Arete Coach 1125 Warren Buffett: 40 Lessons from the Oracle of Omaha
- S1E1125
- 41:47
- May 8th 2023
Welcome to Episode 1,125 of the Arete Coach Podcast with your host Severin Sorensen, where we delve into the art and science of executive coaching. In this special episode, we focus on the Life, Legacy, and Wisdom of Warren Buffett.
Recorded on May 7th, 2023, this episode takes you on a journey to the Annual Shareholders Gathering of Berkshire Hathaway in Omaha, Nebraska. We explore Warren Buffett's wisdom through a virtual walk, highlighting our Top 40 Wisdom Shares from his shareholder letters, answers to questions, and famous quotes.
Join us as we recount the experience of attending the Shareholders Gathering, provide a sample answer from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger on the topic of Elon Musk, and much more. We take you on a virtual tour of the expo hall, showcasing the diverse offerings of the companies owned or operated by Berkshire Hathaway.
Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway have an astounding investment track record, earning a 19.8% compounded annual interest from 1965 to 2022, nearly double the S&P 500's 9.8% return. How does he achieve this success? What criteria does he use when selecting companies to acquire or invest in? What questions does he ask during due diligence? We explore these topics and more in this episode.
This past weekend, Warren Buffet hosted the highly anticipated Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, affectionately known as the Woodstock of Capitalism. CNBC broadcasted the event with host Becky Quick, who posed questions submitted by shareholders and other interested parties.
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“Arete Coach Podcast" Explores the "Art and Science" of Executive Coaching hosted by Severin Sorensen. The “Arete Coach Podcast" is for executive coaches and anyone considering becoming an executive coach. The podcast is especially valuable to executive coaches who are lifetime learners with deep curiosity about the "art and science" of coaching. In this podcast, the ‘art of coaching’ is explored through engaging interviews with leading executive coaches from diverse backgrounds sharing their individual coaching journeys, learnings, methods, best questions, and situational approaches to executive coaching. Beyond best practices, the podcast will regularly mine research on the ‘science of coaching’ and explores ongoing scientific discoveries and studies looking for what works and why, with an aim to improve the core body of knowledge for executive coaches and the industry. Severin Sorensen has provided over 7,500 hours of paid executive coaching sessions and he holds the following coaching certifications: ICF/ACSTH Certified Executive Coach (CEC), Certified Organizational Development Coach (CODC), Certified Life Coach (CLC); and the IAC: Coach Masteries Practioner. Severin Sorensen has an M.Phil in Economics at King's College, Cambridge University, and undergraduate degrees in Economics and Political Science from the University of Utah.
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Severin Sorensen is host of the Arete Coach Podcast, where he interviews executive coaches and researchers with the aims to celebrate and explore the art and science of executive coaching today.
Severin is a senior executive coach, serial entrepreneur and lifetime learner with a passionate curiosity about people and businesses. Severin is the CEO of ePraxis LLC, a premier level retained search firm that provides executive headhunting, talent selection, and executive coaching. (www.epraxis.com)
Severin is a certified coach with an IAC Masteries Practitioner designation and 800+ hours of ICF/ACSTH and other advanced training in Executive Coaching, Organizational Development, EOS, Life Coaching, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Positive Intelligence (PQ). Severin has over 7,500+ hours of paid executive coaching working with high performing executives, owners, and operators of public and private companies throughout North America.Severin's coaching clients include boards of directors, CEOs, Presidents, GMs, COO, CFO, CTO, VP Engineering, VP Talent, and many other positions.
Severin lives in Park City , Utah and his virtual coach practice includes clients throughout the Americas.
From 2010-2018 Severin was a Vistage Chair where he coached three CEO and Key executive groups. In 2011, Severin received the "Rookie of the Year Chair Award" from Vistage. Since 2013, Severin has added international speaking for Vistage, CEO conferences, executive peer groups, and corporations on the topic of identifying and hiring difference making top talent.
In terms of the types of clients coached, Severin has coached new CEOs (with less than 2 years experience), large company executives (e.g., Managing Director of Rio Tinto), numerous high-growth entrepreneurs operating INC 5000 businesses, multi-generational family owned businesses, and primary-equity business owners who are still actively managing their companies. Severin has experience coaching both private and public company executives and their executive teams.
Severin's own coaching practice is tool based, using diagnostics, surveys, and Socratic questioning to get to root issues. You can learn more about Severin at epraxis.com (insights), LinkedIn, Quora, and Twitter. If you think you might be a good fit for executive coaching with Severin, he is happy to give you a free test drive coaching session to see if this would be good for you and your team. You can book a free test-drive 30 min coaching huddle at: calendly.com/epraxis.