Essentially You

A Strength-Based Coaching Approach

Welcome to the Essentially You podcast, a platform dedicated to exploring the science of happiness and well-being. Join your host, Mark Mathia, as he provides valuable tools and insights to coaches and leaders aiming to foster positivity and well-being within their organizations. Tune into this engaging and thoughtful episode as we delve into the challenges of employee disengagement, its effects on organizations and how to combat it using a strength-based coaching approach.

This podcast episode serves as a rallying cry to engage organizations in combating the growing issue of disengagement and creating a supportive and productive environment for their employees. Tune in as Mark urges us all to rise to the occasion, reminding us that winning at work through employee engagement is an essential element of success in today's competitive market.

How To Elevate Your Coaching Practice Without Leaving Your Day Job

Welcome to another episode of Essentially You, the podcast dedicated to helping coaches and coaching leaders bring the excellence out of themselves and the teams they lead. In this episode, your host Mark Mathiak, challenges the misconceptions surrounding the professionalization of coaching and shares valuable insights about what it means to be a pro coach.

Becoming a pro coach doesn’t require one to abandon their day job. Climbing to the next level of your coaching career involves clearing up the common myths around the subject, regardless of what your current career is. In this discussion, Mark explores how coaching can be a robust and fulfilling process that helps individuals and teams achieve remarkable results and drive business success.

According to Mark, the path to becoming a pro coach is not necessarily about certification and business acumen, but about loving and understanding people. It's about guiding others to reach their full potential, not giving business advice. To excel in this role, a pro coach needs to develop a deeper comprehension of human motivation and the brain’s working process.

 

Exploring the Power of Coaching for Organizational Growth and Individual Success

Welcome to Essentially You podcast, the podcast where we delve into the science of happiness and well-being. In this episode, your host, Mark Mathia explores the transformative power of coaching for both personal and organizational growth.

Mark unearths how coaching is more than just providing answers or giving instructions. It is a collaborative process of asking powerful questions that allow individuals to discover and develop their own solutions. Mark highlights the importance of coaching being a mutual practice and partnership requiring continual learning, empathy, and trust construction for successful outcomes.

In this journey of discovery, Mark introduces key insights from influential coaching figures. Mark commences with John Maxwell, the acclaimed leadership expert, who believes that coaching effectiveness hinges on the individuals' growth willingness. Maxwell advocates for investment in leadership to ripple the growth effects down the success ladder.

Mark then converses on Daniel Harkavy, CEO of Building Champions, stating that coaching needs to be strategic, accountable, and occur in a mentor style. Mark further emphasizes the importance of having a mentor mindset to facilitate lasting relationships, growth, and development.

Valuable insights are also gleaned from Henry Cloud, a clinical psychologist and respected author. Cloud emphasizes the importance of timing and the need for a goal-oriented process in coaching. His theory supports the idea that coaching becomes more effective when it aligns with an individual's readiness for change.

Mark concludes the episode by discussing ways of effectively incorporating coaching in organizations aspiring for growth. Identifying obstacles, clear goal setting, determining the type of coaching, and involvement of all stakeholders are key to establishing a successful coaching culture within an organization.

Join Mark Mathia in this inspirational episode of Essentially You and glean crucial coaching insights that can lead to personal and organizational growth and success.

The Power of Forward-Thinking

Welcome to the Essentially You podcast, where the crux of the conversation is about adopting a proactive coaching approach. Mark Mathia, seasoned coach and host, discusses the power and benefits of proactive coaching and its value in creating a culture of positivity and well-being. Delve into this episode to explore the transformative aspects of forward-thinking leadership in professional or personal settings.

Mark opens the discussion articulating the importance of helping others proactively to circumvent challenges before they occur by anticipating situations and providing forward-thinking solutions. He contrasts reactive coaching, which is more emotionally charged and crisis driven, with proactive coaching that aims at preventing problems and enhancing resilience and preparedness in the workplace.

For those interested in enhancing their coaching approach or keen to adopt proactive leadership practices, this episode provides a wealth of guidance and practical insights. As Mark poignantly puts it, turning coaching into a proactive practice can make a profound difference in helping others live the life they aspire and to create a positive and robust culture in their organizations.

Essential Preparation Tips for a Successful Coaching Relationship

Welcome to the Essentially You podcast.

This episode delves deep into how preparation for coaching sessions is a key to successful coaching relationships. Various tools and techniques are outlined, such as making three points of contact before the first session, providing a coaching agreement, asking clients to complete questionnaires, setting boundaries, and creating a safe space for open communication.

This episode emphasizes the inherent value of coaching as an effective tool for personal and professional growth. It underscores how important it is to make clients feel comfortable and well-prepared for their first session. By following these rudimentary yet essential steps, you can build solid, successful coaching relationships that support your clients or the talent you serve in achieving their goals to the best of their abilities.

 

The Centered Executive

Join the 'Essentially You' podcast with Mark Mathia as he delves into the world of executive coaching, sharing key practices to boost leadership effectiveness. Learn to navigate the complexities of business environments, make informed decisions under pressure, and bring out the best in your organization with the right coaching strategies.

Whether you're in the throes of a real crisis or just battling the everyday challenges of business, the practices explored in this episode can greatly enhance your crisis-response, decision-making processes, and overall leadership effectiveness. Above all, feel inspired to lead with courage, empathy, and resilience amid any challenge, and pave the way toward thriving outcomes.

Harnessing the Power of Growth Mindset in Crisis Management

Welcome to Essentially You, a podcast dedicated to delving into the science of happiness and well-being, providing new insights for coaches and leaders. In this episode, host Mark Mathia explores the concept of growth mindset, introduced by psychologist Carol Dweck, and its transformative impact on crisis management.

Navigating the tricky waters of business and leadership often feels like an overwhelming challenge. In these moments, Mathia encourages applying a growth mindset, the belief that intelligence and abilities are not fixed but can be improved with hard work. Dweck's research revealed that individuals who embrace effort and growth outperform those who believe in inherent, unchangeable traits.

Adopting a growth mindset in crisis management reframes challenges as growth opportunities rather than insurmountable obstacles. It promotes optimism, solution-oriented thinking, and motivates teams to strive towards a common goal. Mathia emphasizes the positive impact of leading by example and proposes practical ways to adopt a growth mindset, including embracing challenges, learning from mistakes, seeking feedback, focusing on progress (not perfection), and continuous learning.

Mathia uses the example of Nelson Mandela, who held onto his beliefs and used his imprisonment time to learn, grow, and prepare for his leadership role, demonstrating the potential of a growth mindset in overcoming adversity. The benefits are clear: fostering resilience, innovation, and empowering the team by transforming challenging situations into growth opportunities.

Fear and worry are only useful when they motivate action, and maintaining a growth mindset ensures they don't overtake our faculties. This episode challenges you to adopt these principles and get after it as your work awaits. Emphasizing growth and progress over perfection, Mark Mathia encourages stepped and planned development to create a cohesive and driven team, prepared to navigate through any crisis effectively.

From Burnout to Bliss: A Climb to Success in 2024

As coaching leaders, we have a crucial role in promoting wellbeing. Our wellbeing and happiness have a significant impact on our colleagues and our organization's financial success. Therefore, we should strive to create a positive environment where our colleagues and we can focus on our physical, mental, and emotional health. 

The Surprising Truth About Self-Awareness and Narcissism

Today's episode is about self-awareness and Narcissism and why they are not the same thing. We've all heard the term narcissism used in popular culture to describe someone who is self-absorbed, but what does it really mean? And how can we develop self-awareness without becoming narcissistic? 

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Why I Podcast (and you should too.)

Welcome to Essentially You, the show that empowers coaches and coaching leaders to bring their best selves to work daily. In this episode, we'll discuss why I podcast and why you should consider it. Welcome to the show.

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