Arete Coach 1149 Don Riddell "Making Right Turns in Business: Emphasizing Culture, Ethics, and Continuous Learning"
- S1E1149
- 59:09
- October 26th 2023
This is Arete Coach Podcast Episode 1149, with host Severin Sorensen bringing you an exciting episode with guest Don Riddell titled: "Making Right Turns in Business: Emphasizing Culture, Ethics, and Continuous Learning." Don Riddell is an Executive Coach, Vistage Master Chair, Consultant, former collegiate Basketball player and Coach, and CEO of Riddell Company LLC.
In this episode of the Arete Coach Podcast, host Severin Sorensen interviews executive coach, Vistage Master Chair, consultant, and CEO Don Riddell about his eclectic career path from college basketball player and coach to restaurant HR director to charter school leader to his current work as an executive coach and advisor. They discuss lessons Don has learned from mentors, the importance of company culture, ethical business practices, asking good questions, and empowering group members to lead. Don offers insights on working with entrepreneurs, traveling the world, and continuously pursuing growth and learning.
Five key takeaways from Don Riddell's life experiences that impact his coaching:
The power of encouragement - Don's college basketball coach believed in him and brought out his best abilities as a player.
Asking questions unlocks solutions - Guiding charter school employees with questions rather than directives enabled success.
People over skills - Hiring for personal strengths pays off more than specific skill sets.
Learn continuously - Curiosity drives Don to grow through reading, podcasts, and peer discussions.
Emphasize experiences - A mentor showed Don the value of experiences over material things.
Join us on this enlightening journey and prepare to be inspired!
The Arete Coach Podcast aims to uncover the art and science of executive coaching. Learn more about the podcast at aretecoach.io.
This Podcast interview was recorded on October 3, 2023.
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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.