Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living

New Demo on Live Action Coaching

It's been awhile since I've posted on my podcast, Live Action Coaching. For those of you who have been regular listeners, my apologies for the long absence. I love doing these demos AND it's been hard to fit in with other things happening in business and life.

Enjoy this new demo with Tom, where we discuss the importance of clearly defining the destination to help with the journey.

Podcast Programs

When it rains it pours.  I've recently posted several new episodes for my iTunes podcasts:

• Live Action Coaching, "Networking in a More Natural Way." Julia has a big dream—to work overseas as an expat. Carol helps Julia find her sweet spot for creating the right opportunity.

• Leading With A Whole New Mind, "Tama Kieves, Boundary Crosser." I interview Tama Kieves, a Harvard Law School graduate, turned career coach, author, and speaker on creating the work you love.

• Leading With A Whole New Mind,"Father of Storytelling Inside Organizations." Steve Denning is a former World Bank executive who now helps leaders and businesses use business narrative as a competitive advantage.

• Conscious Living, Conscious Leaving, "The Gift in This Disease." In Episode 3, Ilene chooses to see her fatal disease as a transformational gift.

I'm also delighted to announce the launch of a new podcast, a collaboration with Northwestern University, Career Mastery:Insights from the Experts, a series of interviews with authors/alums who have sage advice on managing your career. The first episode, "Shaping Your Career to Be in Demand" is an interview I did with Dan Pink, author of A WHOLE NEW MIND. 

I've gotten some wonderful feedback on the podcasting I've done over the last year. And I'm always looking to improve. Please post your comments below on what you found useful from these new episodes and where I might have missed the mark.

Podcast Programs

It's been nearly nine months since I launched my two iTunes podcasts, Leading With A Whole New Mind and Live Action Coaching.  A couple of observations:

• I'm enjoying interviewing others for the Leading With A Whole New Mind podcast. Sometimes, these are specialists working in a specific area related to one of the Six Senses (e.g., a Laughter Yoga Leader for the sense of Play). Sometimes, it's someone who is a role model for one of the Senses (e.g., an American living in Asia talking about Symphony and Boundary Crossing). In either case, I've found the conversations fascinating because it gives me an inside look at A WHOLE NEW MIND.  Check out any of the five interviews available at www.leadingwithawholenewmind.com.

• The Live Action Coaching podcast, in which I coach a volunteer client on a career issue, is teaching me about the many challenges of creating satisfying work lives. Each client's situation is different and yet they all have one thing in common--the struggle to walk a one's own unique path. This might mean telecommuting a couple of days a week or trusting oneself in the moment or developing a new network. In addition to helping listeners interested in being coached learn more about what coaching is, I've gotten feedback that coaches are listening to the demos to hone their own skills. I'm delighted and honored. There are nine demos available at www.liveactioncoaching.com.

New programs for both podcasts will be posted throughout 2007. I haven't been on a consistent schedule for releasing new interviews and demos but at the very least, I'll announce when new programs are available. 

I'd love to hear your feedback on any of the programs in these podcasts. Feel free to provide it through the comments link on this posting.