CEO Today - December 2021 Edition

Emily Sander We speak with Emily Sander who currently serves as Chief of Staff for a digital marketing agency where she helps align and focus the CEO and leadership team on the company’s top priorities. She’s also an ICF- certified Executive Coach and works with business leaders from around the world to up their leadership game and achieve their goals. What brought you to executive coaching? I was a coach before I knew what a coach was. I had worked in a number of corporate jobs spanning from very large companies like Amazon and Microsoft to small-to-medium technology-based businesses. Looking back on several jobs after they were done, I realised the thing I remembered most was helping people get to the next level - whatever that was for them. Those interactions and relationships stood out as my favourite and something I was very proud of. When I found executive coaching, I said: “Oh! This is who I am - this is what I do.” Your book Hacking Executive Leadership was released earlier this year – what did the inspiration about the book come from? I kept seeing a lot of the same themes pop up again and again. Everyone had their specific situation or slant, but some recurring themes emerged. I thought, you know, I’m giving this type of guidance to a lot of people and it seems to be helping. How do I get that message to more people? That’s when the idea of a book crept into the back of my mind. 57 Building Confidence & Hacking Executive Leadership EXECUTIVE COACHING www.ceotodaymagazine.com