Arete Coach 1133 Lisa Ann Edwards "Show Your Value: Calculating ROI of Coaching"
- S1E1133
- 57:02
- July 3rd 2023
Welcome to episode 1133 of the Arete Coach Podcast! We're excited to present your host, Severin Sorensen, as he dives into a riveting conversation with our distinguished guest, Lisa Ann Edwards. An accomplished executive coach, Lisa is the innovative founder and CEO of MyExcelia.com, a trailblazing company revolutionizing how coaches, consultants, and leadership experts quantify and monitor the Return on Investment (ROI) from their client engagements.
Our episode today, entitled "Show Your Value: Calculating ROI of Coaching," uncovers Lisa's wealth of experience gained from her engagements with industry leaders such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, The Gates Foundation, Pinterest, and many more. Her work primarily revolves around identifying and determining the financial impact of coaching programs on these corporations.
Drawing from her past as the head of talent management for a Bill Gates-owned global media conglomerate, Lisa shares an enlightening narrative on the vital role of robust people development programs. She recounts a transformative moment when senior executives, unable to perceive the concrete benefits, opted to slash these programs. Lisa's innovative strategy proved the undeniable ROI of a coaching initiative, effectively restoring budget allocation for the program within the organization.
In this insightful conversation, we'll also explore diverse topics ranging from the Hudson Institute, the art and science of coaching and mentoring, to the emerging role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the paradigm-shifting 'Jobs To Be Done' theory. Don't miss this exciting episode full of valuable insights!
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Arete Coach: Exploring the Art and Science of Executive Coaching
“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.