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 – The Coaching Culture. How to Bring Out the Best in Your Team.

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Hosted by HerBusiness

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6 October 2011

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Welcome to the herBusiness program, where we interview inspiring businesswomen and entrepreneurs.

In this episode, we interview Natalie Ashdown, CEO of The Open Door Coaching Group and author of the recent book on corporate coaching, Bring Out Their Best: Inspiring a Coaching Culture in Your Workplace.

 

Listen to this herBusiness interview with Natalie Ashdown to learn:

  • What coaching is and how it differs from managing and mentoring
  • How coaching is best utilised in the workplace
  • About the ‘coaching culture’ and the skills coaches require
  • Why simply solving people’s problems is not more time-efficient in the long run
  • How to introduce the coaching culture into your workplace

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About the host

Suzi Dafnis

Hi there. I’m Suzi Dafnis, CEO at HerBusiness. My BIG passion is helping women business owners to grow and scale their business, so that they can create their ideal lifestyle and make a difference in the world. Every day I am inspired by the more than 30,000 amazing women (and men!) in our community and I love finding the best education, mentors, and resources from around the globe, to help them get the skills, knowledge, and support they need to succeed. It’s been my privilege to lead HerBusiness (formerly The Australian Businesswomen’s Network) for the past 23 years (two+ decades – WOW!) because, whilst I’ve enjoyed success in business, I’ve also experienced the highs and the lows – sometimes you can feel on top of the world and in control and other times you can feel isolated, exhausted and stuck. What has made the biggest difference for me has always been having great people around me and having a lifelong commitment to learning. That’s why I am so passionate about the work we do here at HerBusiness – providing a Connection Network for women in business to get the mentors, contacts, referrals, knowledge, and skills they need to grow their confidence, make more money, build their businesses, expand their network and create the lives they love. My entrepreneurial journey started in the spare room of my Sydney apartment in 1994 when my business partner and I started a boutique events company that represented speakers and authors from the USA, here in Australia. Over the years I’ve grown multiple multi-million dollar businesses in the events, publishing and education niches – with teams in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Not everything has worked and there has been a degree of trial and error, and a lot of bumps in the road. But I have always had a strong commitment to always surrounding myself with great mentors and like-minded peers – a Connection Network that I can depend on and who can depend on me to be there for them too. I truly do what I love, every day.  

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About the guest(s)

Natalie Ashdown

Natalie Ashdown

Natalie Ashdown is an experienced coach whose passion and commitment assists and supports individuals, teams and companies to achieve the amazing results that come from within the person and team. Natalie currently coaches executives, senior management and teams from Australia’s leading corporations, along with private business clients. Natalie holds a Bachelor of Business in Marketing from RMIT and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Melbourne (2001). She holds the Diploma of Workplace and Business Coaching, Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training, Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Master Coaching and Master of Ericksonian Hypnosis, thus qualifying her as a fully accredited Master Coach and Trainer. Natalie is Co-President of the International Coach Federation (ICF) for Victoria, has held the role of Co-Chair Professional Development and Events and is one of only twenty professional coaches in Australia to holds the status of Professional Certified Coach (PCC). Natalie is also an experienced and creative writer and has developed and written the workbooks and leadership programs used by Open Door and our clients, including course documentation for the Certificate IV and Diploma of Workplace and Business Coaching. Natalie is the Director of the Open Door Coaching Group Registered Training Organisation.

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