Arete Coach 1103 Jim Naleid 'Rethink, Unlearn, and Think Again''
- S1E1103
- 1:06:41
- December 5th 2022
This is episode 1,103 of the Arete Coach Podcast with host Severin Sorensen and guest Jim Naleid, Executive Coach, creator of EPIC 21, and CEO of Naleid & Associates. Jim describes himself as an executive coach and an executive culture and alignment coach. He is a former TEC Midwest Chair, where he was awarded two TEC Chair Excellence Awards. Before executive coaching, Jim was a financial industry executive for 25 years, where he was a Registered Principal for Robert W Baird & Co. He also hosted a radio and financial news show called "The Robert James Exchange." Additionally, he was a financial journalist and contributor to Wall Street Notes. Over the years, Jim has earned his stripes as a “veteran change agent with documented success in start-ups, emerging companies, mergers, and acquisitions.
In this podcast interview, we explore Jim's journey into executive coaching. One of Jim's core themes in coaching is: 'Rethink, Unlearn, and Think Again." In the interview, he shares his favorite questions and another source of question stems to help coaches. Jim shares his experience building and growing executive peer groups -- and his secret success weapon -- his group fills the open seats in his group. We discuss how peer groups function and the power of the group to help others in the group. Jim shares a wonderful peer group exercise using songwriting as the material for discovery. This is a wonderful interview with a great and serviceable human being.
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This episode was produced on October 18, 2022 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.