Episodios

  • Comfort zone to Learning zone

    Comfort zone to Learning zone
    Jul 24 2024
    Imagine this:You have a successful career in a blue-chip company, you have a coaching qualification and clients to coach in your native language. But instead of staying where you are, you throw it all away, move to a foreign country where you don't speak the language and set up your own coaching business there which means you have to work in a new language.Why would anyone do that?Christine Bender did exactly that and in this episode of MyGrowth Coaching she talks about motivation, fear, the advantages that coaching in a foreign language can bring and how she moved from a comfort zone to a learning zone.
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    37 m
  • How can leaders coach?

    How can leaders coach?
    Jul 18 2024
    Nowadays, managers are told by P&O or HR departments that they are supposed to 'coach' their team. But what exactly does that mean? How do you 'coach' your team? And what makes it different to how managers have traditionally worked?To find out I interviewed Michael Pschiuk who is a senior manager in the field of cybersecurity in Siemens, but is also a qualified business coach and part of the Grow2Glow Siemens coaching initiative for women. Listen and find out:how a background in coaching helps him as a leaderthe limitations of a coaching approach as a leader the two questions everybody should ask themselves before they apply for a leadership roleIf you are interested in the topic of business coaching, join the LinkedIn group to this podcast here, and make sure you never miss an episode.
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    26 m
  • Balancing family and career

    Balancing family and career
    Jul 11 2024
    Having a career and a family is not an easy task, particularly for women. If they opt to work part-time so that they can look after their children they can be seriously disadvantaged in the workplace.In this episode I talk to Dr. Ulrike Dowie, one of the 120 coaches belonging to the Siemens MyGrowth coaching pool. She has a particular interest - and experience - with this topic. Not only is she an expert in AI, leading a team within Siemens Financial Services, she also has two children.So, what are the issues women face? How can a coach help them? And what do you need to do to balance both family and career successfully?
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    28 m
  • What is MyGrowth Coaching at Siemens?

    What is MyGrowth Coaching at Siemens?
    Jul 4 2024
    The My Growth Coaching initiative aims to make a systemic business coach available to anybody in Siemens who wants to find their own way to become the best version of themselves.In episode 1 of this podcast Birgit Eckart and Sonia Schautzer - the driving forces behind this initiative - explain:how My Growth Coaching came to lifewhat exactly coaching is and how it benefits peoplewho the My Growth coaches are, and their skills and qualificationshow to apply for a My Growth CoachingThis is the first episode in this podcast. Future episodes will explore business coaching relevant topics and is available inside and outside of Siemens. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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    36 m