Despina Sfakinos is a Coaching Psychologist with a passion for helping people excel both personally and professionally. She has a PhD in Coaching Psychology and to date has coached over 1,000 people across a range of public and private sectors. She’s also created, developed and delivered introductory through to advanced coach training to a wide variety of audiences within the university and private sectors. Apart from practising in her home country Australia, Despina has also worked in Europe, London and Tokyo.
On February 24th, I faced one of the biggest leadership challenges of my career. While we had feared the inevitability of Putin dispatching Russian forces into Ukraine, it was impossible to fully anticipate the impact of this war and the resulting misdirected global attention. From challenges come lessons As the CEO of Stoli Group, an […]
Samia has lived in seven different countries on three continents and travelled extensively, having witnessed social and economic disparity and substantial planetary ecosystem changes. It is through this lens of experience that she views complex contemporary issues and recognises the importance of empowering those around her. She is especially interested in enabling the Sustainability agenda […]
Ridhima is on a mission to help ambitious women adjust the power dynamics that are hidden beneath the surface of their interactions with others to empower them to be recognised and treated as female leaders long before it’s announced. Please introduce us to yourself and The Executive Coaching Bootcamp. I’m the founder of The Executive […]
Which one do you prefer? Far or fast? Do you want to look good? Have you noticed certain repeating patterns in your life? These are just a few questions that I will try to address. If you feel good, you look good. Have you noticed that some people, although at a first glance they lack […]
Executive coaching services delivered by Mr Robinson are conducted through regular one-on-one interactions, driven by data, input and feedback from multiple sources and perspectives, and based on mutual trust, respect and commitment to improve. What are the most common issues leaders and CEOs need coaching help with? Common issues I assist my CEO-level clients include: […]
Why should leaders focus on self-development? There are countless benefits to working with a life coach. Leaders who focus on self-development see improvement in their development and refinement of vision, decision-making skills, and higher executive functions. My clients learn how to become calmer under stress, more self-aware, confident, authentic, impactful, powerful, and emotionally intelligent. Their […]
We speak with Priyanka Kapur - an influential coach and HR leader, passionate about People Strategy, Coaching, Digitisation in Learning, Talent and Organisational Development. Over the past 15 years, she has been associated with major industry leaders like ZS Associates, Bajaj Allianz Group and ICICI Lombard. In her current role with ZS Associates, Priyanka is responsible for shaping and strengthening the coaching culture while navigating the complexities of increasing scale and growth.
Tell us about yourself and your mission. I really enjoy seeing the people around me succeed. As someone who enjoyed participating in sports, but never did excel at individual sports, I had to learn to be a valuable contributor to a team to experience success myself. What I learned in my early years is that […]
What are your views on the benefits of coaching? Generally, all of us, human beings, have blind spots so collecting 360 feedback or using some assessment instruments helps provide some insights for what can be in service to the person to grow and improve for a coaching partnership. We have habits we have built up […]
What is the right mindset entrepreneurs need to have when starting their business? There's no one size fits all when it comes to entrepreneurial mindset, but from my experience there are a couple of learnings most successful entrepreneurs share: done is better than perfect; get comfortable to pivot; you cannot fail if you learn from […]
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