Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews Dr. John Reed and talks about his book Pinpointing Excellence: How to Find a Quality Executive Coach.

• What is your professional background and experience?
• What have you seen in the executive coaching field that prompted you to write the book?
• How has it been helping readers? Why?
• What have you seen in the executive coaching field since the book was released that makes it even more relevant now?
• What are the key messages from the book do you express to help those considering executive coaching services?
• Is there any difference in advice you would give between current coaches and those planning to enter the field?

Who is Dr. John Reed

John founded and has been a Managing Principal since 2005 at Quinn Reed Associates (www.quinnreedassociates.com). He has undergraduate and MBA degrees from Dartmouth and, as a licensed organizational psychologist, a PhD from the University of Georgia. A US Navy veteran, he previously worked in the strategic services practice of Accenture and the government practice of CGI. 

He is designated as a Master Coach by Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching, a Master Corporate Executive Coach by the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches and a Professional Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation.

He is a Founding Fellow and Contributing Author of the Institute of Coaching at McLean/Harvard Medical School. His book ‘Pinpointing Excellence’ (www.pinpointingexcellence.com) for example is popular with leaders who use it to evaluate and select top executive coaches.

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Dr. Katrina Burrus interviews a World Champion of Public Speaking: Darren LaCroix.

• You’ve been coaching professional speakers, corporate presenters, executives as far away as Ukraine, what do you see at the biggest mistakes more presenters make?
• How can presenters create Unforgettable Presentations?
• I know you teach experts to build their business through speaking, why do emphasize multiple streams of expert income?
• You talk a great deal about stories, why are stories so important in presentations?

Who is Darren LaCroix

Darren travels the world demystifying the process of creating a powerful presentation. His story has roused audiences in faraway places like Australia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, China, Oman, Malaysia, and Taiwan with his inspirational journey from Chump to Champ. He is passionate about showing people that if you are a sponge and have the right mentors, anything is possible.
Darren is currently the only speaker in the world who is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional), an AS (Accredited Speaker), and a World Champion of Public Speaking. Darren always stresses, “Don’t go for the designations to get letters after your name; do it for the professional you will become in the process.”

It says that in high school you were a quiet shy kid who dreamed of being a comedian, but you were considered “Least Likely to ever be funny”, you bombed in a Boston Comedy Club in Boston in 1992 and nine years later you outspoke 25,000 contestants from 14 countries to become the World Champion of Public Speaking…with a very funny speech!

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Dr Katrina Burrus, interviews Patrick Allmond who is a 19 year veteran of the business world and creator of the “Own Your Empire” marketing system, his own unique structured way of achieving success in the digital marketing world. 

Business owners come to Patrick to learn how to be rockstar marketers in their industry using the internet for lead generation, digital TV, social media and email marketing. 

In addition to consulting he travels the country speaking at events showing people how to generate results so they don’t waste their time or money.