Ep. #48 A Journey of Starting as a Coach with Carole Lewis

Have you ever been fascinated by human behavior and pondered over the challenges people face, and how you can genuinely support them, witness positive changes in their lives, and make a difference? Meet Carole Lewis - an Executive Communications Coach and Bailey Balfour's faculty trainer. In this episode, she shares her passion for coaching, from her journey of starting from scratch, and relocating to a new country, to mastering different coaching methodologies to refine her craft.Carole Lewis and Jean discuss: What was her experience of training as a coachWhy coaching gives her so much energy Building a coaching business from ground up  The concept of ontological coachingMeet Carole Lewis Carole is an internationally certified professional coach with over twenty-five years of experience in coaching, facilitation, and consulting. She specializes in supporting senior leaders and C-Suite executives in developing executive presence and highly effective interpersonal and communication skills. She helps leaders communicate with clarity, confidence, and conviction so that they can build strong teams and thriving organizations that drive business results. Her coaching work has included working with multi-national corporations and coaching over 40 different globally based nationalities. This has given her a keen understanding of what is required to successfully connect to, communicate with, and inspire people in multi-national organizations with diverse teams. Having lived in Hong Kong since 1997, Carole’s skills, passion, and energy for developing leaders, as well as her in-depth knowledge and experience of the local Hong Kong culture have made her a sought-after coach and facilitatorConnect with Carole Lewis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolelewis1/Her website: https://carolelewis.hk/Connect with Jean Balfour here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jean.balfour/Check out Carole’s reading recommendations: Conversational Intelligence: How Great Leaders Build Trust and Get Extraordinary Results: https://www.amazon.com/Conversational-Intelligence-Leaders-Extraordinary-Results/dp/1629561436Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life: https://www.amazon.com/Change-Die-Three-Keys-Work/dp/0061373672Sign up to my weekly newsletter.Book a free strategy call: https://calendly.com/jean-balfour/30minLearn more about my work: https://jeanbalfour.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbalfour/