Excellent Executive Coaching: Bringing Your Coaching One Step Closer To Excelling

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Rich LeBrun who is the founder and CEO of LeBrun Advisory group Inc. and owner in the Franchise Consulting Company, working with clients around the US and many parts of the world. I am a senior executive who is thinking of ways to transition to another business. What are my options? What are 5 options for executives in transition? What are the differences between starting my own business or starting a franchise? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a franchise compared to starting a business without a franchise? What business profiles work best with franchises? Rich LeBrun Rich LeBrun is the founder and CEO of LeBrun Advisory group Inc. and owner in the Franchise Consulting Company, working with clients around the US and many parts of the world. Rich is an author of “What’s My Next Move”. Rich is a certified franchise broker (CFB) and commercial investment manager (CCIM). Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcas

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Nils Vinje who accelerated from individual contributor to Vice President in 30 months. Every team he ran became a high-performing team. How to become the CEO of your career by applying the 4 Pillars of Leadership leading yourself leading others communication metrics How do you overcome feelings of the impostor syndrome? How can someone save 5 hours a week? Nils Vinje Nils Vinje accelerated from individual contributor to Vice President in 30 months. Every team he ran became a high-performing team. The process behind how he did this formed the foundation of his leadership coaching. Once Nils’ clients started using his playbook, the results were remarkable. Nils is offering FREE digital copies of his best selling 30 Day Leadership Playbook: Your Guide To Becoming The Leader That You Have Always Wanted To Be at 30DayLeadership.com/book Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Michael Seelman who served in leadership roles at the White House, FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. How did you get in to FBI? How did you first get involved with improv comedy? How does improv comedy relate to psychological safety? How do you use these principles in your own company? Did you perform improv comedy at the FBI? What made you go back to doing a PhD? Michael Seelman Over two decades, Michael served in leadership roles at the White House, FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He was often called upon to start up high-profile offices and initiatives. At the White House in Vice President Al Gore’s reinventing government office, he led a new gun violence reduction effort in collaboration with mayors and police chiefs. At the FBI, he was selected as the first global chief of employee communications, coaching FBI Director Bob Mueller and his leadership team on engaging with the 40

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Jeff Hunt. Jeff has run both public and private companies, and sold, acquired, and merged numerous businesses. His expertise in employee performance management has helped clients improve engagement, experience, workforce alignment, and profitability. What strategies can organizations implement to improve goal achievement? Why is the traditional performance review broken and what should be done about it? How can teams change from "feedback" to "feedforward"? What is social capital and why is it so important for leaders? What are the best practices when managing remote teams? Jeff Hunt Jeff is President & CEO at GoalSpan, a performance management software as a service and consulting company in the San Francisco Bay Area. He founded GoalSpan in 2008, where his team has been assisting SMBs to improve performance and workforce alignment since. Jeff is a Certified Management Consultant through IMC-USA and leads his company’s strategic management consulting practice. Jeff Hun

Derrick Kinney is changing how you feel about money. He believes money is not bad and good people should have more of it. Listen in as Dr. Katrina Burrus talks to Derrick on this episode of Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast. You are a successful financial planning business, what made you decide to sell your business in 2020? How did you differentiate yourself from all the other financial advisors? You say that wealthy people aren’t the enemy. You say money is good and people should have more of it. Why do you mean by that? You wrote a new book, Good Money Revolution, which changes the way people think about money. You mentioned the 3 Good Money Levers. What are those and how can they help us make more money? Derrick Kinney Derrick Kinney is changing how you feel about money. He believes money is not bad and good people should have more of it. After applying these proven principles with thousands of clients, Kinney sold his multimillion-dollar business to teach these success steps to you. As CEO of Good M

Dave possesses more than 25 years of strategic public relations experience dealing with a wide array of adverse public events.  What are some examples of crisis situations? What are the two MUST DOs in any Crisis Communications matter? What are the two NEVER DO's in a Crisis Communications event? How does one prepare for a Crisis Communications matter? What is the best process to implement? Dave Oates Dave possesses more than 25 years of strategic public relations experience dealing with a wide array of adverse public events. Starting as a U.S. Navy Public Affairs Officer and later as a Corporate Chief Marketing Officer and Non-Profit President, he excels in expertly addressing a myriad of crises spans military, government, corporate, charity, and start-up environments. His Crisis Communications experiences, including handling employee and executive misconduct, cybersecurity attacks, product recalls, mass layoffs, large-scale accidents, criminal investigations, and civil litigation matters. Excellent Execut

Heather Hansen will improve your communication and relationship-building skills that will help people advance in our post-pandemic, globally-dispersed world. What are the secrets to successful global communication? How do accents impact hiring decisions? How can the English accent be a form of bias? What are the consequences of not being understood as a North American going abroad as a leader for the first time? What advice can you give a leader to make sure his or her English is understood by foreigners speaking English? Heather Hansen Heather helps top global leaders show up, speak up, and inspire action in a changing world. She focuses on fostering unmuted communication across cultures where every voice is heard, resulting in greater inclusion, innovation and efficiency across remote and global teams. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We would love for you to leave a review. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive

Michael K. Sahota, CEC, controversial thought leader and keynote speaker revealing the truth about organizational realities and what it takes to create high performance. What is a shift of consciousness at the individual level as a leader and within an organization ? What are the tools and concrete examples to create that shift? How does this translate at the organizational level? How do you define consciousness? Michael Sahota Michael K. Sahota, CEC, controversial thought leader and keynote speaker revealing the truth of organizational realities and what it takes to create high performance. Michael is the founder and CEO of SHIFT314 Inc - a leadership training and consulting organization, specializing in new ways of working, Agile, Digital, Lean and Evolutionary Leadership. He is the co-creator of the SHIFT314 Evolutionary Leadership Framework (SELF) , an integrated system for organizational transformation that has the ability to deliver extraordinary results for Business Agility. Michael has trained thous

Don Joseph Goewey is the Executive Director of the Center for Spiritual Exchange and author of "Stop Fixing Yourself" "Wake Up, All is Well" and "The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain". Find out how to rewire your brain to extinguish stress and be happy in today's episode. What is the key message from your book, Stop Fixing Yourself? What do you mean when you say, "All Is Well Even When Everything’s a Mess"? What is the relationship between neuroscience and happiness? What is Happiness As Your Natural State. How can you access it even if you are feeling anxiety, fear and depression? Don Joseph Goewey Don Joseph Goewey is the Executive Director of the Center for Spiritual Exchange, the official archive for the works of Anthony De Mello. Don is the editor of a new book entitled Stop Fixing Yourself / Awake Up, All is Well, based on Anthony DeMello’s practical spirituality (released by Beyond Words/Simon & Schuster in April, 2021). Don is also the author of the Amazon bestseller, The End of St

Are you looking for a trasformation and not revert back to prior behavior? Listen as Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Nicole Jansen and find out how your transformation can start. Where does true transformation begin? When your 8-figure business failed, what did you do to have a resilient mindset? What essential qualities do you feel are lacking in leadership today? Nicole Jansen As a strategic advisor and leadership coach, Nicole Jansen has been empowering business leaders and entrepreneurs for over 30 years. Her vast experience in business, leadership and human behavior has uniquely equipped her to bring out the best in others. Her clients span 5 continents and range from start-up entrepreneurs focused on growing their business to industry leaders looking to use their influence to make a greater impact in the world. She is the founder of Discover The Edge and host of the Leaders Of Transformation Podcast, reaching listeners in over 140 countries. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed

Are you taking on a new leadership job and you want to make sure you do not fail into the 40% of leaders that fail? How about the First 90 Days, isn’t that enough of an onboarding book? Can you walk the audience through the Double Diamond Framework© of Executive Transitions? What are the most common executive transitions challenges, why is there such a high failure rate & what is the true cost of failure to organizations? Navid Nazemian When it comes to executive transitions, Navid Nazemian speaks with an authority that is grounded in research and complemented by authentically demonstrated experience. His ICF accredited coach education took him on a three year journey across three continents in Europe, Africa and America. Working with 100+ C-level coaching clients worldwide, Navid distills key insights, guidance and coaching for maximizing leadership impact in this book. Using strategies designed to avoid and overcome obstacles quickly, he has helped numerous c-suite coaching clients to successfully eli

Do you know how you would respond when facing adversity? David Neagle in his interview with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC will discuss a first hand experience with major adversity and how to get back on your feet. You have experienced a 5 million dollar embezzlement factor in your company that took you from being at the top to being at ground zero. What did you learn from that experience and how did you get back on your feet? How did you change your attitude and what was the consequences on your business? What did you learn that made the biggest difference? What was the biggest risk that you took and how did you get to that point? What do you think is the biggest determining factor whether a person succeeds or fails? David Neagle David as the President of Life Is Now, he helps clients gain the confidence and find the right mindset to increase their revenue, turning their endeavors into seven- and eight-figure ventures. Being in the coaching and mentorship industry for more than 20 years, David has worked alongsid

Would you like to become a bold and courageous leader and be present at the decision-making table? Learn how to add your experience and perspective to be heard. What is the biggest challenge with the emerging of women leadership models? What's are three simple tools that women leaders can embrace to have more income, impact and influence? How can women leaders best support the impact economy? What is conscious capitalism and the possibilities it presents to women? Mark Grainger Mark Grainger is the Co-Founder of BigImactHQ - Providing more income, impact & influence for women experts who love to speak. Their "Speak Your Path To Cash" system has helped their clients generate over $51 Million in revenue for their own businesses while also being asked to speak on some of the world's most coveted stages including Tony Robbins, Good Morning America, TEDx Talks and "The View". Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to iTunes. We would love a review on iTunes or other

How are your Communication and Presentation Skills? How does this effect your success as a leader? Learn how to move purposefully in your leadership role with Cheryl Wood. How to position yourself to get high ticket clients when you first start? How could anyone find endless speaking opportunities? How to scale your biz by creating your brand story. What are the top 5 elements of an unforgettable speech? How to become a Best Selling Author and land high ticket clients? Cheryl Woods Dr. Cheryl Wood is an international motivational speaker, best-selling author, and master speaker development coach for women. She is committed to empowering and equipping women with the tools to courageously share their unique voice, their story, and their subject matter expertise. Wood provides specialized speaker training for both corporate and entrepreneurial women who are ready to articulate their message in a manner that is clear, concise, compelling, and captivating. Wood believes that every message has the power to create

Are you susceptible to propaganda and persuasion? Hype truly runs our world today. What effects does it have on entrepreneurs? with Michael F. Schein. Hype is a word that often has a negative connotation. Why did you choose it for the title of your book? What key messages do you communicate in your book, the Hype Handbook? You've publicly called out a number of prominent gurus, including Gary Vaynerchuk, Tony Robbins, and Simon Sinek. What is your point of view about them? Why did you choose coaches and consultants for your company's target market? Why do you shy away from the word "marketing" in describing what you do? Is it really more helpful for your clients to promote themselves rather than doing the work for them? Michael F. Schein Michael F. Schein is the founder and president of MicroFame Media, a company that specializes in making idea-based companies famous in their fields. Some of his clients have included eBay, Magento, The Medici Group, University of Pennsylvania, Gordon College, University of

Peter Docker in his interview with Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC will discuss how leaders can interact with others that will make the process of handing over control a smooth transition. "Leading From The Jumpseat," Share with us a leadership story where you transitioned from being the leader to helping other leaders. How did you transition from knowing? You talk about Humble Confidence in your book, what does that mean and why is it so effective? What was the cause of the plane accident in Tenerif where 500 people died? What can happen when we allow our team to choose to take responsibility? As a leader, what should we do when you are a leader of people that are more experienced than you are? Peter Docker Drawing on his 25-year career in the Royal Air Force, Peter Docker has spent over 14 years partnering with businesses around the world and encouraging them to Lead from the Jumpseat. Co-author of "Find Your Why," and a founding Igniter at Simon Sinek, Inc., he continues to deliver the message that leadership is

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interview Ben Easter and discusses obstacles that may exist in the minds of entrepreneurs. When you develop a new business. You can often feel overwhelm, stuck-ness, procrastination, burnout imposter syndrome. How should you handle this? What happens when your business is going so well that you become boredom or complacent? How do you handle the fear of failure or rejection? What are the dangers of wanting to please people and not setting boundary? Ben Easter Benjamin Easter is the Founder and Head Coach at Lucid Shift Coaching where he helps freedom-seekers to develop the resources, strategies, and mindsets they need to build authentic businesses so that they can experience more meaning, fulfillment, and impact. Excellent Executive Coaching Podcast If you have enjoyed this episode, subscribe to iTunes. We would love a review on iTunes or other platform. The EEC podcasts are sponsored by MKB Excellent Executive Coaching that helps you get from where you are to where you want to be wi

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Jessica Blasingame about how entrepreneurs should not overlook finances when structuring their business and setting their goals. What are the top areas most entrepreneurs tend to overlook when it comes to finances? How can entrepreneurs structure their business to be able to forecast better? How do you help your clients financially? How can entrepreneurs use financial reports to make key business decisions? What information is most important to review in a financial report? If you want to hire someone, what do you need to do financially to make sure this goes smoothly? How can entrepreneurs best prepare for tax season? Jessica Blasingame Jessica Blasingame is a CPA who specializes in financial services for creative entrepreneurs. She founded Beam Financial Group after working a corporate accounting gig that eventually took a toll on her health. She initially left accounting altogether and worked as a certified health coach and yoga teacher. Jessica came full circle when he

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Arthur Woods about being where you need to be with the knowledge of diversity hiring. How can companies reduce bias when hiring? What are the biggest problems you see in most companies’ diversity hiring efforts? What are the advantages of workplace diversity? What is the difference in approach to diversity in Europe and in the US? What personal experience has led you to focus on this area? How can HR teams improve their job descriptions to be less biased? What valuable insight can you share from work with YouTube’s Education division? Arthur Woods Arthur Woods is a social entrepreneur, LGBTQ+ advocate working at the intersection of equity and technology. He is the author of the up & coming book Hiring for Diversity and most recently co-founded Mathison, a venture-backed technological platform equipping employers with all they need to manage their diversity hiring efforts. He is a three-time TEDx speaker and has advised brands such as Disney, Sonos, the Smithsonian, and

Dr. Katrina Burrus, MCC interviews Emily Ransome about establishing priorities so that you can achieve your goals for your business and your team. How do we get more done? How do we know what to say no to? How can I run a better business, instead of feeling like the business is controlling me? How do I get more accountability and self-discipline from my team? How do I leverage Social Styles to get more out of communication with others? Emaily Ransone Emily Ransone loves to say she is enjoying a very multi-faceted career these days. As a business owner, EOS® Implementer (business coach), Peer Group Facilitator with Twelve Mavens, published author, sought-after speaker and workshop facilitator, and active community volunteer, Emily has developed a passion for helping clients, friends and colleagues get more of what they want from life. As an entrepreneur and business owner, Emily and her two partners have been experimenting with new business models for the furniture industry since 2014. While running their 35