The Business of Executive Coaching

My guest today is Padraig O'Sullivan (Pod to his friends!. Pod is an executive coach, team coach, author and international leadership specialist with nearly three decades of experience working with CEOs and top leadership teams across multinational organisations.

In this episode Pod shares his corporate to coach story and his framework for building a business that can sustain his passion for the work that he does. Pod’s pre-coaching career spans intensive care nursing, medical device sales, recruitment and headhunting. It was his transition into coaching though that has brought out his passion and entrepreneurial spirit. Pod and I discuss his work, but also our takes on the details of business building including things like value-based pricing, and what it really takes to build a sustainable coaching business.

If you'd like to connect with Pod O'Sullivan, you can find him on LinkedIn or via his website podosullivan.com

If you'd like to work with me to grow your own coaching business, you can learn more about the Corporate to Coach Accelerator at elliescarf.com/cca and if you’d like to discuss your business and whether the Accelerator could be a good fit for your growth agenda, lets chat! elliescarf.com/bookacall

This week I'm sitting down with the brilliant Jo Saies, a highly experienced PCC credentialed coach with 15 years of experience supporting leaders and organisations across the public and private sectors, including government, regulatory bodies and for-purpose organisations.

In this episode Jo shares her corporate to coach story, including the two things that have shaped her life: a vision impairment and a spirit of adventure that saw her represent Australia as a disabled downhill ski racer.

We cover Jo's business building journey, her support for leaders in aged care, disability and the public sector, and her passion for helping subject matter experts step into leadership roles. We also dig into the realities of running a coaching business and the power of community and connection built over a long career.

If you'd like to connect with Jo Saies, you can find her on LinkedIn or via her website pbperformance.com.au.

If you'd like to work with me to grow your own coaching business, you can learn more about the Corporate to Coach Accelerator at elliescarf.com/cca or book a call at elliescarf.com/bookacall

Marketing your coaching business shouldn't feel heavy. But for most of us, it does. For most of us there are a series of decisions, doubts and fears that attach a whole heap of emotional labour to the marketing and business development that we do.

In this episode I look into why you might be experiencing that (you aren’t alone!) and I share practical shifts to help lighten the load.

If you'd like support to build and implement a marketing system that takes the emotional labour out of growing your coaching business with more corporate clients, you can learn more about the Corporate to Coach Accelerator here and please book a call with me to discuss whether it makes sense for your business. And don't forget to connect with me on LinkedIn and let me know what your experience with marketing is!

In this episode, I'm joined by the extraordinary Zsofia Juhasz, ICF MCC coach with over 9,500 hours of coaching experience, mentor coach, coach supervisor, and creator of a Level 3 training program for PCC coaches journeying towards MCC credentialing.

Zsofia shares her corporate-to-coach story, from her HR days to building a thriving practice after relocating to Australia 14 years ago and why she calls herself an "accidental MCC."

We cover the two pillars of her practice, executive coaching and coach development and why the path to MCC is as much about unlearning as it is learning. We also get into the realities of business building including saying no, building systems, trusting yourself, and finding the community that carries you through.

If you'd like to connect with Zsofia Juhasz, you can find her on LinkedIn here and on her website becomingamasterfulcoach.com.

You can also find Zsofia's podcast for coaches on the MCC journey, linked here.

If you'd like to work with me to grow your own coaching business, you can learn more about the Corporate to Coach Accelerator at elliescarf.com/cca or book a call here: elliescarf.com/bookacall

Rejection is the cost of entry to business ownership. But what if you could get so used to it that it stopped stopping you? In this episode I share five practical, gentle ways to expand your tolerance for rejection, and the not-so-secret bonus is that every single one of them will also grow your business.

If you’d like support to build your rejection resilience and grow your coaching business with more corporate clients, you can learn more about the Corporate to Coach Accelerator here or book a call with me.

And don’t forget to connect with me on LinkedIn and let me know what stood out for you from this episode!