EP 117 - Inbal Demri, PhD, CEO at Q Factor Consulting – Live Coaching Demo: See “The Leader as Coach” and EFECT in Action

97% Effective

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com

**EPISODE (live Coaching Session) best watched on the 97% Effective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@97PercentEffective **

It’s one thing to talk about something, it’s another to see it in action. In this episode of 97% Effective, Dr. Inbal Demri coaches host Michael Wenderoth – showing the EFECT framework that underpins her new Stanford course “Coaching Skills for Effective Leadership.” During the live coaching conversation, Inbal points out critical elements in EFECT and demonstrates coaching skills that every leader can utilize to increase their effectiveness. By the end of this episode, you’ll have seen powerful examples of coaching conversations that you can also use at work. (Make sure to check out our previous episode, EP 116, which covers why she designed the Stanford course, and how it will help you go from transactional to transformative in the way you lead others, and your organization).

SHOW NOTES:

• EFECT, from Inbal’s Stanford Course, is the infrastructure of powerful coaching conversations: Engage, Frame, Explore, Commit, Test
• Inbal immediately senses that Michael is uncomfortable
• “E”ngage in action: Pick up on body language – and what do with that information
• “E”ngage in action: “People tell us how to be in relationship with them” - setting up the agreement
• Michael shares what is top of mind: Where to go with his Coaching practice?
• “F”rame and reframing in action: “What is the real question” Michael is wrestling with?
• Inbal’s coaching skills: pausing and listening, paraphrasing, confirming, checking in .. “because I never assume I understand what you’re saying”
• Inbal’s insight: “more degrees of freedom”
• “E”xplore in action: Inbal’s powerful questions - “What are the opportunities?” and “How does that feel?”
• “E”xplore in action: “Sounds like you are trying to create that next phase while still using some old mindsets” and “tapas moments”
• Michael gets brutally honest
• Inbals points out Fear, Choice Points and “What does that enable you?”
• When a Coachee asks you “Tell me what to do”… what do you do?
• How Inbal handles Michael evasiveness and and avoiding answering the hard questions
• “E”xplore in action: Tapping into feeling and emotions; Toggling between Explore and Frame
• “You can’t force process”.. what does the Coachee need?
• The importance of eye contact and the taking notes
• Knowing when to end and not opening a new tunnel
• “C”ommit and “T”est
• Ways to end a Coaching conversation

BIO AND LINKS:

Dr. Inbal Demri-Shaham is the Principal and Founder of Q Factor Consulting - a Silicon Valley-based organizational consultancy that works with pioneering founders, C-level corporate executives, and top academics from around the world to solve their most pressing business needs and position them as leaders for the long term. She is also an instructor, facilitator, and executive coach at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and School of Medicine. By deploying a rare hybrid of scholarly and industry expertise, Dr. Demri brings rigorous structure and complex ideas to life inside the classroom and the boardroom for the leaders she empowers, the academics she partners with, and the students she inspires.

• Watch this episode on video: https://www.youtube.com/@97PercentEffective
• Previous episode, 116 “Coaching Skils: What Every Leader Needs to Know”: https://tinyurl.com/ycxxzj8x
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/inbal-demri-shaham-phd-7a91563/
• Her email: idemri [at] email.fielding.edu
• Website: https://inbaldemri.com/about/
• Stanford Course “Coaching Skills for Effective Leadership”: https://tinyurl.com/vs53vuue
• Course Video Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXCVblbZixQ
• Michael’s Award-Winning book, Get Promoted: What Your Really Missing at Work That’s Holding You Back https://tinyurl.com/453txk74

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