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Leaders Who Love What They Do

Ann Collins is a bilingual (French/English) international executive and leadership coach who helps successful senior leaders to rethink purpose in their career, move forward into their next role with clarity and to start living their legacy. She also works with organisations to help leaders to bring out the best in their teams, especially in times of rapid change or growth. She provides in-house coaching programmes: Leader As Coach, Team or Group Coaching, Leadership Development for New and Emerging Leaders. She has had over 25 years' international experience of leadership in education and she is renowned for providing a rare mix of compassion and challenge, support and deep reflection,with an ability to see potential in others that they never knew was there. Join her for conversations and thoughts that could change the way you think, the way you lead. For free resources, events to help you transform your leadership and to be part of a dynamic community, follow us on social media or visit our website. You can find details in the show notes or via the website: www.anncollinscoaching.com

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Understanding neuroscience, understanding effectiveness: taking coaching to the next level

January 11, 2023 • Ann Collins • Season 2 • Episode 53

Coaching can feel like a black box! Why does it work? How can asking questions help someone change the way they think and behave? Exploring the neuroscience behind transformation and effectiveness is important not only for coaches, but also for leaders who are embarking on coaching to make the most of a coaching programme and even take it further for themselves.

My guest today is the leader of the Advanced Diploma that I'm studying right now: Ann Betz. Ann explains why she was drawn to neuroscience and how she has used it to take her coaching to a different level, understanding what we need to be truly effective and creative: an appropriate amount of stimulation, an ability to regulate emotions and to allow our brains to function with flexibility and adaptability by understanding the different components of the brain. The best leaders are those who use those parts of their brains to be flexible to communicate the big picture with empathy and to provide detail and structure: to zoom in and out, using both sides of the brain effectively to communicate well.

References: Daniel Siegel, Mindsight: The Science of Personal Transformation 2011

About Ann Betz:
Ann Betz, CPCC, PCC, MNTC, is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching and human transformation. In 2011, Ann studied neuroscience at the graduate level, and using this fascinating research, in 2012 co-developed (and is senior leader for) BEabove Leadership’s popular training program for advanced coaches: Neuroscience, Consciousness and Transformational Coaching. This program has been offered in-person worldwide and is now available in an in-depth virtual format.

Ann was a faculty member and served as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute (CTI) for many years. She provides neuroscience, leadership and coaching consulting to many other corporations and non-profits, including the International Coach Federation. A certified professional coach for 20 years, Ann is the author of a groundbreaking white paper on brain research and coaching. She contributes to Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World, the ICF and CTI’s blogs, and other coaching and HR publications.

Ann is the lead author of Integration, the power of being Co-Active in work and life, an exploration of consciousness and the future (John Hunt Publishing, 2015), as well as a ground-breaking white paper on the neuroscience of the International Coach Federation coaching competencies. Read Ann’s blog on the brain at www.yourcoachingbrain.wordpress.com and poetry at www.eccentricspirit.wordpress.com.

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