Coaches Take on Work
By Coaches Take on Work
Coaches Take on WorkFeb 14, 2024
A love letter to CTW
I had the distinct honor last year of starting a podcast with Jaclyn Cook and Anna Marica Lahti to discuss all of our favorite leadership tools. We also had some amazing guest speakers along the way, thanks to Shayna Steinfeld Sevett, Carly Rose, Bjorn Bonholzer, Chris McClellan, Natalia Martinez-Kalinina, and Dawn DeFrancesco, for joining us on the journey!We published all of the episodes we wanted to and released 14 episodes in 12 months! I made a compilation of some of my favorite clips from the year, I hope you all enjoy! My love letter to CTW
Practicing Coaching as a Leader or People Manager
In some contexts leader or manager has become synonymous with coach but in reality, coaching is a very specific set of behaviors and competencies. Join Chelsea Seid from Coaches Take on Work as she discusses the nuance and competencies of coaching with Dr. Dawn DeFrancesco.
Dr. Dawn is an International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach with a certification in Team Coaching from Solutions Academy. She is also a certified ICF PCC Marker and ACC Bars Assessor. She is a mentor coach for ICF ACC/PCC level coaches, the Director of Coaching Education at the Pacific College of Health and Science, and the CEO of Trio Coaching Academy.
In addition to coaching certification, training, and mentorship Dr Dawn has her PhD in Training and Performance Improvement and 20+ years of experience in developing and implementing learning and performance improvement solutions in a variety of industries and organizations.
Tools to Listen Strategically
In this episode join Anna Lahti, Chelsea Seid, and Jaclyn Cook as they discuss what it means to listen well and tools you can use to become a better listener. The 3 tools we’ll talk about are the levels of listening framework, active listening, and strategic questions.
Resources referenced:
- https://talent-praxis.com/tools/listening-for-understanding-3-key-listening-tools
- https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Conversations-Talking-Stakes-Second/dp/1469266822
How to Delegate Effectively
Join two of the Coaches Take on Work founders, Jaclyn Cook and Chelsea Seid, to discuss Delegation.
Delegation refers to transferring responsibilities, tasks, projects, ownership, or decision-making to others. Think of this as distributing the workload to optimize for success where everyone is engaged and motivated, and the work is occurring as effectively as possible to achieve team goals.
The Truth About Boundaries
Chelsea Seid, one of the Coaches Take on Work founders, sits down with Natalia Martínez-Kalínina to discuss boundaries. As Natalia defines them boundaries are what allow you to show up well.
Topics covered:
Reflecting on your role in a boundaries breach
Defining your values or the things you feel strongly about and are most important to you as a tool for defining boundaries
How and when to best communicate boundaries. Before the fact or after as feedback
When communicating your boundaries sharing THE trust vs. A truth
Natalia’s Bio:
Natalia Martínez-Kalínina was born in Cuba and grew up in Havana, Moscow, and Mexico City before being granted asylum in the United States. She is an organizational psychologist and holds degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University. She works primarily at the intersection of entrepreneurship, technology, economic progress, and urban development and is deeply passionate about connecting across geographies, access gaps, and narratives of otherness.
Natalia is Co-Founder and COO of Base, a membership club that brings great minds together for curated social experiences meant to hack serendipity. She is also the Founder & Principal at NMK Group, where she advises clients on economic development, human capital design, and impact strategy.
Previously, she was the Founding General Manager and Latin America Lead for Cambridge Innovation Center, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Roots of Hope, and Product Strategist at Ultimate Software. Natalia has also been the founder of Awesome Foundation, Aminta Ventures, and Immigrant Powered, among other organizations. She has been a contributor to outlets such as The Huffington Post, the World Economic Forum, Mic, and La Nación, The Miami Herald.
Intentional and Strategic Prioritization
Chelsea Seid and Jaclyn Cook discuss the Eisenhower Framework and how to use this powerful tool to more intentionally and strategically prioritize your work and time so you are focused on the most impactful and valuable activities. See more here.
SMART Goals with Leads and Lags
Aligning on Expectations
Interior Design and Work
Interior design goes deeper than furniture and paint swatches in the workplace. Interior design creates the foundation for culture, collaboration, and innovation.
Join CTW, co-host, Chelsea Seid as she talks with Carly Rose, founder of Rose Design a residential and commercial interior design studio, creating custom spaces and experiences for forward-thinking individuals, growing businesses, and companies.
In this episode, we cover everything from the evolution of interior design at work to tangible tips and ideas you could apply to refresh your workspace.
Connect:
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyarose/
- Instagram: @rose.design.studio
- https://www.rose-design.co/
Strategies to Navigate Imposter Syndrome
Much like EQ was the go-to word in the 2010s, we have found Imposter Syndrome to be this decade's newest flavor. In this episode join CTW co-founder, Chelsea Seid, as she chats with Bjorn Bonholzer about strategies for Imposter Syndrome.
Bjorn is an ICF & Board-Certified Executive Coach. Bjorn founded Voyager Strategy where he works with emerging executives. He’s influenced by positive psychology and infuses radical candor, humor, and creativity to coach individuals to their potential.
Listen to the episode for steps you can take to navigate potential imposter syndrome.
Resources from this episode:
Try Receiving Feedback Like Tasting Beer
Join Chelsea Seid and Chris McClellan, the Marketing Director at Torch & Crown and an Advanced Cicerone, as they explore the similarities between tasting beer and receiving feedback.
Steps to tasting beer and receiving feedback
- Use all of your senses
- Be mindful of what’s happening around you
- Objectively describe the thing [feedback] in front of you
- Save your overall opinion for the end
- Practice
A Formula for Delivering Feedback
In this episode, Anna, Chelsea, and Jaclyn discuss how to apply a simple and dynamic framework for feedback: SBI+A.
The SBI+A framework helps you communicate feedback in a structured way making it clearer and more objective which ensures feedback is actually productive.
Read more about our take on this framework. If you’re interested in discussing more, send us a note on LinkedIn.
What’s the Difference Between Summer Camp and the Corporate World?
For those of you who attended summer camp, think back to your fun and sun and now consider your office 9-5. In this episode, Chelsea sits down with Shayna Steinfeld, a DEI and Recruiting strategist with a background in outdoor education as Rosh Teva which is Hebrew and translates to head of nature at Camp Hess Kramer. Listen in to find out the differences and similarities between camp and the corporate world.
If you are looking to make a career transition or looking for more creative hiring strategies contact Shayna on LinkedIn. And if you would like to attend what sounds like the most formative camp check out Camp Hess Kramer.
Strategic Management with Situational Leadership
In this episode, Anna, Jaclyn, and Chelsea walk through a simple but effective application of Situational Leadership. Practice Situational Leadership to strategically adjust your actions to align with the situation and associated needs. The tool outlines four core actions you take as a manager and when and how to apply each best to achieve your desired outcome.
Read more on our easy application of situational leadership here and explore the original here. If you're interested in discussing more, send us a note on LinkedIn.
Coaching Community Co-Op Introduction
In this episode Anna, Jaclyn and Chelsea introduce our Coaching Community Co-op. The Co-op is a network of professional coaches. We come together to encourage each other, collaborate on content, brainstorm new projects, share resources, troubleshoot, peer coach and review, and provide mentorship, help, accountability, and support. We are globally distributed and have different areas of expertise within coaching. We communicate and work together over Slack and video calls.
Learn more on our LinkedIn page or sign-up today.
Pilot
Coaches Take on Work is a community of coaches sharing our perspectives on work today. In this episode, Chelsea, Jaclyn, and Anna introduce themselves and the podcast sharing the origin story, goals for the podcast, and teasers for upcoming episodes.
Met the founders: