Leaders Who Coach™ PODCAST with Sehaam Cyrene

What does it take to build a people-first culture in fast-moving startups and scale-ups without losing accountability, clarity or care?In this episode of the Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast, Sehaam Cyrene speaks with Kate Lawson, Founder and Director of Thrive Partnership, about what it really takes to build strong people and culture foundations in growing businesses.Kate shares insights from over 20 years working across people and culture, HR operations and executive support, including helping one insurtech scale-up grow from 4 people to more than 80 across the UK, US and Latin America. This conversation explores how leaders can create psychological safety, support performance, and lead with fairness and transparency while navigating the pressure, pace and messiness of growth.Together, they explore:• Why all businesses are people businesses• Why looking after your people is essential to business success• How startups and scale-ups can put the right people foundations in place early• What leaders often overlook about people and culture when moving fast• Why psychological safety and accountability need to go hand in hand• How regular check-ins and honest conversations build trust• The importance of fairness, transparency and early conversations• Why line managers need more support than many organisations realise• How leaders can protect their own wellbeing during difficult people situations • The role of community, physical wellbeing and boundaries in sustainable leadership • Kate’s journey from corporate roles into founding Thrive PartnershipThis is a thoughtful and practical conversation about leadership, culture, wellbeing and creating environments where people can speak up, grow and perform at their best. If this episode resonates with you, you can connect with Kate here: 👉 Kate Lawson on LinkedIn🎧 Listen & Follow Sehaam:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyreneInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sehaam.cyrene/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/leaderswhocoach📲 Download the Leaders Who Coach™ App and complete the Foundation Module free.00:00 – Introduction01:13 – Meet Kate Lawson04:16 – Why people come first11:52 – The realities of startup and scale-up growth16:40 – What leaders struggle with most22:34 – Scaling from 4 to 80 people30:15 – Psychological safety and accountability40:29 – Coaching, performance and leadership check-ins41:59 – Protecting your wellbeing as a leader53:03 – Kate’s biggest growth moment

What does it take to lead with clarity, credibility and responsibility in high-pressure environments?In this episode of the Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast, Sehaam Cyrene speaks with Jon Freedman, Fractional CTO and financial technology strategist, about what it really takes to build high-performing teams, create alignment and lead with impact in complex organisations.Jon shares insights from over 20 years in financial technology, working across investment banks and hedge funds, and scaling global teams in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. This conversation explores how leaders can move beyond technical expertise and develop the communication, credibility and coaching skills needed to influence, align and grow teams effectively.Together, they explore:• Why responsibility (not ownership) is a powerful leadership mindset• How credibility is built through consistent behaviour over time• The importance of aligning teams around a clear “why”• Why technical expertise alone is not enough to differentiate yourself• How to handle strong opinions and disagreement in teams• The role of listening in effective leadership and decision-making• Why coaching is more effective than command-and-control leadership• Leading through ambiguity and communicating progress effectively• Scaling teams quickly while maintaining quality and cohesion• Why inclusive leadership (“we” not “I”) builds stronger teamsThis is a thoughtful and practical conversation about leadership maturity, communication and building teams that perform under pressure while remaining aligned and collaborative.If this episode resonates with you, you can connect with Jon here: 👉 Jon Freedman on LinkedIn🎧 Listen & Follow Sehaam: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyreneInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sehaam.cyrene/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/leaderswhocoach📲 Download the Leaders Who Coach™ App and complete the Foundation Module free.00:00 – Introduction to the episode00:28 – Meet Jon Freedman and his background02:47 – From Morgan Stanley to hedge funds: career journey05:13 – Leadership vs management: showing up early as a leader07:25 – Responsibility, credibility and trust in teams09:39 – Differentiating beyond technical skills12:00 – Aligning teams around the “why”14:24 – Practising soft skills under pressure15:44 – Communicating mission and building alignment18:10 – Coaching vs command-and-control leadership20:12 – Influencing decisions through coaching conversations23:45 – Handling strong opinions and disagreement25:51 – The importance of listening as a leader27:37 – Building respect and avoiding “us vs them”31:17 – Leading humans, not systems33:45 – Balancing clarity, direction and flexibility35:43 – Credibility and direct communication38:03 – Leading through ambiguity and uncertainty41:54 – Managing expectations and communicating progress43:32 – Collaboration, transparency and trust45:37 – Scaling a team from 7 to 90 people48:12 – Hiring at speed: trade-offs and decision-making52:32 – Building a high-performing and diverse team55:51 – A defining leadership lesson: giving credit to others58:05 – The power of “we” in leadership01:00:26 – Final reflections

What does it take to lead high-performing teams through complexity, pressure and change?In this episode of the Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast, Sehaam Cyrene speaks with Aditi Agarwal, fractional CTO and technology delivery leader, about how trust, collaboration and deep listening shape effective leadership in fast-moving organisations.Aditi shares her journey from hands-on engineer to CTO, and the leadership lessons she’s learned while leading global technology teams through transformation, crisis moments and large-scale delivery challenges.Aditi Agarwal is a fractional CTO and technology delivery leader who works with PE-backed and scaling organisations during periods of transformation, platform change, and execution pressure. She’s previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Blue Light Card, Pizza Hut Digital Ventures, and Realife Tech, where she led global technology teams, large-scale platform rewrites, and digital growth initiatives. Now, she partners with executives and boards as an embedded operator, helping businesses modernise legacy technology, improve delivery effectiveness, and scale with confidence while continuing to operate at speed.Together, we explore:• Why collaboration unlocks stronger thinking and better decisions• Creating psychological safety so teams can express dissenting views• Why some conflict is healthy in high-performing teams• The leadership discipline of listening beyond the words people say• How lightweight feedback loops accelerate growth and confidence• Why asking for help is a critical (and often overlooked) leadership skill• Navigating leadership during crisis and high-pressure moments• Balancing executive leadership with the realities of family life• Why parents often develop exceptional prioritisation and leadership skillsThis is a thoughtful and practical conversation about trust, leadership maturity, and creating environments where people can do their best thinking and work together effectively.If this episode resonates with you, you can connect with Aditi here: 👉 Aditi Agarwal on LinkedIn🎧 Listen & Follow Sehaam:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyreneInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/sehaam.cyrene/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/leaderswhocoach📲 Download the Leaders Who Coach™ App and complete the Foundation Module free.Timestamps00:18 – Meet Aditi Agarwal and her leadership journey02:18 – From engineer to CTO: translating business and technology05:00 – Why collaboration is essential for solving complex problems08:40 – Aligning teams at the start of projects11:20 – A simple exercise that builds connection in teams13:40 – Why healthy conflict matters in teams15:20 – Leading effective meetings with respect and clarity17:52 – Building trust: “Someone has to go first”19:00 – The responsibility leaders have to grow their people21:30 – Using metrics and conversations to support development24:30 – Habit tracking and building consistent behaviours28:30 – The power of small, frequent feedback loops31:59 – Listening for what people say, and what they don’t say35:10 – Helping individuals express what they really think39:40 – Leadership growth moments and navigating uncertainty41:45 – Asking for help as a leadership strength46:30 – Balancing CTO responsibilities with parenthood49:00 – Navigating guilt and work-life balance

What happens when a leader truly aligns with their values?In this episode of the Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast, Sehaam Cyrene speaks with Laura Shrieves about her leadership transformation through coaching, and how leading with values reshaped her confidence, clarity and strategic presence.Laura shares her journey from navigating maternity leave to becoming a more self-aware, intentional and influential leader. This conversation explores how coaching skills deepen authenticity, strengthen self-advocacy, and enable scalable leadership without heavy operational lifting.Together, they explore:• How aligning with core values enhances authentic leadership• Building confidence without losing humility• Advocating for yourself and owning your achievements without guilt• Creating visibility for your success in a grounded, impactful way• Developing a clear strategic point of view• Elevating team members through powerful coaching questions• Managing silence and creating space in coaching conversations• How shared values strengthen diverse and effective teamsThis is a thoughtful and practical conversation about leadership maturity, self-awareness, and leading with greater intention and influence.If this episode resonates with you, you can connect with Laura here: 👉 Laura Shrieves on LinkedIn🎧 Listen & Follow Sehaam:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyrene Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sehaam.cyrene/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/leaderswhocoach📲 Download the Leaders Who Coach™ App and complete the Foundation Module free.Timestamps 00:00 – Coaching as a catalyst for leadership growth00:24 – Laura’s career journey before Leaders Who Coach02:22 – Maternity leave as a leadership turning point04:30 – Clarity and strategic focus07:15 – Sharing values to build trust08:42 – Self-advocacy and recognising achievements12:07 – Visibility without ego15:04 – Demonstrating strategic contribution16:38 – Timing and reflection in self-promotion18:04 – Developing a strong point of view19:58 – Staying grounded in core values20:28 – Values exercises in interviews and growth23:20 – Family life informing leadership values26:36 – Values guiding role transitions28:50 – Leaders Who Coach app exercises29:48 – Coaching mindset for scalable leadership30:18 – Elevating others through powerful questions33:42 – Managing silence in coaching37:50 – Normalising discomfort in growth41:49 – Modelling coaching behaviours44:25 – Authentic leadership through aligned values45:29 – Growth through course and community47:02 – Final reflections

What happens when a leader stops solving everyone’s problems?In this episode of the Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast, Sehaam Cyrene speaks with Simon C an experienced engineering leader and graduate of Leaders Who Coach™, about what changed when he moved from “fixer” to coach.Simon shares candid reflections on:• Discovering his core values, caring, integrity and empowerment• The liberation of not having to have all the answers• Leading high-performing remote teams• Giving feedback calmly and clearly• Navigating redundancy with compassion and self-awareness• Why vulnerability strengthens trustThis is an honest conversation about leadership maturity, emotional responsibility, and building environments where people truly thrive.If this conversation resonates with you, you can connect with Simon on LinkedIn and follow his leadership journey here: 👉 Simon C on LinkedIn🎧 Listen & Subscribe:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyrene Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sehaam.cyrene/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@leaderswhocoach Download the Leaders Who Coach™ App and complete the Foundation Module free.Timestamps00:00 – Building trust through honesty02:30 – Simon’s leadership turning point07:00 – The power of values in leadership12:00 – Stop solving everyone’s problems18:00 – Leading through redundancy26:00 – Feedback without adrenaline34:00 – Advice for new leaders

In this episode, I explain who you can coach and who you can use your coaching skills with as a leader, why some people are not coachable, and the top 6 groups of people you can use your coaching skills with, including your team and your boss. As Coach-Leaders, it's important to be clear about who you can coach and why you would coach them — what's the upside for you and for them? And do you need their permission to coach them? I explain the difference between you coaching someone you work with and you using your coaching skills with anyone. Coaching skills are fundamentally great conversation skills and people are attracted to leaders who can hold safe, non-judgmental and confidential thinking spaces for them to get their heads clear and be confident about what they need to do. There are smart strategic reasons to do this and it comes with a responsibility to act with integrity.Topics in this video====00:00 Introduction00:30 The coaching agreement and permission to coach01:34 You need a formal agreement with your executive coach02:36 You need explicit permission from your direct reports to coach them03:25 Leaders Who Coach™ can use their coaching skills with anyone04:47 You do not need permission to use your coaching skills06:04 Not everyone in your team wants to be coached07:00 When your direct report does not want to be coached by you09:48 Some people are not coachable11:38 Why I built Leaders Who Coach™14:22 Using coaching skills with your peers can increase your influence15:58 Your boss will love the confidential thinking space you create for them16:43 Transform your prospect and client conversations17:44 Grow your supplier’s capability with your coaching skills18:32 Friends and family love coaching conversations too Mentioned in this episode====⁠Building Trust in Every Conversation: The Who Energy Model™ for Coach-Leaders⁠ 🙋🏻‍♀️ Like this? Let me know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🎙️🎥 LEADERS WHO COACH™ PODCAST====On Apple https://bit.ly/appleLWCOn Audible https://adbl.co/3J7o7fAOn Podbean https://bit.ly/podLWCOn Spotify https://bit.ly/spotLWCOn YouTube h

If I'm in a bad headspace and avoiding doing what feels like a boring or difficult task, what's it going to take for me to open up to you as my boss, considering I'm feeling low in confidence, a bit lost, I'm already judging myself negatively? I have no idea how I'm going to get the work done. And can I trust you to not write me off as incompetent?How are you going to help me, your direct report? Can I trust you? Can you help me shift to a positive headspace?I want to introduce you to the Who Energy Model™ that I teach in Leaders Who Coach™. This simple model is going to help you as a coach-leader build trust in every conversation you have. In a nutshell, this technique puts the person in front of you, the person you're talking with — which really could be anyone in your life — at the very centre of that. Why is that important?Key chapters in this episode are:00:00 Introduction — I'm in a bad head space00:37 Introducing the Who Energy Model™02:35 How our human nature distracts and derails us04:18 Why our ego stops us listening deeply05:33 Why we avoid big feelings06:38 The pressure to find the quickest fix08:21 We are just reacting and coping, not responding09:51 Positive and negative states of mind in the Who Energy Model™11:55 What tips us into negative states of mind13:43 Five tips for asking beautifully simple questions16:33 Questions that build trust in conversations18:19 Questions for more complicated conversations, more negative state of mind21:51 You make the difference in conversations 🙋🏻‍♀️ Like this? Let me know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🎙️🎥 LEADERS WHO COACH™ PODCAST====On Apple ⁠https://bit.ly/appleLWC⁠On Audible https://adbl.co/3J7o7fAOn Podbean https://bit.ly/podLWCOn Spotify https://bit.ly/spotLWCOn YouTube https://bit.ly/YTLWC...and other fine places. LinkedIn EDITION https://bit.ly/454hgdv 💁🏻‍♀️ Follow me on social====YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyreneSubstack https://substack.com/@sehaamcyrene LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/  

The Hidden Structure of Amazing Conversations — You're joining me on the Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast today to master the Coach-Leadership Conversation Arc. This is going to take the boredom, the frustration, the confusion, the wasted energy, the lack of outcome or painfully slow decision-making... basically the drag out of your conversations. And when you start to apply this Leaders Who Coach™ conversation arc consistently to more and more of your meetings, you'll be thanking me and wondering why no-one ever told you about it before now. Topics in this episode are:00:00 Introduction01:16 The purpose of the coach-leadership conversation arc02:01 The 3 parts of the conversation arc — the beginning, middle and end03:38 The BEGINNING of the coach-leadership conversation arc05:02 Agreeing the meeting agenda06:32 Contracting the outcome of the conversation08:26 The MIDDLE of the coach-leadership conversation arc — exploration09:27 What to listen out for in conversations09:52 Hold back on ‘solutioning’, create ownership instead12:18 The Who Energy Model™ for Leaders Who Coach™ 13:16 Your Leaders Who Coach™ Conversation Challenge15:04 Questions ask during exploration17:36 Questions — the most powerful tool in leadership and the most underused18:43 Socrates and critical thinking skills20:24 The END in the conversation arc — designing actions21:01 Questions to ask during designing actions22:09 Nuances like giving advice or sharing additional information24:36 Banish boredom and confusion in one-to-one conversations LINKS & RESOURCES I mention in this episode:====Coaching Techniques for People Managers and Leaders 🙋🏻‍♀️ Like this? Let me know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🎙️🎥 LEADERS WHO COACH™ PODCAST====On Apple ⁠https://bit.ly/appleLWC⁠On Audible https://adbl.co/3J7o7fAOn Podbean https://bit.ly/podLWCOn Spotify https://bit.ly/spotLWCOn YouTube https://bit.ly/YTLWC...and other fine places. LinkedIn EDITION https://bit.ly/454hgdv  💁🏻‍♀️ Follow me on social====YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@sehaamcyrene Substack https://substack.com/@sehaamcyreneLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/   Leaders Who Coach™ COURSE ★★★★★ CPD Certified====🥇"Transformational!"🥇"Game-changer!"🥇"Secret sauce to high-performing businesses"🎩 https://coachlead.co/leaders-who-coach/ 🎥 Watch my YouTube Playlist, Inside the Leaders Who Coach™ Course https://bit.ly/45M5lDA  📕 The Better Conversations RULEBOOK: Questions & Phrases Practised Daily by Leaders Who Coach™====My Amazon #1 Best Seller in Business Management and Leadership ★★★★★🎁 https://a.co/d/dl0mndJ  🎁 VOLUME 15% DISCOUNT CODE ** TEAM15 ** https://bit.ly/BCRT15 🌍 Outside UK Orders https://coachlead.co/rulebook/

Your Team, Peers and Boss need to understand your leadership style this way... To help us answer this episode’s focus — Explaining Coach-Leadership to Your Team, Peers and Your Boss — we start by understanding what it feels like to be a coach-leader and what it feels like to be coached by you. I go on to cover why you would explain your coach-leadership approach and how to do it.Topics in this episode are:Understanding what it feels like to be a coach-leaderUnderstanding what it feels like to be coached by youWhy would you explain your coach-leadership approach?How we make things harder by rushing conversationsUnderstanding the Socialising Phase to build buy-inBuilding a pipeline of coach-leadership advocatesInherent responsibility of being a coach-leaderYour personal advantages and wins for explaining your coach-leadership approachThe Better Conversations Rulebook and your team discount codeHow to be natural and comfortable in explaining your coach-leadership approachHow to explain your coach-leadership approach to your teamHow to explain your coach-leadership approach to your colleagues and senior leadersIf you don't tell them, who will?Creating the interest and attractionLet’s get into this! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Like this? Let me know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 LINKS & RESOURCES I mention in this episode:====🎥 E001 — Why Coach-Leadership Beats Traditional Leadership and Pure Coaching: https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/001-Why-Coach-Leadership-Beats-Traditional-Leadership-and-Pure-Coaching/B0FJ66NS44 🎥 E002 — Uncovering the Truth: How Personal Values & Blind Spots Drive Your Leadership Behaviour: https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/002-Uncovering-the-Truth-How-Personal-Values-Blind-Spots-Drive-Your-Leadership-Behaviour/B0FHFS67XF 📕 The Better Conversations RULEBOOK: Questions & Phrases Practised Daily by Leaders Who Coach™🎁 SINGLE Print Order https://a.co/d/dl0mndJ 🎁 VOLUME Print Order with 15% DISCOUNT CODE ** TEAM15 ** https://bit.ly/BCRT15🌍 Outside UK Orders https://coachlead.co/rulebook/ 🎙️🎥 LEADERS WHO COACH™ PODCAST====On Apple ⁠https://bit.ly/appleLWC⁠On Audible https://adbl.co/3J7o7fAOn Podbean https://bit.ly/podLWCOn Spotify https://bit.ly/spotLWCOn YouTube https://bit.ly/YTLWC...and other fine places. LinkedIn EDITION https://bit.ly/454hgdv 💁🏻‍♀️ Follow me on social====YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@sehaamcyreneSubstack https://substack.com/@sehaamcyrene LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/  Leaders Who Coach™ COURSE ★★★★★ CPD Certified====🥇"Transformational!"🥇"Game-changer!"🥇"Secret sauce to high-performing businesses"🎩 https://coachlead.co/leaders-who-coach/🎥 Watch my YouTube Playlist, Inside the Leaders Who Coach™ Course https://bit.ly/45M5lDA 

There's a high chance your personal values are being compromised every day and your blind spots are derailing you.How you demonstrate genuine care towards a member of your team, how you react when you don't have the answers, your use of clean language that lifts your team up instead of loaded phrases that undermine individuals, and whether in a moment of crisis you choose to seek out facts and hard evidence instead of making emotional interpretations that are unhelpful... these behaviours are all driven by your personal values, the beliefs that guide your decisions, and your blind spots, the things you do that you're not aware of.This is foundational to who you are and how you show up, and I want you to have maximum visibility of your personal values and blind spots so you can be control of how you are showing up.I go into all the little crevices of personal values and blind spots including one personal value that we sometimes feel awkward about owning. What happens to us physiologically and in our brains when our values are compromised? And who exactly compromises our values? How do our blind spots derail us from living our values and building stronger relationships, and why is it critical to our success in leadership — and specifically coach-leadership — that we know what they are?So many questions to answer (or ask!) today! FREE RESOURCES I mention in this episode:🎥 Personal Values Exercise Video: https://youtu.be/9bRDeyzKDJU⤵️ Personal Values Worksheet: https://bit.ly/LWC-PV 🎥 Blind Spots Exercise Video: https://youtu.be/X9sXFYbh5Yw 🎥 How Leading with Integrity Affects Our Reputation https://youtu.be/M3wl2-ffqKs  🙋🏻‍♀️ Like this? Let me know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🎙️🎥 LEADERS WHO COACH™ PODCAST====On Apple ⁠https://bit.ly/appleLWC⁠On Audible https://adbl.co/3J7o7fAOn Podbean https://bit.ly/podLWCOn Spotify https://bit.ly/spotLWCOn YouTube https://bit.ly/YTLWC...and other fine places. LinkedIn EDITION https://bit.ly/454hgdv 💁🏻‍♀️ Follow me on social====YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyreneSubstack https://substack.com/@sehaamcyrene LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/  Leaders Who Coach™ COURSE ★★★★★ CPD Certified====🥇"Transformational!"🥇"Game-changer!"🥇"Secret sauce to high-performing businesses"🎩 https://coachlead.co/leaders-who-coach/🎥 Watch my YouTube Playlist, Inside the Leaders Who Coach™ Course https://bit.ly/45M5lDA 

You are expected to coach your direct reports but you probably haven't even received any leadership training, never mind coach training.I share research with you that confirms this dire state of play in leadership generally that we seem to have just accepted and the costly impact to teams, organisations and ourselves as leaders, some data about why leadership training is failing leaders, why traditional style leaders, command-and-control leaders, cannot create a culture of accountability, why pure coaching interventions for leaders are not addressing the epic problem, and I explain how coach-leadership works magic in the most common every day occurrence you know so well — when your direct report comes to you with a problem.The demand on organisations to perform and innovate, stay ahead of the curve has never been higher — economic uncertainty, high customer expectations, speed of change with AI and automation, re-skilling people fast enough to keep up with change and adapt, and higher expectations from our people to be led better given all the knowledge out there about what great leadership should look like.I hope to pique your interest in coach-leadership and shown you how a simple shift in your stance to responding to a problem your direct report brings to you, by holding space and asking super simple but powerful questions, you can dramatically change the outcome of the conversation and build a culture of engagement, innovation and accountability. 🙋🏻‍♀️ Like this? Let me know 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🎙️🎥 LEADERS WHO COACH™ PODCAST====On Apple ⁠https://bit.ly/appleLWC⁠On Audible https://adbl.co/3J7o7fAOn Podbean https://bit.ly/podLWCOn Spotify https://bit.ly/spotLWCOn YouTube https://bit.ly/YTLWC...and other fine places. LinkedIn EDITION https://bit.ly/454hgdv 💁🏻‍♀️ Follow me on social====YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@SehaamCyreneSubstack https://substack.com/@sehaamcyrene LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sehaam/  Leaders Who Coach™ COURSE ★★★★★ CPD Certified====🥇"Transformational!"🥇"Game-changer!"🥇"Secret sauce to high-performing businesses"🎩 https://coachlead.co/leaders-who-coach/🎥 Watch my YouTube Playlist, Inside the Leaders Who Coach™ Course https://bit.ly/45M5lDA 📕 The Better Conversations RULEBOOK: Questions & Phrases Practised Daily by Leaders Who Coach™====My Amazon #1 Best Seller in Business Management and Leadership ★★★★★🎁 https://a.co/d/dl0mndJ

Maybe you know something about coaching, maybe you’ve done some coach training and want to improve your skills, maybe you’re one of my Leaders Who Coach™ graduates, or maybe you are new to the whole concept of coaching as a leader or people manager and you want to overcome your hesitation and check if it’s for you!Hi, I’m Sehaam Cyrene and I teach leaders how to use coaching skills. Wherever you are at, my brand new (and I’m very excited about this) Leaders Who Coach™ Podcast is for you! I’m a big advocate of leaders using coaching skills, what I call coach-leadership, because of the immediate and empowering results it delivers for you and your people.Straight from my 5-star rated CPD Certified course LEADERS WHO COACH™ that people are calling the “Secret Sauce” “transformational” and a “Game-changer”, each week I show you simple strategies, step-by-step techniques and magical questions you can start using in your very next conversation! Coach-leadership is a bit different to pure coaching. In pure coaching, your coach is solely focused on you. Coach-leadership is where you as a leader or people manager use powerful coaching skills and techniques with your direct reports, peers, customers, and even your boss… to help you and your team meet your responsibilities, your targets, your deliverables, often under pressure. Coach-leadership is how you get reliable results and have substantive impact that benefits ALL the stakeholders in your organisation, including yourself. I’m here to show you how to start coaching, how to adapt core coaching skills and techniques for your leadership role at work — realistically, whatever level your level of responsibility — where you and your team have deadlines and targets.I show you how to get the balance right between directing, managing and coach-leading. How to (ONE) find the time and approach to be strategic and (TWO) how to use coaching skills to grow the capability of your people — aren’t these the two most important aspects of your role?I show you how just one question or phrase can change the trajectory of your conversations and relationships, the techniques that move your exchanges from pointless, costly and stressful escalations to strong and healthy working relationships, even when you disagree, even when you’ve got a history of friction, and even when you’re under pressure and battling through a crisis situation.I help you move away from the limiting and stressful command-and-control style of leadership that stifles creativity and innovation because it disengages us, creating fear, silos and toxic behaviours.Understand what it is that masterful executive coaches do that you can replicate with your team to unlock ideas, remove resistance and diffuse escalations. Understand how you can be doing less heavy-lifting in leading and in fact why you need to stop trying so hard, why you need to be less responsible for how your people perform. Yes! When you create space for your direct reports to grow, they become less dependent on you and more accountable for themselves.Doesn’t that sound great? Wouldn’t you like to go on holiday and know that your team is not going to be pinging you every few hours while you’re trying to have fun with your family and friends…? So you can properly switch off and recharge? Right?Leaders Who Coach™ have this magic of drawing people towards them. They are very intentional in how they connect with us, how they create emotional commitment in us, and how they build our confidence to do more with the skills and passions that we have. These coaching skills can’t just be for coaches — there’s a bigger play here. You know, I wish this podcast was around for me earlier in my career because I’ve made plenty of mistakes.Leadership can be so rewarding and way less stressful if we know how to show up. Honestly, leadership is a privilege.