Many leaders share their concern about the time it takes to "coach" a colleague. It does not have to be time consuming. Once you build those coaching conversation muscles, the coaching can be effortless and quick. The results can be impactful

EP-35-The Coaching Conversation-when do I use it?

Jun 7th, 2022 30m 20s

Coaching skills can end up being the gift of time for leaders. Invest time on the front in to develop your people. Then, as they grow, they have learned from you the steps to take and the questions to ask. This should minimize the amount of tim

E-34-Creating and Recognizing "A-Ha" Moments

May 10th, 2022 27m 38s

As a leader who utilizes coaching skills to help build a strong team, creating the space for growth can happen with "A'Ha" moments. How do you know when a team member has experienced an A-Ha moment? What do I as the leader do with that? Can I m

EP-33-How We as Coaches Listen

Apr 26th, 2022 35m 36s

Dale and Rhonda share stories of clients and the way they listen as coaches. This skill set is learned and has become a habit for both of these experienced coaches. We all listen, however, what might you be missing or not picking up on? Body la

EP-32-Steps for Great Listening for Leaders

Apr 19th, 2022 31m 10s

Dale and Rhonda discuss the four types of listening. Fearful, Vulnerable, Compassionate, and passionate. Listen to understand the 4 types, how they show up, and the value of utilizing each listening type. Are you stuck in one type?

EP-30-High Impact Questions to ask as a Leader

Apr 12th, 2022 19m 24s

Asking the right questions carries more value than giving the right direction. Questions help develop your team and to create more leaders. Help your employees learn to think and how to ask themselves questions prior to decision making. While

EP-31-Powerful Listening

Mar 29th, 2022 24m 45s

Are you really a good listener? Do you listen with all your senses, or just your ears? If so, you are missing out on valuable information. Dale and Rhonda provide tips on how to raise your game as a Fear-less leader by listening intentionally,

EP-29-Leader as Coach Asking High Impact Questions

Mar 8th, 2022 26m 30s

One of the many goals of leaders is to coach their team on moving forward. Yes, it is important, but not always easy. Dale and Rhonda discuss using high impact questions to help in that process. Listen as they share some tips and sample questio

EP-28-Engage your Core! Coaching Demo using Core Beliefs

Feb 22nd, 2022 17m 39s

The test of the impact of your coaching is in the action that your performer takes after your conversation. The real work starts with your preparation. Listen as Rhonda and Dale demonstrate how a Leader seeks her support as she prepares for a f

Leaders! Engage Your Coaching Core.

Feb 15th, 2022 24m 18s

… Coaching is about building trust that enables the connection and makes transformational conversation possible, so that the relationship strengthens and sustains, earning leadership the right to lead. Getting optimal alignment, integrity and

EP-26-Leader as coach-demo

Feb 8th, 2022 26m 58s

In this episode of Conversations for Fear-less Leaders, Rhonda and Dale provide steps to consider when delivering a coaching conversation. Coaching does not have to be time consuming, but does require thought and practice. Start to put these 5

EP-25-You are a Leader. Now Coach!

Feb 1st, 2022 32m 11s

One of the many skills leaders need to adopt is the coaching technique for helping your team grow. While many think this is a time consuming skill the value can happen in minutes, creating immeasurable growth plus a respectful and trusting rela

Ending 2021 and Packing for 2022

Dec 28th, 2021 17m 38s

Are you on the EDGE when thinking back on 2021? How do you plan to make 2022 different?Where did you and your team succeed? Where is there room for improvement?Dale and Rhonda offer simple, but great tips for helping our Fear-LESS leaders wrap

EP-23-Having those Important Conversations

Dec 14th, 2021 32m

We all have a tendency to avoid certain conversations, especially if we tell ourselves the conversation may end badly. However, Rhonda and Dale provide you some tips on how to approach those conversations and some reasons not to avoid them. Eve

EP-22-What Stage is your team in-Today?

Dec 7th, 2021 25m 33s

According to Bruce Tuckman, there are 5 stages of a Team; Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Mourning. Do you know what stage your teams are in? How successful are they traveling through each stage? Are your teams successful or struggl

Climbing Up the Ladder, Making wrong assumptions!

Nov 30th, 2021 33m 6s

How Secure Is Your Ladder? How often do your assumptions mislead you? There was more to the situation than you noticed…if only you had realized!...How much difficulty, time, relationship damage could have been avoided if you hadn’t jumped to co

EP-20-Pushed to the Edge by Fears

Nov 17th, 2021 31m 46s

“Behind the scenes is the reality of the challenge – how to communicate with each other when we feel we are pushed to the edge? (Judith E. Glaser) Are you the one who’s pushing? In this episode, Dale and Rhonda share their insights on the fea

EP-19-Big Questions about Questioning

Nov 10th, 2021 24m 17s

Are you stuck thinking about how to word your questions? When to ask them? How to decide what the ‘right’ question would be? As a FearLESS Leader, you can turn your questioning into a powerful conversational tool to heighten clarity, enhance a

EP-18-Fearless Questioning

Nov 2nd, 2021 30m 9s

It can be so frustrating! You think you’ve communicated clearly and completely. Then you realize that what you said is not what was understood. You find yourself having to do more telling and more explaining. Errors are made, deadlines are mis

EP-17-Loving Conversations for Fear-less Leaders

Oct 13th, 2021 23m 8s

Do not be put off by the title. To be a successful leader, your communications skills need to be top notch. In addition to how you communicate, you want your team members to hear and receive the message you are sharing.Are your conversations Ki

EP-16- Getting to the next Level of Success

Sep 14th, 2021 33m 44s

In this episode, Rhonda and Dale deconstruct the great quote by Judith E. Glaser, author and founder of Conversational Intelligence. "To get to the next level of success depends on the quality of the culture, which depends on the quality of the

E15-The Power Words. What are your words really saying?

Aug 17th, 2021 33m 18s

“To get to your next level of greatness depends on the quality of the culture, which depends on the quality of the relationships, which depends on the quality of the conversations. Everything happens. through conversations.” Judith E. Glaser Rh

EP-14 Avoiding Conversations

Aug 9th, 2021 30m 59s

We all do it-avoid conversations. We know we need to have a conversation with a co-worker, boss, direct report, or friend, but we avoid them. We create stories in our minds as to how the conversation might go, it is never a positive story, so w

EP-13-Creating Trust and Psychological Safety in your Organization

Aug 3rd, 2021 41m 34s

Team members and colleagues need to feel psychological safety in an organization to function at their best and give the team their best. It starts with trust and should be the norm and not a one and done.Rhonda and Dale are joined by Maree Wrac

EP-12 Building High Performing TEAMS

Jul 28th, 2021 37m 1s

“High-performing, successful organizations build cultures of introspection and trust and never lose sight of their purpose.” – Colin PowellThis week on Conversations For FearLESS Leaders we’re tackling one of those evergreen issues that has com