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Arete Coach: The Art & Science of Executive Coaching

Arete Coach 1156 Severin Sorensen - "Wizard Words Wisdom for Better AI Prompting"

  • S1E1156
  • 56:22
  • December 11th 2023

Welcome to Episode 1156 of the Arete Coach Podcast, hosted by Severin Sorensen, where we dive deeper into AI linguistics by dropping into a zoom session with Chairs and Executive Coaches exploring gSeverin's latest book, "The AI Whisperer Wizard Words: ChatGPT Semantic Tokens, Keywords, and Phrases for Business."

The podcast episode from the Arete Coach Podcast, titled "Wizard Words Wisdom", delves into the use of AI in business, mainly focusing on the effective use of ChatGPT. The host, Severin Sorensen, shares insights from his book "AI Whisperer Wizard Words," which explores how to craft better prompts for AI to achieve more insightful and valuable responses. The episode emphasizes the transformational impact of AI on business practices, such as writing, productivity, and decision-making, demonstrating its potential through practical examples and discussions with Vistage chairs.

Significant topics covered in the podcast include:

The impact of ChatGPT and AI on business and productivity.

The concept of "wizard words" and advanced semantic prompting in AI interactions.

The relationship between precise language in prompts and AI response quality.

The rapid development and evolution of AI tools and their business applications.

Strategies for leveraging AI in writing, including book publishing.

The role of AI in enhancing professional and creative endeavors.

Ethical considerations and responsible use of AI.

The importance of human-AI collaboration for better outcomes.

The potential of AI in various business sectors, including coaching and executive training.

The future trajectory of AI and its implications for businesses and professionals.

The Arete Coach Podcast seeks to explore the art and science of executive coaching. You can find out more about this podcast at aretecoach.io.

This episode was produced on November 21, 2023.

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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
Host, Arete Coach Podcast

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.