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Best of 97% Effective - Nihar Chhaya, Executive Coach for C-Suite Leaders: How To Navigate “Everything, Everywhere All At Once.”
03 Jul 2024
A “BEST OF 97% EFFECTIVE” EPISODE! Tune in this fall for new episodes and more great content.Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.comSHOW NOTES:The C-suite – there’s a lot of storytelling about this world – but how do you rise there, survive and thrive there? Nihar Chhaya, Executive Coach for C-Suite Leaders and President of PartnerExec, shares his experience helping Fortune 50 executives do well for themselves, but also produce superior business and strategic outcomes. We peek under the hood of what most helps top executives -- from accepting criticism and changing behavior to managing life and work when it feels “everything, everywhere all at once.”How life in the C-Suite most resembles these two moviesCommon presenting issue for Nihar’s C-Suite clientsCoaching… “the one business where the customer isn’t always right”Underlying need of C-Suite Leaders: recognizing blind spotsWhy you need a clear coaching contractTop interpersonal skill that deserves your attentionSecret sauce to effectively reframing criticismMini-master class on asking and framing questions so you can receive high-quality feedbackCompetition vs Collaboration: The Buddhist executive who had to deal with ambition and comparisonGetting in touch with what is most important for you, and the balance between belonging and standing out in the C-SuiteHow to maintain high-quality feedback – honesty and accountabilityImportance of strategic vulnerability in leadershipPratfall effect: needing to be both vulnerable and competentTension free feedbackConnection between executive presence and awarenessHow to make your coach a secret weaponRapid fire questions: Nihar’s biggest influence, Eagles or Cowboys, process over outcomes, and 2023 Oscar Predictions BIO AND LINKS:Nihar Chhaya, a Wharton, Columbia and Georgetown trained leadership expert, is President of PartnerExec, which helps leaders master influence. Nihar is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes and Fast Company. He’s also a Master Certified Coach by the ICF, and a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niharchhaya/Nihar’s email: [email protected]: https://partnerexec.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/partnerexec?lang=enThe Pratfall effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratfall_effectNihar’s HBR article on managing competition with colleagues: The Upside of Career EnvyNihar’s article on feedback: How To Give Feedback People Actually Respond ToMichael’s HBR article on Office Politics: https://hbr.org/2016/04/great-leaders-embrace-office-politicsNihar’s Ben Affleck article: Are You Evolving To Be Ready For The Next Chapter of Your Career?Nihar’s Will Smith article: Deconstructing 'Will'Adam Grant’s recent critique of the Myers-Briggs“Work as a masculinity contest”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327626790_Work_as_a_Masculinity_ContestWayne Dyer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Dyer18 minutes of highlights from the GREATEST GAME ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1xbhW2PEENihar and Michael pay homage to the amazing Dorie Clark: https://dorieclark.com/Process over outcomes, Steven Pressfield’s book: The War of ArtNihar’s Oscar prediction -- and film recommendation: To LeslieMichael’s Book, Get Promoted: https://changwenderoth.com/#tve-jump-180481ecea3 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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