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Arete Coach: The Art & Science of Executive Coaching

Arete Coach 1173 Severin Sorensen "AI Whisperer Life Hacks: Your AI Advantage to Better Personal Decisions""

  • S1E1173
  • 1:05:46
  • April 15th 2024

Welcome to a special episode of the Arete Coach Podcast, hosted by Severin Sorensen. In this episode, recorded on April 10th, 2024, the focus is on leveraging AI for everyday uses to help you personally and professionally -- something often labelled "Life Hacks."

Severin Sorensen himself, an executive coach with over 8,000 hours of coaching experience and author of the new book 'The AI Whisperer: Life Hacks,' discusses the transformative potential of AI. His insights stem from a rich career and deep dive into AI applications, offering both everyday users and coaching professionals new tools for enhancing their lives and practices.

In this engaging episode, Severin shares his journey of discovering the transformative potential of AI in not just business and executive coaching, but also in the nuances of daily life. He discusses how his book, "The AI Whisperer Life Hacks", aims to democratize AI expertise and make it accessible to everyday users, guiding them to leverage AI for optimizing health, nutrition, personal finance, creativity, and more. Severin's profound commitment to harnessing AI's power to enrich daily lives and enhance decision-making aligns perfectly with the Arete Coach Podcast's exploration of excellence in coaching and personal development.

The AI Whisperer: Life Hacks" by Severin Sorensen demonstrates how artificial intelligence (AI) can seamlessly integrate into various facets of everyday life, enhancing both personal and professional experiences. The book is structured into five main sections, each focusing on different applications of AI:

  1. Personal Life and Home Management: AI acts as a personal assistant for home and lifestyle management, aiding in tasks from car maintenance to pet care. It offers tailored recommendations for cooking, budgeting, and health management, simplifying daily routines and enhancing lifestyle quality.
  2. Knowledge and Learning: This section showcases AI as a dynamic educational tool that supports and enhances learning across subjects like art, math, and coding. It provides personalized educational content, making complex subjects accessible and engaging, and enhances lifelong learning.
  3. Social and Cultural Engagement: AI enriches social interactions and cultural engagement by acting as a cultural concierge. It offers fashion advice, entertainment recommendations, and insights into global customs, tailoring content to individual preferences and broadening cultural horizons.
  4. Travel, Events, and Lifestyle: AI transforms travel planning and event management, providing itinerary suggestions, local business insights, and event planning logistics. It serves as a personal travel agent, optimizing travel experiences and simplifying event organization.
  5. Work, Career, and Financial Assistance: In the professional realm, AI assists in analyzing business trends, job searching, and financial planning. It provides strategic advice for career development and financial management, proving invaluable in navigating professional landscapes and achieving financial stability.

Overall, "The AI Whisperer: Life Hacks" illustrates the profound impact of AI in transforming ordinary tasks into opportunities for efficiency and growth, making it a valuable ally in everyday life.

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 April 10, 2024.

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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.