Coaching Skills For Leaders
In the Coaching Skills for Leaders Podcast, Executive and Leadership Coaches Jana Hendrickson and Neil Thubron have created a series of conversations to share essential coaching tools and skills with leaders everywhere. With their backgrounds in Ontological leadership work and Sales and Business Mentoring and Coaching, Neil and Jana invite the listener to look at work and life scenarios through the lens of coaching. The results are deeper and more transformational conversations with all the people leaders engage with - employees, peers, customers, and upline management... and it may even transform their own lives as well!
Episodes
23 episodes
Conquering Endurance Challenges and Redefining Leadership: The Inspiring Journey of Neil Thubron
What if you could conquer the world's most grueling endurance events and lead with unwavering confidence? Join us for an inspiring conversation with our co-host, Neil Thubron, as he recounts his remarkable journey from childhood dreams of heroi...
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44:04
From East Germany to Empowering Leaders: The Transformative Journey of Jana Hendrickson
Have you ever wondered what shapes the heart and mind of your podcast hosts? Embark on a captivating journey where Neil interviews Jana as she unveils her multicultural past, the life-altering impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the wind...
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1:00:44
Navigating the Fog of Poor Management: Upward Coaching Tactics for Empowering Leadership
Ever feel like you're stuck under a cloud of poor leadership? You're not alone. Join us, Jana Henderson and Neil Thubron, as we reveal the secrets to managing upwards, transforming difficult relationships with superiors into opportunities for g...
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36:26
The Comical Guide to Worst Leadership Practices: Flipping Failure into Coaching Wisdom
Ever wondered how to climb the ladder of worst leadership practices? My co-host, Jana Hendrickson, and I, Neil Thubron, have got your back with a hilariously ironic guide to being the coach nobody wants. We dish out the top ten tips to ensure y...
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19:38
Cultivating Awareness: What Leaders Need To Know
In this episode, Jana and Neil embark on a journey to unravel the complexities of leadership and the transformative power of cultivating awareness. It's an undisputed truth that leaders shape the heartbeat of their teams, and our conversation p...
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31:24
Trust in Leadership: Mastering Presence, Vulnerability, and Empathy for Team Dynamics
Unlock the transformative power of trust in leadership with Jana Hendrickson and Neil Thubron as they guide you through the nuanced art of fostering a secure and respected team dynamic. In a riveting exploration grounded in the competencies of ...
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37:18
Goal Setting: The Power of Well-Formed Outcomes
Ready for a radical rethink on goal setting? Buckle up, as we bring you an insightful episode on well-formed outcomes - an approach that shifts the focus from the endpoint to the journey itself. We flip the script on traditional goal setting, p...
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30:31
Unleashing Transformation: The Power of Reframing and Pre-Framing for Enhanced Leadership and Growth
Are you ready to unleash the transformative power of reframing and pre-framing in your leadership style? We guarantee that by the end of this episode, you'll be viewing even the most challenging situations as opportunities for growth. Your host...
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28:16
Decoding the Power of Values: Their Impact on Personal and Professional Decision-Making
Imagine understanding your underlying values so well, they become your guiding compass in life and business. That's exactly what we're unpacking today. We'll take you through the profound impact values have on decision-making, behavior, and goa...
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22:40
Unraveling the Power of Physiology, Focus, and Language for Enhanced Self-Awareness and Leadership
Ever wondered how superhero poses can elevate your confidence? Or how a simple shift in language can empower you? Get ready to unravel the triad of physiology, focus, and language in this episode. We delve into the power of these essential elem...
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24:30
Revitalising Stagnation: Coaching Techniques for Forward Movement
Get ready to unravel the mystery behind coaching individuals with a strong zeal to make progress but are stuck somewhere. Join us, your hosts Jana Hendrickson and Neil Thubron, as we dive into the complexities of understanding progress from an ...
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23:43
Burnout Prevention and Leadership Effectiveness in the Tech Industry - An Amazing Interview with Matthew Cooke
Have you ever felt the stinging sensation of burnout, the kind that leaves you feeling like a shell of your former self? Our guest, executive coach Matthew Cooke, knows that feeling all too well. At just 24, he experienced a profound burnout wh...
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52:53
Conquering Imposter Syndrome: Strategies for Personal Growth and Authentic Leadership
Ever felt like you're just fooling everyone and soon enough, they're going to figure out you're not as capable as they think? Welcome to the club - it's called Imposter Syndrome, and it's more common than you might think. I'm Neil and my co-hos...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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35:22
Getting in a Coaching Mindset
In this week's episode of Coaching Skills for Leaders we discuss the importance of getting into the right mindset before engaging in a coaching conversation as well as some specific suggestions on how to do it. You can c...
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30:26
Self Coaching 101 - Understanding the interaction of circumstances, thoughts, feelings, actions and results
In this episode of Coaching Skills for Leaders Jana and Neil discuss Brooke Castillo's coaching model - Self Coaching 101. Oftentimes, people think it’s a circumstance that makes us feel a particular way, but this simple yet impact...
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24:07
Fear Setting To Help You Move Forward
Assessing your thoughts and questioning them with awareness and kindness is part of more advanced leadership. In this episode Jana and Neil discuss two different models for helping reframing the thoughts that might be stopping you from making p...
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31:51
The 6 Human Needs
In this episode of Coaching Skills For Leaders, Neil and Jana introduce the 6 Human Needs as discovered and described by Tony Robbins. Whilst this is not a coaching model, it is a powerful tool to have in your coaching toolbox to understand why...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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32:17
The GROW Model bonus podcast - Defining the goal
When Jana and Neil stopped recording the GROW Model podcast episode, they started discussing the importance of setting a clear goal and really working on getting that right. As they were talking they decided to record this additional 15 minutes...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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13:16
The GROW Coaching Model
In this episode, Neil and Jana discuss and teach John Whitmore's GROW coaching model. One of the most well-used and well-known coaching models, the GROW structure is a simple way to conduct just about any (coaching) conversation. G...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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31:39
Real Life Leaders - An interview with one of our students: Steve Tunks
In this episode, Jana and Neil interview Steve Tunks who was one of the students from their first Coaching Skills For Leaders course in 2021 / 2022. Steve talks about how learning coaching skills helped him have better relationships an...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:04
Great Leaders Are Great Listeners
In this episode, Neil and Jana discuss the importance of truly, deeply listening. Listening without knowing or expecting a specific answer, without judgment or filter. Too often we ask, we hear, but we don't really, really listen. Or do w...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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23:53
Asking Powerful Questions
In this episode, Jana and Neil discuss the coaching "superpower" of asking great questions. What is it exactly that makes a great question and why is asking powerful questions so important for leaders all around? Do you consider yourself great ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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28:12
Coaching Skills For Leaders - An introduction to the podcast and why we wanted to create it
In this episode, Neil Thubron and Jana Hendrickson kick off their podcast series by discussing what Coaching Skills For Leaders actually are and why you, the listener should care. Through their experience of working with leaders as...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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24:03