Building Your Personal Brand To Be Successful

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Chris Ducker about developing your personal brand while answering the following questions:

1) Why should entrepreneurs be focused on building their personal brands?

2) What's the one thing we should be doing to build our personal brands?

3) How can we monetize our brands, once they’re built?

4) Where did you get the idea for your Youpreneur Community? What inspired you to start it?

5) You’re a big lover of live events and hold them around the world each year - why live events?

Chris Ducker is a serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker and author of the bestseller, “Virtual Freedom”. Originally from the UK, Chris has lived in the Philippines for 15-years, where he hosts the annual Tropical Think Tank mastermind event and has founded several businesses, which combined house over 450 full-time employees. He is also a popular business blogger and podcaster at ChrisDucker.com and the founder of the personal branding business community, Youpreneur.com.

Connect with Chris:  Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

How to Build a Successful International Law Practice

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC ask Mr. Xavier Oberson what he attributes his success to in Building a Successful International Law Practice?

"Express your knowledge in a simple way," says Xavier Oberson.  "Take a niche market aspect of law and develop it to an International level"  "What made you so well known?"  I like to entertain and teach.  Playing music, teaching and speaking at conferences is entertainment "

"I do it in a humble and entertaining way but with good content and I use anecdotes to teach".

What about Switzerland's tax, legal and fiscal regime?

"If Switzerland goes in the right direction, Switzerland has a lot of potential" Switzerland has a strong legal system with independent judges".....

What was the most difficult time in your career and how did you overcome it?

I went to Harvard Law School and I was nobody there. Nobody knew me there. I was among other very smart people.  This was the best professional decision I took. It opened my mind. You do not take anything for granted.  It humbles you because you meet very intelligent people. After that experience, I developed the firm Internationally.

I published articles and gave presentations but you really need to work and I even worked on holidays writing books when all my family was on the beach. It probably cost my marriage.

Did you have an aha moment when your career shifted drastically?

I had a second child when I was in Harvard in a very small apartment.  I intended to work in the US when I received a phone call from the University of Geneva to be a lecturer.  I said yes, and my life changed completely but I knew that was the right decision.

You also advise the Swiss government?

You need the skills of a professor, of a negotiator and be able to entertain.....

What motivates you today?

Tune in to find out how Xavier Oberson answered this question and many more.

What is the best business advice you received?

What did music teach you about business?

What habits has been part of your business success?

What advice would you give to young attorneys today?

Xavier Oberson is a Professor in Swiss and International Tax Law at the University of Geneva. After his studies at the University of Geneva where he obtained his law degree and his Doctorate in law in 1990, he pursued his studies and research at the Harvard Law School where he also completed the International Tax Program (ITP) in 1992.

He published numerous books and articles, notably the standard books « Droit fiscal suisse », Basel 2011, 4th ed (Helbing & Lichtenhahn), « Précis de droit fiscal international », Bern 2014, 4th ed. (Stämplfli) and was co-author of « Switzerland in international tax law », 4th ed., Amsterdam, 2011 (IBFD Publications). He teaches regularly in various Universities abroad and is invited Professor at la Sorbonne (Paris Assas).

He is President of the “Journée de droit fiscal” that he organizes every year with the “Ordre Romand des Experts Fiscaux diplômés (OREF) of which he is a member of honor. He initiated and is the director of the new Tax LL.M. (Master of Advanced Studies), of the University of Geneva, which started early 2011.

He is active in various associations, expert committees, and foundations. In this context, he regularly drafts legal opinions, collaborates on various tax reforms and takes part in Parliament sessions.

He was admitted to the Geneva bar in 1987 and is also a partner of Oberson Avocats, a law firm specialized in Tax matters. He advises private clients as well as corporations in all Tax matters. In addition, in 2008, he participated in the development, with the State of Morocco, of a project regarding an Ecological Tax reform

Excellent Executive Coaching

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Saving Children with Seth Berkley CEO of GAVI

Seth Berkley answers what led him to become the successful leader he is as CEO of GAVI the Vaccine Alliance while answering the following questions.

• What is your leadership Strategy?
• What is one trait you possess that makes you an effective leader?
• Can you tell us a story of how you used that trait to build success?
• What were some of your most difficult challenges in your career and how did you overcome them? Take us to your biggest failure?
• What is one key takeaway from that experience, that drove you to success?
• Who had an impact on you in regards to your career path or one person who you regarded as a mentor in regards to leadership?
• How important is innovation within your company?
• How do you motivate the people who work for you?
• What is the biggest challenge facing leaders today?
• Can you explain the impact, if any, that social networking has made in your organization or you personally?
• What advice would you give someone going into a leadership position for the first time?

Seth Berkley joined the GAVI Alliance as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in August 2011. The GAVI Alliance is a public-private partnership whose mission is to save children’s lives and protect people’s health by increasing access to immunization in developing countries.

Since its launch in 2000, GAVI has prevented more than five million future deaths and helped protect 288 million children with new and underused vaccines.  Under Berkley’s leadership, the Alliance plans to deliver vaccines to another quarter of a billion children and prevent four million more deaths by 2015. Dr. Seth Berkley is a medical epidemiologist by training. He is the current CEO of the GAVI Alliance and a global advocate on the power of vaccines. He is also the founder and former CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

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Failure to Leadership Success: SWISS International Airlines

If Swissair went bankrupt in the past, Swiss International Airlines in Swiss Romand is beginning to thrive with Lorenzo Stoll and stay tuned, it is just the beginning.  Dr. Katrina Burrus asked what does he attribute some of his leadership success at Swiss International Airlines with the following questions:

What is one trait he possesses that makes him an effective leader at Swiss? How does he overcome challenges?

What routine does he attribute his success at Swiss International Airlines? How does he relieve his stress? What is one piece of advice he would give to a younger version of himself? For you, Lorenzo Stoll shares his biggest failure and his biggest passion.

Lorenzo Stoll, born 1971, has joined SWISS in October 2013.  Holding a diploma of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, he did start his career working in the tourism and leisure industry at the Montreux-Vevey Tourism Office.

Lorenzo Stoll comes to SWISS from the Nestlé organization, where he has held various executive functions with a strong focus on customer and marketing affairs over the past 12 years. In 2007, he assumed responsibility for the global sales of Nestlé Waters, and two years later he was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Nestlé Waters Switzerland.

As SWISS’ Head of Western Switzerland, he is in charge of all aspects of SWISS’ business unit in Geneva and stay tuned for the changes that will be happening at SWISS. Lorenzo Stoll was asked what trait of his he attributes to making him an effective leader.  How he challenges himself to overcome resistances? What routine does he attribute his success? How does he relieve stress? What advice would he give to a younger version of himself? What was his biggest failure? How can we get the cheapest flights at Swiss?

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Charles de Boissezon, retired was asked to take over as CEO of Geneva headquartered Hinduja Bank, a Private Bank, and he brings with him 37 years of International banking experience in London, Hong Kong, New York, Geneva, Chile, and Jersey. Charles is both French and British.  He grew up in Vietnam and Hong Kong and spent his formative years in Geneva attending the College de Leman School.  He then left for the USA to earn his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.

After graduating in 1971, Charles moved to London and joined HSBC as a trainee banker. Over the next 30 years, he held positions of responsibility at HSBC Offices worldwide in Hong Kong, New York, Djibouti, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina. When he quit in 2003 as Member of HSBC's Executive Committee based out of Geneva, he was an exceptional manager with a lot of international business acumen.  He joined Banque Piguet & Cie SA the same year as Chief Executive Officer, a position he held until 2008.

His multicultural upbringing has allowed Charles to better understand people and appreciate that there are different perspectives to all situations, depending on one's circumstances, history and experiences. It helps to open one's mind and perspective and understand others which is the first step in getting things done.

Charles de Boissezon is the prior CEO of Hinduja Bank (Switzerland) a multicultural and very flexible bank. He is now Chairman at The Entrepreneur's Investment Office Ltd. This interview is about his experience as CEO at Hinduja Bank.

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Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews the prior Director General at CERN Mr. Heuer on, "Have you ever questioned the nature of existence? Have you wondered how it all started and what secrets the Universe holds? For most of us, these matters are beyond our comprehension and yet these are questions scientists at CERN are exploring.  CERN is the world’s leading research body for particle physics. Some questions asked by the Director General of CERN, Dr. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, is what does he attribute his successful leadership to?"

“Nobody knows everything, so you have to listen to the experts but the experts don’t all agree so you need to make a synthesis and take responsibility if it goes wrong,” says Dr. Heuer.

“What do you need like competencies to gather funds in an economic downturn?” host, Dr. Katrina Burrus asks as his role at CERN shifted from physicist to diplomat.

What is the predominant culture at CERN? What is the advice you give to CERN for the next 25 years? What leadership competencies does CERN need in the future?

“Take the advice of people you trust but make your own opinion and take responsibility if it goes wrong,” continues Dr. Heuer.

Keeper of the Vision - Culture in Las Vegas

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Myron G. Martin, President and CEO of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in Las Vegas, NV. These are the questions Katrina asks Myron:

1.  What do you attribute your success in making the Smith Center what it is today?
2. What would you say is your biggest professional challenge today?
3. What is your biggest personal challenge as a leader today?
4. How do you see the Smith Center evolving in the next 5 to 10 years?
5. If Europeans come to Las Vegas, they often think of Las Vegas as the gambling center, what would you say to them about performing arts in Las Vegas?

Myron G. Martin, President and CEO, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts Las Vegas, NV brings the world’s most revered and celebrated entertainers to Las Vegas. Martin has a rich history in the performing arts business. He has produced and presented a variety of well-regarded shows including first-run touring attractions and internationally acclaimed performers in music, theater and dance.

Part of the team that first imagined how a world-class performing arts center could change the community, Martin was chosen to oversee design, construction, fundraising and operations of The Smith Center. As president and CEO, he has been called the “keeper of the vision” for The Smith Center, which has been heralded as the Heart of the Arts® in Southern Nevada.

In addition to his responsibilities at The Smith Center, Martin pursues other creative endeavors. Currently, Martin serves as the chairman of The National High School Musical Theater Awards in New York as well as a Governor-appointed commissioner for Nevada’s Sesquicentennial Commission. He is an Emmy Award-nominee for producing the Vegas PBS special “Frank Wildhorn & Friends.”  Martin holds a bachelor of music degree from the University of North Texas, and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Dorothy E. Siminovitch, PhD, MCC about her new book, A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness IQ and asked the following questions:

1. You have coined the term “awareness intelligence,” or Awareness IQ. What does that mean in terms of coaching effectiveness and coaching success?

2. “Mindfulness” is so touted in today’s world. How is mindfulness connected with the Gestalt approach to coaching?

3. In your book, A Gestalt Coaching Primer, you draw a distinction between coaching presence and use of self skills. Can you make that distinction clear for us?

4. How is Gestalt coaching a systems approach? Why does that matter?

Dorothy E. Siminovitch, PhD, MCC is an international coach, consultant, group facilitator, presenter, and author. She is the founder and principal of Gestalt Coaching Works, and co-founder of the Gestalt Center for Coaching, where she serves as senior faculty and Director of Training for the Center’s coach-training programs. Dorothy is an originator and evolver of Gestalt coaching. She presents awareness-based coaching principles, models, and practices at prominent conferences and by invitation worldwide. She is currently working on an integrative, evidence-based application of awareness-based coaching practice called the Leadership Awareness Index, which will be inaugurated during her break-out session with Barbara Singer, CEO of Executive Core, at the Association for Coach Training Organizations (ACTO) conference next month in Toronto. Dorothy’s recently published book, A Gestalt Coaching Primer: The Path Toward Awareness IQ, is already considered a must-have reference about the power of Gestalt theory and practice in service of coaching excellence.

How Copywriting Translates into Business Success

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews, Ray Edwards, the specialist expert on how copywriting can Translate into business success. She asks him the following questions:

1. What is copywriting, and why is it so important to entrepreneurs and small-business owners?
2. In your book, How to Write Copy That Sells, you refer to the “magic building blocks” of sales copy. What are those blocks, and how do we use them?
3. You have a chapter in the book called The Secrets of Writing Blockbuster Copy by Watching Movies. That sounds too good to be true!
4. Are there any types of businesses that this “copy-centric” approach will not work for?
5. Do Internet product launches still work, or has that gravy train already passed us by?
6. What is the biggest mistake people make when writing copy?

Who is Ray Edwards

Ray Edwards is a Communications Strategist, Copywriter, Author, Speaker, and host of one the top iTunes Business Podcasts. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, and with some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times best-selling authors Michael Hyatt (author of Platform and co-author of Living Forward), Tony Robbins (author of Unleash the Giant Within and Money: Master the Game), Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (co-authors of Chicken Soup For the Soul), Jeff Walker (author of Launch), and many more.

Ray’s copy and marketing expertise has helped sell an estimated $200 Million or more in products and services.

Ray is the founder of Ray Edwards International, Incorporated, which offers:

• Copywriting
• Consulting and Coaching
• Product Launch Management
• Training and Instruction

How Copywriting Translates into Business Success

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews, Ray Edwards, the specialist expert on how copywriting can Translate into business success. She asks him the following questions:

1. What is copywriting, and why is it so important to entrepreneurs and small-business owners?
2. In your book, How to Write Copy That Sells, you refer to the “magic building blocks” of sales copy. What are those blocks, and how do we use them?
3. You have a chapter in the book called The Secrets of Writing Blockbuster Copy by Watching Movies. That sounds too good to be true!
4. Are there any types of businesses that this “copy-centric” approach will not work for?
5. Do Internet product launches still work, or has that gravy train already passed us by?
6. What is the biggest mistake people make when writing copy?

Who is Ray Edwards

Ray Edwards is a Communications Strategist, Copywriter, Author, Speaker, and host of one the top iTunes Business Podcasts. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, and with some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times best-selling authors Michael Hyatt (author of Platform and co-author of Living Forward), Tony Robbins (author of Unleash the Giant Within and Money: Master the Game), Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (co-authors of Chicken Soup For the Soul), Jeff Walker (author of Launch), and many more.

Ray’s copy and marketing expertise has helped sell an estimated $200 Million or more in products and services.

Ray is the founder of Ray Edwards International, Incorporated, which offers:

• Copywriting
• Consulting and Coaching
• Product Launch Management
• Training and Instruction

How Copywriting Translates into Business Success

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews, Ray Edwards, the specialist expert on how copywriting can Translate into business success. She asks him the following questions:

1. What is copywriting, and why is it so important to entrepreneurs and small-business owners?
2. In your book, How to Write Copy That Sells, you refer to the “magic building blocks” of sales copy. What are those blocks, and how do we use them?
3. You have a chapter in the book called The Secrets of Writing Blockbuster Copy by Watching Movies. That sounds too good to be true!
4. Are there any types of businesses that this “copy-centric” approach will not work for?
5. Do Internet product launches still work, or has that gravy train already passed us by?
6. What is the biggest mistake people make when writing copy?

Who is Ray Edwards

Ray Edwards is a Communications Strategist, Copywriter, Author, Speaker, and host of one the top iTunes Business Podcasts. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, and with some of the most powerful voices in leadership and business. His clients include New York Times best-selling authors Michael Hyatt (author of Platform and co-author of Living Forward), Tony Robbins (author of Unleash the Giant Within and Money: Master the Game), Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (co-authors of Chicken Soup For the Soul), Jeff Walker (author of Launch), and many more.

Ray’s copy and marketing expertise has helped sell an estimated $200 Million or more in products and services.

Ray is the founder of Ray Edwards International, Incorporated, which offers:

• Copywriting
• Consulting and Coaching
• Product Launch Management
• Training and Instruction

Katrina Burrus, Phd, MCC discusses with Marilyn OHearne what lead her to write her new book, “Breaking Free from Bias: Preventing Costly Complaints, Conflict and Talent Loss.”  Marilyn also answers other questions about her book and her coaching career.

1.  What is your vision of the book and programs’ impact?
2.  Tell us about your coaching career and what distinguishes you from other coaches.
3.  What are your other offerings besides Breaking Free from Bias?

Marlyn O’Hearne, MA, International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach, is the founder of Breaking Free from Bias programs. She has been helping leaders and coaches achieve breakthrough results since 1998, in 28 countries. She is known for her United Nations Leadership Development Coaching. Her clients move from the overwhelming uncertainty of our rapidly changing world to clarity, focus, and confidence. Marilyn has been described as a “gentle, spiritual soul, and yet powerful and provocative at the same time,” by a program participant.

Marilyn’s numerous articles include columns in The Kansas City Star newspaper and in The Brazil Herald/Latin American Daily Post, and contributions to two books, including Professional Ethics and Legal Issues in Coaching (The Intersection of Culture and Ethics). She is much in demand by and is quoted by media sources and a popular global speaker. Awards include the 2015 Thomas Leonard Achievement Award: Honoring Vision and Innovation.

How Storytelling Can Save and Launch Your Company

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Eliot M. Wagonheim and discuss his tips on ways to achieve true greatness.

Why are so many companies ineffective at recruiting their next rock star employees?

What is the one question you should ask before signing a contract?

Why shouldn’t companies do annual performance reviews?

What is the one key to winning a lifetime of great customers?

Who is Eliot Wagonheim ?

Eliot is the founder of Wagonheim Law, a business and construction firm based in Hunt Valley, Maryland.  Now in his 28^th year in practice, Eliot represents small to medium-sized businesses in a wide array of industries in both litigation and corporate matters.  

Eliot has been selected as a Maryland Super Lawyer as well has having been named one of SmartCEO Magazine’s Legal Elite as a “go-to” business lawyer.  He holds the coveted AV rating (excellent to pre-eminent) compiled by Martindale-Hubbell and based on peer review for legal ability and ethical values. 

He is a contributor to the Huffington Post and his blog has been published both regionally and nationally.  He is also the author of the Fire, Aim…Ready ebook series designed to teach business people and entrepreneurs how to succeed, minimize risk, crush the competition, and sleep better at night. 

A frequent public speaker, published author, and SmartCEO columnist, Eliot regularly serves as transactional and litigation counsel in multi-million dollar bet-your-company matters.

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Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

EEC 090 Reconnecting to our Essence Through Essentials

Katrina Burrus, PhD, MCC interviews Nadine Fortin, a Strategic Leadership Coach who works with technical experts to help them becoming strategic thinkers.

What is a Strategic Leadership Coaching?

What does “detaching from the external results” imply for coaches?

What does it mean for coaches to go back to essentials?

On what else should coaches and other strategic leaders focus?

Nadine coaches technical experts to become leaders and strategic thinkers in their organizations. She feels that her greatest impact is with women who are in positions of influence with a majority of men coworkers. Women in “non-trad” fields face many challenges and must constantly work to push limits. They need a partner whom they trust completely, who will give a voice to their ideas, their emotions, their ambitions, and most important their aspirations. They need someone like Nadine to bring out the special hue of their leadership. Nadine believes that finding the best coach for you should not be limited to geographical location. Indeed, her clients are on four continents, in large technological organizations and among creative entrepreneurs. Since 2004, Nadine has also trained hundreds of new coaches, and in 2016, she shifted her focus to help credentialed coaches grow. Before becoming a coach, Nadine built a strong expertise in systems engineering and project management on large high-tech multi-organization projects. An active business woman, Nadine also contributes to her community as a Scout leader since 2008. She spent three years as the Treasurer on the board of Le District des Scouts de l’Outaouais. Nadine was recently elected to be on the board of the local Project Management Institute chapter (PMI OVOC).

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Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

EEC 089 When Sports and Coaching Leaders Combine

Katrina Burrus, PhD, MCC interviews Anna-Marie Watson, a dynamic and performance coach who is working with leaders who yearn for more and desire balance within their life.

What is your professional & personal experience of being a Global Nomadic Leader?

How have you drawn from your experience to support your coaching clients & the wider coaching community?

What are the main themes that you’ve observed coaching Global Nomadic Leaders Expat?

Anna-Marie is a performance coach who draws from NLP, sports psychology, neuroscience, positive psychology and mindfulness theory to craft industrious and dynamic coaching partnerships with leaders who yearn for more and desire balance within their life. Anna-Marie’s specialty is “walking & talking” where the Great Outdoors inspires facilitates deep level insights, encourages different perspectives and ultimately optimises performance. She integrates Analytic-Network (http://www.analyticnetwork.com) and mBraining (http://www.mbraining.com) methodologies to unlock and unleash transformational change. 

Anna-Marie has been at the forefront of leadership and personal development for over 16 years working with high performing leaders and teams across four continents. Anna-Marie’s core values of growth, balance and energy are reflected in her business Reach for More, where improving yourself is an all-round experience. 

For more information on Anna-Marie’s performance coaching services, visit www.rfmcoaching.com

EEC 088 Which Leaders to Develop and How?

Why is leadership important now?
Who is a leader? 
Where do we find them?
How do we develop a Leader?
Is there an ideal Leadership style?

 Orlando Clua is CEO of Oclua Consulting Group.  He has been working for 35 years in the field of Executive Development.  He has a degree in psychology from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. He is an Honorary Master Coach by Interamerican Society of Coaching, an Academic Coordinator of Human Capital Development at Anahuac University and has written 12 books in the field of Leadership Management and Organizational Development

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Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch a company specialized in leadership development and executive coaching.

How to Lead Teams to Create Awesome Experiences on Purpose

Katrina Burrus taps into Phil's incredible experience organising a huge conference called Social Media Marketing World in San Diego. Katrina asks Phil the following questions:

• How do you inspire creativity in an organization?
• How do you leave room for creative work while managing a large team?
• How do you purposefully plan events?
• How do you lead a team to be customer service focused who has not worked together prior to your event?

Who is Phil Mershon

Phil Mershon is the director of events for Social Media Examiner. He brings over 25 years experience in leading customized events, mission-driven campaigns and creative communication strategies. He now leads the popular events Social Media Success Summit and Social Media Marketing World. He is also a jazz saxophonist, worship leader and lover of puns.Want to connect with Phil:

Email: phil@socialmediaexaminer.com,

Twitter: @phil_mershon, LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/philmershon

EEC 083 Creating Moments of Meeting in Coaching

Your host Katrina Burrus, PhD interviews David Drake to find out what he thinks are the biggest challenge in developing leaders at the moment? (speak to integrative development).

What are you working on these days? (speak to attachment theory).

What are “moments of meeting” and why do they matter in leadership?

You are most known as the founder of the field of narrative coaching. How did you become interested in people and their stories?

Both Katrina Burrus, PhD and David Drake earned their PhD in Human and Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University in California. David has been an adjunct faculty member teaching management and leadership for three universities and lectured at over 20 others around the world. David serves on the Senior Advisory Board for Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice. He is the author of over 50 publications on narratives and coaching and editor of The Philosophy and Practice of Coaching (2008, Jossey-Bass). He is the author of Narrative Coaching: Bringing New Stories to Life (CNC Press, 2015) and the co-editor of SAGE Handbook of Coaching (Sage, 2016). He is a Thought Leader for the Institute of Coaching affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

Your host Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Scott Friedman who is a Certified Speaking Professional, and former President of the National Speakers Association (NSA), is the author of Celebrate! Lessons Learned from the World’s Most Admired Organizations, Happily Ever Laughter, Using Humor For A Change and A Celebration A Day – 365 ways to a Happier, Healthier Workplace.

For over 30 years Scott has traveled the globe speaking on  employee engagement customer experience and using humor/celebration as a strategic tool.

Scott founded “Together We Can Change the World,” twcctw.org - a non-profit organization, serving orphans and less fortunate women in Southeast Asia.

Katrina asks Scott what is the celebration mentality? 

2. What is the greatest gift of starting, "Together we Can Change the World?"

3. In your 30 years of speaking professionally, what advice would you give to those wanting to truly make a connection with their audience?

4. Who is responsible for keeping employees engaged?

5. How do you define success?

Your host Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Scott Friedman who is a Certified Speaking Professional, and former President of the National Speakers Association (NSA), is the author of Celebrate! Lessons Learned from the World’s Most Admired Organizations, Happily Ever Laughter, Using Humor For A Change and A Celebration A Day – 365 ways to a Happier, Healthier Workplace.

For over 30 years Scott has traveled the globe speaking on  employee engagement customer experience and using humor/celebration as a strategic tool.

Scott founded “Together We Can Change the World,” twcctw.org - a non-profit organization, serving orphans and less fortunate women in Southeast Asia.

Katrina asks Scott what is the celebration mentality? 

2. What is the greatest gift of starting, "Together we Can Change the World?"

3. In your 30 years of speaking professionally, what advice would you give to those wanting to truly make a connection with their audience?

4. Who is responsible for keeping employees engaged?

5. How do you define success?

Your host, Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC speaks about Coaching Global Nomadic Leaders, the rate of failures with expatriations, what specific issues Global Nomadic Leaders compared to Expatriates with one culture identity, What specific knowledge, tips and strategies do you need to know when coaching these profiles.

Who is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC

Dr. Burrus has a proven track record in coaching numerous international leaders including Nestle, Novartis, United Bank of Switzerland, CERN, UNAIDS, United Nations, International Labor Organization and the World Trade Organization. Her coaching career has taken her to Europe, Asia and the United States, and she is recognized for her distinctive capabilities with leaders from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds.

As the founder of MKB Conseil & Coaching, Dr. Burrus is affiliated with a network of international experts and scholar-practitioners. MKB Conseil & Coaching specializes in coaching international and highly mobile leaders, including brilliant and abrasive leaders.

Dr. Burrus teaches leadership and post graduate courses at various universities and has created a ground-breaking thought leadership workshop titled Global Nomadic Leadership: Succeeding in a World without Borders. She also teaches Executive Coaching and was part of the International Coach Federation (ICF) credentialing committee. Dr. Burrus is the first ICF Master Certified Coach in Switzerland, founder and Board Member of ICF Switzerland and served on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Coaching in Organizations. She was a Start-Up coach for the Swiss Government and the founder of the Global Nomadic Leadership Institute. Dr. Burrus is the author of Global Nomadic Leaders: How to Identify, Attract and Retain Them and When the Visionary Leader is Blinded.
Contact her at mkburrus@gmail.com with your questions.

How to Coach with Noble Purpose?

What is Coaching with Noble Purpose?

Why does Noble Purpose work?

In your new book Leading with Noble Purpose, you talk about backstory. Why does the leader's backstory matter?

How do you operationalize theses ideas if you're a big company? If you're a middle manager? Or if you're a solo prenuer?

How is Lisa Earle McLeod

Lisa is one of the foremost authorities on sales, leadership and emotional engagement. Here best-selling book, Selling with Noble Purpose introduced the idea of Noble Purpose in business. Her research has documented how organizations with a purpose bigger than money actually make more money, and they experience greater customer and employee retention.

Lisa is a former Procter & Gamble Sales trainer, she now runs her own consulting firm, McLeod & More, Inc. Her firm’s clients include Hootsuite, Roche, Volvo, and Dave & Busters. Lisa is also a prolific writer; she is the author of 5 books

and thousands of articles. She is the sales leadership expert for Forbes.com and has appeared on the Today show and the NBC Nightly News.

Her newest book, Leading with Noble Purpose: How to Create a Tribe of True Believers has been called a breakthrough book that is transforming the way leadership it conducted at every level of organizations.

Excellent Executive Coaching

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Your host is Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC, founder and general manager of www.mkbconseil.ch.

Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews Kathryn Bryant and asks her:

Why is change hard?

Why do we all need 'changeability?

How did you come to start Brilliant Living HQ 

What is the upside of change?

Who is Kathryn Bryant

 Kathryn Bryant is co-founder of BrilliantLivingHQ.com, promoting mind management to help people have their best life and business. She is co-host of the award winning ‘Changeability Podcast’ listened to in 164 countries, and best-selling Amazon author of ‘Changeability: Manage your Mind – Change your Life’ – a framework of techniques for making changes in life. Kathryn’s newest project is ‘Podcast Divas’ aimed at inspiring and educating more women to become podcasters. 

Prior to this Kathryn spent 10 years in non-departmental government agencies working on 14-19 education and funding policy. Roles included Young People’s Learning Director for the East of England at the Learning and Skills Council, and Learner Services Director for the National Apprenticeship Service.  This followed 4 years as a research fellow pioneering online tutoring and helping business owners understand new technology. Kathryn previously worked in hospitality and pub management and had businesses in retail, sports and property management.

Accelerating Your Impact as an Executive, Team and Systems Coach.

Your host, Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Dr. Krister Lowe and asks him about his interest in team coaching and how it relates to his executive coaching practice?

Katrina asks Krister what is he excited about in his coaching work now? What does he think is unique or a differentiator about his approach to coaching?

Krister Lowe, Ph.D. is an Organizational Psychologist, Leadership & Team Coach, and Host of The Team Coaching Zone Podcast