How Performance Experts Raise Expectations, Part 2

Leaders are the pillars of every organization. High-performance leaders are accountability partners, design strategic organizational goals, and empower employees to find their strengths and transform them into the most effective version of themselves.   The foundations for building a strong coaching-based leadership organization:   Know yourself first Awareness of the things that prevent you from using your strengths Leaders that lean to the scalability of the company   In today’s episode of the ACCESS Points Podcast, Davin and Barb will dig deeper into the three-step process on how to create a coaching-based culture inside an organization. They will also talk about some of the mistakes most companies make in the leadership side, the tremendous impact of building their friendship and coaching relationship, and how having a good coach who can understand the person’s strengths and can maneuver working with the team is a true North for the company.   Our guest, Barbara da Costa, is the Founder at B Consulting. She is a Kolbe and Clifton certified and has taught some of the world’s most successful business owners and their teams to better understand and apply their strengths easily and quickly. By taking a holistic approach, Barbara guides people through big changes and dramatic transformations. Through thousands of one-on-one coaching sessions over 18 years, Barbara grew to be an accomplished coach.   Enjoy!   Favorite Quote:   “I don't care what level. I don't care what echelon you serve inside of an organization. Everybody needs a coach. Everybody needs a voice or voices that they can talk to and give them objective feedback on their performance and to let them know you're there operating within your strengths or you’re not.”                                                                                                                                                                                           - Davin Marceau   In This Episode 2:18 - How Davin and Barb started their friendship and coaching relationship   4:26 - How Kolbe and Clifton help leadership team speed up their assessment in creating a broader scale change   7:32 - The result of implementing the principles of Kolbe and Clifton at ACCESS   8:29 - The importance of allowing team members to self-manage and operate based on their strengths   11:26 - Davin's belief of what most companies fall short of   12:35 - Three-step approach on how to create a coaching based culture inside a company   15:19 - The mistake most companies and leaders make   19:59 - The significance of bidirectional feedback   28:27 - How Davin embodies the principles of Kolbe and Clifton   36:01 - Instances where Davin utilized strengths and instincts  with his co-leader   Connect with Barbara da Costa LinkedIn Website   Visit Access EFM: Website Facebook LinkedIn Twitter   Click here to listen with Access Points Podcast