Virtual Coach Advantage

In this episode of the Virtual Coach Advantage podcast, Emma and Neela discuss the merits of IQ and EQ. They suggest that, while your intellect may drive the early stages of your career, as you step into leadership roles it's your emotional intelligence which you need to hone.

Emotionally intelligent leaders listen to diverse voices, can empathise with others, and ultimately lead happier teams. So what are the first steps you can take to boost your own EQ?

Resources mentioned this episode:

Let's Try Emotional Correctness, Sally Kohn TED talk

Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking, Matthew Syed

Join us every two weeks for bite-sized discussions of big topics in business and management. Find out more about Springboard Future's daringly different virtual coaching for management teams and middle management on springboardfuture.com. Feel free to get in touch via our website, or on our Twitter and Linkedin pages.

Episode written by Emma Calvert and Neela Bettridge, recorded and edited by Rebecca Hallett.

This week on the Virtual Coach Advantage podcast, Emma and Neela continue their discussion of Black Swan events. How do leaders make sure their teams and organisations can come survive these events – or even thrive in them?

While the compulsion might be to act as the 'hero leader' in times of crisis, Emma and Neela argue that this approach isn't productive. Instead, the focus needs to be on preventing burnout, checking in, collaborating and fostering psychological safety.

Resources mentioned this episode:

The Energy Project, Tony Schwartz

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, Amy Edmondson

Join us every two weeks for bite-sized discussions of big topics in business and management. Find out more about Springboard Future's daringly different virtual coaching for management teams and middle management on springboardfuture.com. Feel free to get in touch via our website, or on our Twitter and Linkedin pages.

Episode written by Emma Calvert and Neela Bettridge, recorded and edited by Rebecca Hallett.

This week on the Virtual Coach Advantage podcast, Emma and Neela discuss how we as individuals can look after ourselves during Black Swan events.

As the COVID pandemic has upended all our lives, many leaders and managers have found themselves driven to work more and more to help their organisations and teams. But in this episode, Neela and Emma argue that you can only look after your team if you look after yourself first.

Resources mentioned this episode:

In Praise of Walking, Shane O'Mara

Atomic Habits, James Clear

The Energy Project, Tony Schwartz

The Karpman Drama Triangle

Join us every two weeks for bite-sized discussions of big topics in business and management. Find out more about Springboard Future's daringly different virtual coaching for management teams and middle management on springboardfuture.com. Feel free to get in touch via our website, or on our Twitter and Linkedin pages.

Episode written by Emma Calvert and Neela Bettridge, recorded and edited by Rebecca Hallett.

Welcome to the first episode of the Virtual Coach Advantage podcast! This week, co-founders of the Springboard Future virtual coaching company Neela Bettridge and Emma Calvert discuss the importance of finding your Management Why.

So what exactly is a Management Why? And why should every leader to define theirs?

Join us every two weeks for bite-sized discussions of big topics in business and management. Find out more about us on springboardfuture.com, or on our Twitter and Linkedin pages.

Episode written by Emma Calvert and Neela Bettridge, recorded and edited by Rebecca Hallett.

Meet Emma Calvert and Neela Bettridge, co-founders of coaching company Springboard Future. We passionately believe that coaching is the key to unlocking your organisation's potential, and that for too long its use has been limited to the very top executive levels.

As part of our mission to make coaching accessible to all, we decided to bring you some of our practical tips and hard-won insights from our combined decades in industry – for free!

Join us every two weeks for an insightful discussion of business and leadership topics, from finding your purpose to leading in challenging times. We kick off with an episode on the importance of finding your management why. See you then!

Find out more about us on springboardfuture.com, or on our Twitter and Linkedin pages.

Episode written by Emma Calvert and Neela Bettridge, recorded and edited by Rebecca Hallett.