching Effect". The Coaching Effect teaches leaders how to develop trust relationships, drive accountability, and leverage growth experiences to propel their team members to the highest levels of success. In this episode, Sarah Wirth shares with us what great leaders do to increase sales, enhance performance, and sustain growth. Should leaders really try to challenge people out of their comfort zone?  Find out her answer to that question and how The Coaching Effect applies to crisis situations such as COVID-19.  Tune in and take your leadership to a whole new level.

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According to the 2019 Census Bureau, there are approximately 11 million single-parent families with children under the age of 18. Of these households, 80% are headed by single mothers. It goes even deeper when you learn, 40% of these homes are living in poverty.  For many reasons single moms have a hard time creating wealth and the myths and stereotypes society has about them do not help. So what is a single mom to do? In the episode, Financial Coach Dakota Grady discusses some of the financial challenges single moms face and how to overcome them.  You will learn what you need to do to get started to generate wealth and some habits you need to break.  Tune in and you will begin to maximize your money to achieve financial success.

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Have you ever taken a personality assessment?  Were you excited to learn about yourself and create your life based on your personality?  These assessments are able to tell you who you are and how you behave in all types of situations. You are able to define yourself in specific ways and understand why you do what you do. This is your personality and it does not change. Or does it... In the episode our special guest, Dr. Benjamin Hardy, organizational psychologist and bestselling author, discusses his new book Personality Isn’t Permanent. His blogs have been read by over 100 million people and are featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think, and many others. He is a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today and from 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer, in the world, on Medium.com.  In the book, Personality Isn't Permanent, Dr. Hardy debunks the pervasive myths of personality that have captured pop culture. For example, personality tests like Myers-Briggs (MBTI), DISC, and Enneagram are not only psychologically destructive but are no more scientific than horoscopes.If you are ready to break free from what has been holding you back from living your best life,  tune in and learn the truth about personalities. When you do, you'll be able to write your own story...

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When you hear the word coach, what do you think of? Most people think of sports, or maybe an acting coach. But there is a big industry that has been built around another type of coaching.  This coaching is known as professional or life coaching. These Coaches work with you to achieve success in your life, business, or career.   To some, that sounds very much like a therapist, mentor, or consultant. What is the difference? Is it a scam? What does a coach really do?In this episode, we explore the phenomenon of professional coaching. We answer the question of what is coaching and discuss how it differs from therapy, mentoring, and consulting.  If you have been considering working with a coach or you have worked with one and the experience didn’t go well,  tune in and gain a better understanding of what it entails.

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Have you been trying to position yourself as a leader in your industry?  You may have overlooked a valuable key strategy you can use - live and virtual events.  Our guest this week, Strategic Event Planner and Consultant Sherri Sokolowski shares why you and I need to incorporate events into our business plan to grow and stay relevant. With over 15-years of experience, Sherri helps clients realize their potential for success and create live and virtual events to grow their brand while bringing profit to their business that continues long after the event. In this time of great need, she realized she had an obligation to help as many businesses use this time wisely to strategize and plan an experience their industry will seek out first.If you are ready to get in front of your followers so they think of your business first, stay with you and even gain new followers you'll want to listen to this episode...

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In the age of COVID-19, you need to be cautious and guard your finances.  Many people are working from home, not able to do the activities they enjoyed doing.  Some people are afraid of what may come in the future. Some after finding themselves overwhelmed, frustrated, and bored. As these feelings and emotions arise, you can become vulnerable falling victim to buying things you don’t need or can afford.There are many companies promoting their products and services and some of the deals look pretty good. Lately, every day I wake up to an inbox full of “opportunities”.  Many of these opportunities say I need to work with them to save myself from the damage of COVID-19.  If you read some of them, they do a great job of almost convincing you have a problem you don’t really have.How do you protect yourself from buying stuff you really don’t need? How do you avoid acquiring unnecessary debt? How do you know if it’s a purchase you should make? In this episode, I share some of the things I have been noticing and how some people are losing money because of it. You'll learn how you can take command of your finances, create strong money management habits, and STOP being taken advantage of.

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On our last show, we discussed how to move on after ending a relationship. We had a caller ask, "How do you move on after one of the individuals cheated. Can you get back together?".  The show ended as we were deep in conversation and we couldn't let it end like that.  In this episode, we continue the conversation with some Women Talk about cheating and "Starting Over After Ending A Relationship".  Joining us at the table is Coach Chella Diaz who, along with your host Carolyn Owens, will share their perspectives from coaching and life experiences. Can you make it work?  Listen to what they have to say.

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When a relationship ends, it can be really tough to start dating again.  We make excuses, avoid seeing some of our friends and bury ourselves in work. You may want to find love again, but something holds you back. Maybe you feel like it's just too hard or you're not worthy. Or maybe, you just don't know where to start. In this episode, Relationship Coach Roman Mironov shares tips and strategies that help you let go of the past and create a healthy, happy and passionate relationship. Roman Mironov is a relationship coach who teaches insanely actionable strategies that make relationships the number one source of happiness in his clients' life. He has researched and studied self-improvement for over a decade and brings his best ideas and tools to people he works with. If you are ready to start dating again, tune in and learn you can create an amazing and enviable relationship.