S5:EP08: The Four Stages of Transformation

Stephanos is a consultant to high-level leaders with a background in the corporate world. He is one of the pioneer members of Transition Excellence—my community of high-level leaders transitioning into high-level coaching and consulting. As I draw out his story, I discover that he's been a risk-taker his whole career. He thinks he wants to be comfortable. He doesn't. He needs to keep creating a life of courage. One of my favorite moments is when he describes the fun he has making something ...

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Anu is a consultant to high-level organizations and their leadership teams. She's an incredible woman who has literally been a leader since the age of 6. But right now she is holding back from telling these leaders what they REALLY need to hear. So, I have to step into leadership myself. I need to model for her the power of saying, "Here's what I require of you..." By the end of the conversation we are both fully energized. Sometimes being on mission is scary. But you've got this. Not ever...

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Today you're going to be privy to a deep conversation, not much coaching going on here. But there's nothing more powerful than a deep conversation. Garrison is a leader, an entrepreneur and a member of 4PC, my community of coaches and leaders. Join us for a very honest conversation about relationships, where he gets so vulnerable that he breaks out in a sweat. There's also a moment when I get vulnerable about some of the challenges in my own relationship. We both get real around what it's l...

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Four of the most powerful words you can ever say to a client are, "Tell me your story..." Tatiana was a Managing Director of an investment bank, where she was responsible for managing billions of dollars of assets. She is now a high-level coach and consultant. But this wasn't a clear path. Tatiana grew up behind the Iron Curtain, at a time when the Soviet Union was a socialist state and controlled every aspect of a person's life and career. But Tatiana is a rule breaker. When you tell he...

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As a coach, you need to continually re-invent the way you work with clients. Over years of coaching highly successful people, I have seen that the more successful people become, the less they are able to have truly high-level conversations. They've outgrown their peers. They're surrounded by people who are impressed with everything they do and who say yes to everything they say. And they rarely have anyone willing to challenge their thinking. This is why I created The Thinking Partnership—b...

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There's an invisible limit to your success, your happiness and your income. And you are creating it... Today I am coaching a highly successful entrepreneur and business owner. Listen in as a "client" and as I coach him, I'll be coaching you on your own Upper Limit, too. Or listen in as a "coach" and as I coach him, look for ways you can stretch your own coaching. Love. Rich PS. For most of human history, it wasn’t called coaching. It was called leadership. Download an FAQ for great leader...

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Alina is a very courageous woman, with a 20 year career in high level finance behind her. She was a Managing Director at Rothschild & Co, responsible for €3 billion of assets under management. She's a also a mother, raising a high-functioning autistic son. "If you only read one book on coaching, you have to read The Prosperous Coach..." That's what Alina's friend said to her. And, only a couple of years later, it's why Alina is now a member of 4PC, my exclusive community of high-level le...

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As coaches and consultants, we are committed to making a difference and making an impact, and changing people's lives. Too often we do this at a cost to ourselves. Join me as a fly on the wall for an intimate conversation, as I coach two women leaders... In today’s episode: Going silent and still while acknowledging human moments Recognizing what holds you back the most What if you got everything you wanted? Creating boundaries for yourself so you’re not the weak link in the chain Boundar...

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