Arete Coach 1169 Randy Ross "Creating Remarkable Cultures: The Power of Applied Axiology"
- S1E1169
- 1:04:39
- March 18th 2024
Welcome to the Arete Coach Podcast, hosted by Severin Sorensen with a podcast with Dr Randy Ross titled, ""Creating Remarkable Cultures: The Power of Applied Axiology."
In this episode, recorded via Zoom on December 22, 2023, we are honored to have Dr. Randy Ross, a bestselling author, speaker, consultant, coach, and founder and chief enthusiasm officer of Remarkable. Dr. Randy Ross is renowned for his expertise as a craftsman of culture and hope, sharing practical wisdom to help untangle the biggest challenges facing today's business leaders, tomorrow's workforce, and the future marketplace.
In an engaging conversation, Dr. Randy Ross shares his inspiring journey from his early passion for inspiring and equipping volunteers in non-profit organizations to transitioning into the for-profit space and founding Remarkable. His career began in recruiting and as a chief people officer, where he learned the power of creating engaging cultures that attract and retain top talent. Over the past 16 years, Dr. Randy Ross has dedicated himself to mastering and teaching the principles of applied axiology – the study of values, value constructs, and value creation. Recognized for books like "Remarkable," "Relationomics," and "Fireproof Happiness," Dr. Ross has contributed to enhancing workplace cultures and developing relationally rich environments. This episode delves into Dr. Ross's profound commitment to inspiring people and organizations to create movements of good, perfectly aligning with the Arete Coach Podcast's exploration of excellence in executive coaching.
Key Takeaways:
- The importance of being a value creator rather than a value extractor in organizations and life.
- The four maxims of value creation: creativity, positivity, sustainability, and responsibility.
- Focusing on increasing your "value grade" by solving problems and taking responsibility rather than just seeking pay raises.
- Defining life purpose through ideals like self-transcendence beyond just self-actualization.
- Building engaging cultures where people want to be part of making a positive difference.
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 December 22, 2023 via Zoom Video.
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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.