The Art of Active Listening With Karen Pambianchi

Karen Pambianchi, CLC is the founder of Swift Water Life Coach, a specialized coaching practice focused on helping ambitious women achieve their career goals and find work-life harmony with simple and effective routines and habits. She is a Certified Life Coach, through the American Life Coach Academy, which is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) – the gold standard in coaching – and a member of the New England Chapter of ICF Professional Coaches. She has been coaching for the last six years transitioning from a career in marketing and events to coaching within a university and now leading her practice. Episode Highlights: When I hired my first coach. (1:51) Most coaches create a space for their clients that is safe, but most coaches also challenge you. (7:51) Being a coach isn’t about you. (10:19) The importance of listening and active listening in business. (16:40) What’s the gratifying experience of working with women? (21:18) What’s important to you? (23:43) How to leverage what you already do to become successful. (28:47) What will be a book you recommend to our listeners? (31:46) Who has been a woman that has empowered you today? (37:25) Key Takeaway: There's power in listening but there's so much more wisdom in identifying what was behind what was unspoken. Active listening is just like reading between the lines we learn to uncover parts of each other that we can use to help ourselves and the individuals around us. It is not always in what we know but it is in how open we are to what is expressed to become of assistance to one another. Resources: LinkedIn Website Twitter