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“If you want to make the wrong decision, ask everyone.” @naval – ‘Am I cut out to become a coach?’ – ‘Can I coach?’ – ‘Do I have it in me to touch lives deeply through professional coaching?’ – ‘When do I start coach training?’ – ‘Will I be able to complete the Regal certification, ICF credentials?’ Common questions aspiring coaches (corporate leaders, professionals, business owners, and others) ask us. Agree with Naval, don’t ask us or anyone else. Go by what your heart says, your heart will never go wrong. Your heart knows. Not the cognitive, ego-based, ‘monkey mind’. \Coaching is also the journey from head to heart. – While ‘everyone needs a coach’, not all are ready for it. – To ‘become a coach’…  is not for everyone. Just like any other professional role. We are just wired differently. No one becomes a coach accidentally. No one wakes up one morning, and decides to ‘become a coach’. You evolve to a coach, at consciousness level, over several births (whether you believe in rebirth or karma or other elements of spirituality!). It has to be the passion, life goal, deep desire to touch lives. And the journey to becoming a coach, and then being a coach is not easy either.  If you want to build a ship, teach the men to yearn for the vast and endless sea – Antoine De Saint-Exupery (de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France’s highest literary awards and also won the United States National Book Award.) ICF-approved Coach training and Regal certification (#ACSTH) with #RegalUnlimited. A new batch starting on August 14th, 2021, on alternate Saturdays. Don’t compromise on your journey to your purpose, your full potential as a professional coach, no shortcuts will work. Learn to coach, learn with the best.

Brief Summary of the Webinar This global webinar by Ruchira Chaudhary, a leading executive Coach draws focus on the importance of being a leader as a coach to empower, elevate and help others shine bright  leaving the leadershine brighter too. Ruchira’s book Coaching: The Secret Code to Uncommon Leadership by Ruchira Chaudhary actively picks examples from sports, businesses and individuals to highlight how leaders need to imbibe the Coaching mindset to help them not only nurture the next line of leaders but also become great leaders for their organizations. In this webinar hosted by Regal Unlimited, Ruchira  mentions that it’s not always important for the Coach to know all the answers. It is in fact the ability to question to elicit answers or partner with the client/teams to be able to arrive at an answer, that differentiates an extra ordinary leader-coach She drives home the point how Coaching can help one to be a better version of themselves. Her book, she says is essentially not a book on leadership but the journey of a leader from being a leader to a leader- coach . Coaching, she says, has the power of not only elevating the Self but also helps in maximizing the success of others. She says that she did not know what Coaching was all about when she embarked on this journey. She also mentions how Coaching is hard work  and in order to become one, one should earnestly have the will to change.  An extremely interactive webinar, Ruchira points out that one cannot become a great leader without being a Coach. It is very important for a leader to recognize and accept that he/she does not have all the answers and be willing to seek them externally. She also highlights how when organizations embed a culture of Coaching in their leaders, it sure is bound to have a top down effect. She elaborates on how the 4C model (Clarity, Consciousness, Capability and Confidence) can unleash human potential within Organizations. Ruchira also answers questions on different aspects of Coaching and what it can do for the leaders as well as for the organizations. She wraps up the webinarby saying how Coaching is all about being present in the moment and also being available, understand the reality and bring out the best either in self, individuals or teams.

Topics covered in the webinar Leader As a Coach Organization Evolution Leadership styles Summary Discussion Brief Summary of the Webinar Regal Unlimited in association with Leon VanderPol hosted a global webinar on Leader as a Coach where Vanderpol talks in depth how Coaches can achieve Transformational Leadership. Leon Vanderpol is the founder of Centre for Transformational Coaching and has a rich experience in Deep Coaching. He is particularly passionate about human transformation, self-actualization and advancement. Vanderpol has trained many people across the world in Deep Coaching and Transformative Growth process. This webinar will surely leave you energized to move forward in your transformational journey. In this webinar Vanderpol talks passionately about how we can create workspaces where everyone feels “powered, belonged and engaged and where every opinion matters”. He talks at length how leadership can be transformational in its truest sense and how leaders can be Coaches. Vanderpol talks about how deeply he was influenced by the book: Reinventing Organizations — A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by Next Stage of Human Consciousness by Frederic Laloux . The organizations have been colour coded from Red to Teal as per their style of functioning in terms of leadership where Red stands for organizations which are autocratic in their leadership styles and Teal stands at the other spectrum where organizations are empathetic, where people matter and are truly evolutionary in nature. Teal organizations represent a shift in consciousness and Vanderpol discusses in the webinar  how organizations can work towards becoming Teal Organizations. For any organization to become Teal they need to create an ecosystem of Teal leaders. He also talks about the Coaching continuum i.e. the three types of Coaching styles — Transactional, Developmental and Transformational. Transformational Coach is one who is truly evolved in every aspect of the word and deeply connected to his/her inner being. For a Coach to be truly evolved he/she needs to peel off the layers of the persona created around themselves to connect to their true Self. Transformational Coaches embody higher consciousness and Teal leaders Vanderpol says can create soulful workplaces which work with passion and purpose.

Introduction We congratulate you on taking a decisive and inspiring step to embark on your journey of ‘becoming a coach’ and ‘being a coach’. This journey will most likely transform your career and your life. The first important milestone in this journey is selecting an ICF Coach Training Program. You must take into account the important factors that will help you make the selection. There are many coach training institutes and many coach training programs that you can choose from. It can be very confusing. So we will help you cut through the clutter and make a choice that is right for you. What is the International Coaching Federation, exactly? International Coaching Federation is a non-profit organization that is the gold standard in coaching and coach training. It acts as the body that certifies, credentials and prescribes the code of ethics that govern the certified coaches. ICF ensures high quality, credibility and an ecosystem to the coaching industry. It is the BEST Coach Training Methodology, accepted globally! Questions to Ask when choosing an ICF Coach Training Program Here are some questions that you may have or ask when selecting the best coach training program. We hope our answers will prompt you to choose the ICF Coach Training Program as it is globally acclaimed and the most reputed one at that. Q1: Why do I want to learn how to coach? It would help if you were clear about what your motivation for becoming a coach were. A simple answer like, “I want to be able to coach others,” will not be enough. You must go deeper to understand what drives you to want to coach? What do you want to get out of it? It is essential to know this so that your choice of where you get your coach training and the kind of coaching you get should fulfill your needs. Here are a few reasons for you to consider: I want to see others grow and play at their full potential I have been promoted to a leadership position, and I think coaching my team members will help them perform better. I want to have better relationships with my team members. Coaching will help my team perform better and ensure that I am seen as an effective leader. Coaching Certification will be a stamp of approval for the knowledge and experience I already have I want a develop a new career as a coach I want to make more money I want to train leaders to adopt a coaching style in their day to day interactions to embed coaching as an organizational culture. I want to train internal executive coaches to create an internal coaching function. Once you have thought through what you want from your Coach Training, it would be a great idea to write it down. Q2: How would I like to receive ICF Coach Training? Ask yourself what the best way that you like to learn is. Consider your past experience. In what way did you find learning most enjoyable? Here are some learning methods for you to consider: Do I learn best when I am: In a classroom setting, with facilitator-led training? Learning online, or with the learning materials at my own pace? Through personal guidance and mentoring? Together in a learning group? Which platform suits me the most? The computer, the phone, or face-to-face? If I go for face-to-face training, does location matter to me? ICF Coach training can be provided through all these means, be it face-to-face or using virtual learning mechanisms, with equal ease. Regal Unlimited, being an ICF approved coaching institute provides 1:1 batch training (both physical and virtual mediums) and one-to-one mentoring. Also deploys adult-learning methodology to ensure that the learning is smooth and effective, aligned with your learning style. The alumni community of RegalCoaches support you throughout the journey and beyond.  Q3: Whom would I want to coach? Have you thought through the kind of people you want to coach? Here are a few situations for you to consider: I want to coach as a professional in an organization, or is coaching a personal enterprise? I enjoy working with people who take up challenges or those who are aiming for higher achievements? Would I like to coach individuals or teams? I would want to work with people at which levels of their organizations?  Again, it’s time to put the pen on the paper and capture your thoughts, for they will help you choose the right coach training program. Q4: What should I be learning when I receive coach training? It is essential to know what you should be learning, when you receive coach training. Firstly, your values and philosophy should be aligned with those of the coach training provider. Secondly, coach training should help you develop three things: a coaching mindset, a coaching skill set, and a coaching toolset. To elaborate on this: Coaching mindset: A coach does not provide answers but helps the coachee/client find their own solutions. Here are a few more: Letting the coachee discover is far more powerful than telling them what you know, you think you know! Change from within can transform and produce lasting impact compared to change that is externally imposed. Your coachee is more important and not you. Coaching Skill Set: For those who are used to talking, offering solutions, and sharing their experience, the biggest challenge is to stop talking. They find it difficult to ask questions as they think they know all the answers. Coaches use these skills in their practice: Active listening to encourage others to express deeply. Asking powerful questions to elicit deep insight. Prompting self-assessment that helps avoid being defensive. Encouraging action steps to help realize value. Following-through to ensure outcomes. Coaching toolset: Coaching is not the same as training. Therefore, training tools cannot be used in coaching. Different tool sets need to be used. Some of these are. Learning through 2- way conversations. Discovery sessions to identify the most relevant topic to the coachee/client. Coaching the person, for solving their problems, not solving it for them Methods for identifying and challenging the self-limiting beliefs. Goal setting, deeper exploration and action-planning for the coachee/client Action planning tools. Regal@60 is our flagship tool; a game-changer for personal and professional alignment  Regal unlimited ensures an end-to-end support in equipping the learners and leaders with all three; the coaching mindset-coaching skillset-coaching toolset, diligently adhering to the ICF coaching certification framework. Q5: What kind of certification would I like? For your coaching clients to take you seriously, certification is essential. It ensures that you are seen as a professional at coaching. A certificate, therefore, becomes critical. It is crucial to choose a coach training program that has the most reputed coaching association accreditation. Coaching being an unregulated field, it is essential to select carefully from where you would get your coach training. The world’s largest professional coaching association is The International Coach Federation (ICF – www.coachfederation.org ), which is the most reputed organization in the field of coaching. They are the source of ICF certified coaches who could provide you ICF Certified Coach Training. Regal Unlimited is the Coaching school for the world, having regal coaches across the globe. Be it in India or overseas, we are committed to deliver effective and exceptional coaching and coach training to our coaches. Regal Unlimited is a pioneer in ICF Coach certification in India attracting Coaches and Corporate leaders (across functions and levels) to set out on a fulfilling journey. We have been setting best-practices and new benchmarks in professional coaching in India. Q6: What kind of coaching would I do? Are you going to be doing coaching as something that adds to your leadership skill and improves your leadership style to help your team members develop and get better performance from them? Or are you planning on becoming a full-time coach, who will be helping individuals and leaders develop their potential? In any case, it is an excellent approach to build a strong foundation with an ICF Coaching Certification. Q7: How will I receive the coach training? Having decided to go for an ICF Certified Coach Training, you need to determine how you will receive it. If you are from India, it may be useful to learn from ICF Certified coaches in India as they are likely to be culturally more ‘attuned’ to you and your background. It is essential to be clear about your medium of learning. Would you prefer an online or offline course? Do you like attending webinars? Will there be a classroom part of the training? Is it a blend of both online and face-to-face? Having asked these questions and clarified all these points, you will be in a strong position to select the coach training that is right for you. If you are in Bangalore, ICF Coach Training in Bangalore is available. ICF Coach Certification in India is now a growing trend. Be a part of the exciting and satisfying journey towards coaching. For more on coach training and certification by Regal Unlimited, pls visit www.regalunlimited.com Q8:How will I Receive the ICF Coach Training- Online or Offline? If you are from India, it may be useful to learn from ICF Certified Coaches in India as they are likely to be culturally more ‘attuned’ to you and your background. It is essential to be clear about your medium of learning. Would you prefer an online or offline course? Do you like attending webinars? Will there be a classroom part of the training? Is it a blend of both online and face-to-face? At Regal Unlimited, we offer hybrid coach training for individuals. We have a blend of online and offline training to maximize the learning experience of our learners.  Corporates enter into an engagement with us for coach training too. These in-house coach training programs are completely offline. We provide 1:1 batch training and 1:1 mentoring. We deploy adult-learning methodology to ensure that the learning is smooth and effectively aligned with your learning style. Q9:What is My Budget? The budget is another determining factor in the equation while choosing a Coach Training Institute. There are many coach training institutes that offer programs at a very low cost that you can consider if you are looking only for an ICF credential (although, this is discouraged by ICF themselves), but, if you are looking to be one of the best professional coaches in the industry, you must be willing to invest that amount in yourself to reap the benefits.  ICF Credentialing is a marathon. And marathon becomes memorable if you have complete handholding, a good company to keep and experienced trainers. All of this is relevant to your coaching journey Do you look at the budget as an expense or an investment? Your answer to the question will determine your journey and your destination.  Q10:Is the ICF Program Accredited? The Coach Training Programs that Regal Unlimited  offers are ICF certified and accredited. You can see the Regal Unlimited’s accreditation on the ICF website. Click here. (Just search for Regal Unlimited in the Accredited body section) Q11:Are the Trainers for ICF Program Credentialed? Our USP is that other coach training institutes employ ICF ACC and PCC trainers. Our trainers are Master Coaches (ICF MCC). Master Certified Coaches have gone through the exta rigor of clocking over 4000 hours of coaching, hence they are well aware of the practical nuances and challenges of Coaching a wide range of individuals from diverse backgrounds.  It is imperative that you get trained with a Coach who is MCC Credentialed. For our learners, we offer the training from a minimum of TWO MCC Credentialed Coaches. This is our commitment of giving our learner coaches the BEST in the category. Your training decides the trajectory of your coaching profession. Don’t settle for less! Q12:Is Mentoring Included in the Quoted Price or Is There an Additional Cost? Mentoring is included in the quoted price at no additional cost. Q13:How Much Time Should You Commit? An often repeated question aspiring coaches ask is, how much time will it take to become an ICF Credentialed Coach? Can they pursue coach training while they are doing their 9 to 5 job?  The answer is – Yes. Many of our learners are getting trained to become Coach while they are in a full time role in their organization.  The total time commitment, on an average is 10-12 months.  The first 4 months, we complete the Coach Training, the next 3 months we encourage our learners to complete the Mentoring and then nudge them to clock the 100 hours of coaching (with due support) in the next 4-5 months. Finally submit the recording and write the ICF Credentialing Exam in the last one month. We take pride in providing complete handholding (throughout the journey, be it 12 months or more) Q14:What about the After-Training Support? Many Coach Training Institutes offer certification and that’s about it. Nothing else. However, we at Regal Unlimited firmly believe in the Golden Triangle of Coaching. Becoming a Coach, Being a Coach and the Business of Coaching. Our regular engagements with our 300+ alumni is a testament to that. Our programs – Regal MuseArt (Webinars to explore new concepts in leadership, mentoring, etc. led by experts), Coach Accelerator (Regular connects  to help generate business for our alumni) and Coaching Unlimited (3 days getaways for a small group of successful coaches for their CCEUs with a focus on high-quality coaching) are some of the examples of that. Q15:How Will You Benefit from this ICF Coach Training Program? 1. Regal Unlimited is the leading Leadership and Transformation Coach Training Institutes that aims to empower individuals, teams and organizations to bring out the best in them by unleashing their true potential. 2. Our differentiation lies in our extensive work experience in the corporate world and the coaching industry. The Mentors and Coaches at Regal Unlimited are: a. ICF- ICF is the gold standard in Coaching and Coach Training. As members, they support ICF’s initiatives to advance the art, science and practice of professional coaching. Also, they are part of local ICF chapters as volunteer-leaders. b. EMCC- They are members of EMCC that exists to develop, promote and set the expectations of best practices in mentoring and coaching across Europe and beyond for the benefit of the society. c. inviteChange, ICA- As alumni of these prestigious Coach Training Organizations d. CoachSource- As empanelled Executive Coach e. EMCC Mentoring Award 2016- ‘Highly Commended’ 3. We provide world-class Coach Training Programs in India under the visionary leadership of Subash CV, who is an INSEAD Alumnus and an MCC (ICF) with more than 21 years in the corporate and business world. 4. We are one of the best institutes for obtaining ICF Certified Professional Coach Training. We have trained over 300 coaches (Out of the 50,000 certified ICF Coaches worldwide) in the ICF Credentialing journey. 5. Our flagship thought leadership in the domain of Executive Coaching and Coach Training is well established. We conducted a first of its kind research on the Coaching Landscape in India wherein we interviewed over 260 coaches of India. Here is the link to view the ICF research (as an aspiring coach, this research will answer many of your queries) Q16:Do They Overpromise to ‘Sell’ You? Many of the Coach Training Institute promise you that they can craft your ‘BRAND’ as a Coach. That you can start earning millions overnight because of the niche brand that they will help you get!  While building a brand as a coach is critical, it is also time taking and complex for the following reasons! Coaching is a highly unregulated market. Research shows that the entry barriers to this industry are extremely low. Literally anyone can call themselves coaches! 80% of the Coaching business comes from Referrals. Building brand can help… but more important than that is training to become a Good and True Coach. Overpromising to ‘sell’ you is akin to putting the cart before the horse. To build a Brand requires consistency (from the website, to the newsletters to the content you put out as a coach) It doesn’t happen overnight They overpromise you about getting the clients. In our opinion, its only a crutch… Coach has to be self-reliant and shape his/her BRAND Tread with caution, and not fall for towering promises of overnight successes as a Coach! Conclusion We hope these answers will help you in making your choice. Meanwhile, you can hear from our alumni about their experience of Coach Training with us. Write to us: info@regalunlimited.com

Consider an executive recently promoted to a leadership position. Her career progression has been from being a brilliant technical expert to an effective project manager to a program manager, mentoring several project managers, delivering a lead, and becoming the chief technical officer of a Bangalore headquartered Indian IT company. She operates from Bangalore but travels worldwide to manage relationships with global clients.  Her reliable track record has helped her influence clients to close several large deals. But the high-performance also brings the unsaid challenges of being a newly appointed executive. Executive Coaching for Executive Challenges Irrespective of backgrounds, industries and geographies, senior executives face similar challenges –  The competencies that helped them attain that leadership position may not be the same as those needed to be successful in that role.  Maybe they need to raise their performance standard in the new role, which is more complex.  Perhaps the new position requires a new way of thinking, a new set of skills, a new strategy, or more effective leadership skills.  Maybe the organization is facing a crisis, and the new leader needs to manage that while also building the roadmap for the organization’s future success. Best Executive Coaching Program is a proven method to deal with these challenges and help a new executive be successful Executive Coaching works as a powerful support  by promptly providing personalized, one-on-one development inputs. Executives can learn to find the solutions to immediate challenges and starts building the foundations for sustainable long–term success. There are excellent executive coaching options in Bangalore.  How does Executive Coaching enhance performance and creates a successful future? Here are the six key elements by which the CTO we met earlier can overcome challenges and enhance performance. 1. Selecting a coach The first step in executive coaching is to find a qualified, competent, and experienced world-class coach who can help take her performance to the next level. For our newly promoted Bangalore-Based executive CTO, it would be convenient to choose from those who provide executive coaching in Bangalore-credentialed and experienced executive coach at Bengalore who has groomed executives across industries, understands her challenges and may be able to converse in her language or preferably relate to her cultural background.She could select someone who has been doing executive coaching for Bangalore-Based IT companies. 2. Contracting and Deciding on goals Clarifying goals, roles, and responsibilities: The executive and the coach must agree on the executive’s goals, performance goals, and developmental goals. They also need to decide what role either one will play and what they will be responsible for. The logistics of the coaching sessions: When and how the coaching sessions will be conducted. Face-to-face meetings, virtually online through email or WhatsApp exchanges or a combination of these. Our CTO should consider her preferences and availability to receive executive coaching in Bangalore or while traveling , find out her coach’s choices, and mutually agree on conducting the sessions. What kind of schedule works for both?: How often should the executive coaching sessions be conducted, and what is the executive coach’s availability at Bangalore physically and virtually elsewhere? Managing confidentiality: During executive coaching our CTO would have to reveal a lot about herself and her organization. Should her coach report her progress to her supervisor? Fees and payment terms: Do coaching services incur additional costs? Under what conditions are canceled appointments charged? What are the steps to discontinue the coaching engagement? 3. Assessments and Feedback Assess strengths, weaknesses, gaps, and impact. The executive coach would help our CTO to assess herself using assessment tools and feedback from relevant stakeholders, as needed. Provide assistance interpreting feedback. Once the data from instruments and feedback are compiled, the coach can help her interpret the outcome and identify her development areas based on the competency gaps between what she has versus what she needs. Determines roadmap for success. Based on the identified developmental goals, the executive coach would help her create the directional roadmap to overcome her competency gaps. 4. Development Planning Produce a detailed development plan. The executive coach can help our CTO develop her detailed learning plan and the actions she needs to take to achieve her learning goals. Whether they are taking courses, doing a project, or being mentored by an expert. Clarify the development process and progress benchmarks. Her coach can also help determine the timelines and benchmarks necessary to track her progress. 5. Stakeholder Engagement Gain commitment and support from stakeholders. She would need to ensure that her key stakeholders support her development plan. Her executive coach could help her communicate with them effectively.  Build agreement on developmental priorities. With her coach, she can  work towards agreeing with her stakeholders on her development priorities.  Develop critical mentoring relationships. Being mentored by more experienced and accomplished professionals is a great way to establish oneself. Her coach can help her find mentors and get into a mentoring relationship 6. Implementation and Ongoing Planning Practice new behaviors and troubleshoot obstacles. Once her plan is detailed, and buy-in is obtained from her stakeholders, she can work with her business coach to practice new behaviors necessary in her new role, identify potential obstacles, and overcome them. Track progress in developmental areas and measure outcome. She can continue to work on her development goals and regularly meet with her executive coach to track her progress on her action plan and evaluate the results. She can then work out shortcomings with her coach’s support. The above six elements of executive coaching can ensure success, as it eventually did finally for the newly appointed CTO who decided on executive coaching in Bangalore with a locally based executive coach.  Executive Coaching in Bangalore & India with Regal Unlimited “A Coach does not play the game, but s/he makes you WIN the game” Regarded as the best executive coaching firm in Bangalore & India, Regal Unlimited takes pride in having trained, qualified, ICF Credentialed, and Experienced Executive Coaches who can help your leadership and organizations to WIN in the marketplace. Regal Unlimited has the best pool of Executive Coaches in India , who have been there, and done that! They understand the challenges and concerns of executives and ensure the practical approach to coaching high-performing executives in India or Virtual Executive coaching across the world as well.  Executive Coaches from Regal Unlimited are the best in the category, with relevant experience of over 10 years as Leadership & Executive Coaches. Connect with the best Certified Executive Coaches & get top executive coaching certification programs here. Write to us: info@regalunlimited.com and ensure that you have the best Executive Coach handholding you towards your success!

Team-Coaching-Competencies Coaching was mostly 1-1. We always did group coaching and team coaching. We have done team coaching for a leading bank in the middle east for their auto finance team, a leading hospital chain in India, an exporter in the food business, and a leading NGO in Bengaluru. Members of these groups had transformational shifts as a team and as individuals. Just as individuals make organizations, team coaching includes 1-1 coaching too. Maximizing team potential has to happen along with maximizing the personal & professional potential of individual members. – For more on ICF Team coaching, pls visit the attached doc. – To get Team Coaching by the best in the category, write to coaching@regalunlimited.com www.regalunlimited.com with Subash CV, MCC (ICF) & team, #RegalCoaches #TeamCoaching #icf #icfteamcoaching #coaching #coachtraining #icfcoach #leaderascoach #leadershipcoaching   https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6736844685421117440

Topics covered in the webinar Basic objective of all storytelling 4 conditions for effective communication Ways make a story memorable, relevant and Tips to hold the attention of the audience Effective storytelling in written commuication Brief Summary of the Webinar How can you tell the perfect story to sell Yourself or your product? Prof. Neil Bearden unravels the plot in this riveting webinar.  The MD of PlotWolf and Associate Professor of Decision Science at INSEAD teaches tactical storytelling to start-up founders, CEOs and businesses all over the world. Everyone loves a good story. And story telling can be a powerful means of communication to achieving your goal. The basic objective of story-telling is to improve the chances that people will remember what you SAY so they will be interested in what you SELL.  The secret to making a story memorable are – Get your audience’s attention by beginning with something interesting and emotionally appealing. Once that is done,  keep the ‘Gate of Attention’ open throughout. Skip all unnecessary bits. Communicate only what is important. Make sure your audience understands what your say. The picture in your audience’s mind has to match the picture in your mind. Make your message memorable Make your message simple enough to be retold by your audience to others. Stop when you know the Gate of Attention is shut. Prof. Bearden weaves these ingredients into his talk to practically show us how we can be masterful storytellers. Are you a leader, business owner, coach, teacher, parent, or anyone who wants to create a memorable, immortal message that crystallizes your goals? Then tactical storytelling is your tool to glory. Watch this fantastic and riveting webinar on story telling for leaders, coaches & parents with a Master Story Teller!

Dear Leader,Hope you are doing well during these challenging times.Leadership is facing the biggest challenge, at work, home and in the community. In the corporate world to the political world. How we handle this crisis would define our legacy as a leader. – What is storytelling?– Does it mean different to different leaders? What does it mean to you?– Is storytelling a key leadership skill? After two successful global webinars on ICF Team Coaching and Emotional Intelligence, we are delighted to bring to you a session on Tactical Story Telling with the master storyteller Neil Bearden, MD, Plot Wolf and Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD, Singapore on July 28, 2020, at 7 PM India Time/6:30 AM PST. To register, please visit https://tactical-storytelling.gr8.com/ Storytelling describes the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own stories or narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation or instilling moral values. (Wiki) Stories “fulfill a profound human need to grasp the patterns of living—not merely as an intellectual exercise, but within a very personal, emotional experience.” – Robert McKee Leaders who tell stories also communicate a compelling vision around desired beliefs, behaviors and results. … In essence, storytelling helps leaders change the way their teams think, which is a critical step in shifting the way employees act. Let us add storytelling to our leadership, life. Happy storytelling, leading.

Topics covered in the webinar Definition of Resilience Social and Emotional Intelligence The Four quadrants of EQ to manage awareness 26 Competencies of Emotional Intelligence Healthy relationship with Self Overcoming guilt Self awareness The emotional side to Change How do you care for physical well-being, Spiritual well-being and Mental well-being Brief Summary of the Webinar Regal Unlimited’s webinar on Resilience During A Time Of Change highlights the importance of building resilience especially during the present times by drawing on the strength of our inner-self.  Cathy Mott in this Webinar outlines the many ways to build  resilience and focuses on building Emotional Intelligence. Cathy Mott is a PCC, an executive coach helping Organizations create better leaders and a published author. The webinar is extremely invigorating as she draws examples from her own personal life on how to bounce back in spite of many hiccups life might throw at you. Mott patiently guides the participants to traverse the path to self-discovery to recognise the importance of self-care and build a resilient self which can bear positive impacts on one’s social relationships. She says, resilience is the ability to bounce back, resume a normal shape or sometimes perhaps create a new norm. She emphasizes the need to tap into our personal power in order to bounce back. Mott also mentions that each of us has the ability to be strong and buoyant. She makes a mention of Daniel Coleman where he states that Emotional Quotient is four times more important for success than intelligence quotient. Cott says that IQ is what gets you hired while EQ is what gets you promoted. She says it’s very important to give a name to our emotions, validate them, accept the same and learn to navigate them. It is very important to respond rather than react to our emotions. When you validate your emotion, it lessens the intensity and helps us to manage it well which can have a ripple effect in the sensewe will be able to have better social interactions. Mott also discusses in detail the four quadrants of Emotional Intelligence — Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness and Relationship management. When we are aware of our Self, we are able to manage ourselves better, which can result in empathizing with others and help us manage our relationships better too. She mentions that   body language constitutes 55% of human communication. Therefore, she says how important it is to recognise this to help us build bonds. She says how self care is extremely important on the road to becoming resilient. She also says that one need not feel guilty to indulge in self care. Self care she says helps you in coming face to face with yourself, helps you experience a wide range of emotions and work through them. She also mentions that it is crucial to have a great relationship with self as it creates space to listen to our own Self. She says there is more happiness in giving than receiving when our cup/bucket is full. Lastly Cathy Mott also mentions the 4 components which constitute individual well-being and the many ways to fill these buckets to build resilience.

Topics covered in the webinar Introduction: Paddy Padmanabhan What is Phoenix Mindset Why CEOs need Phoenix Mindset How leaders disrupt their own organizations using Phoenix Mindset Q&A with Paddy Padmanabhan How Coaching can pivot the mindset of CEOs How leaders are made using Coaching Brief Summary of the Webinar Regal Unlimited invited Prof Paddy Padmanabhan, a distinguished INSEAD Professor and co-author of the book, “The Phoenix Encounter Method” for an interactive webinar on decoding the nuances of the phoenix mindset. The topic gains extreme relevance and significance in these unprecedented times where the relentless waves of CHANGE are testing organizational leadership.  From the Global recession to the Great Resignation & other variants thereof, the organizational ecosystem is being negatively disrupted. The phoenix mindset has ‘urgency of doing’ at the heart of its framework. It is no surprise that legacy firms are equally vulnerable to becoming obsolete, being outrun by competitors, and being disrupted by nimble startups from seemingly unrelated industries, thanks to the amorphous industrial boundaries.   In such times, the Phoenix Encounter Method becomes an eye-opener (a tool of resurrection). In the webinar, Paddy delves at length on the framework, its use cases, its procedures and its application to various organizations. The basic premise is concerned with asking powerful questions (objective confrontation and provocation) to the senior leaders, and one such question which Paddy mentioned was, “ Can you list out three things which you can do to completely destroy your OWN business? (resources being abundant)” Kill your own business before the competitor does it because “Somewhere, someone is working on a product that can make your product obsolete.” Paddy then shared a few tips on developing a phoenix mindset. He sprinkled the session by giving amusing real-life examples of organizations and leaders who have successfully transitioned and adopted the ‘Phoenix Mindset’, truly they have gone through “a veritable firestorm of change to be re-born.”

Topics covered in the webinar Why Teams and Individuals matter? Anatomy of Team Coaching Engagements. Difference between a Coach and a Facilitator Team Coaching outcome : Foster autonomy Defining Generative Team Coaching  Role & Principles of team coaching Brief Summary of the Webinar Janet Harvey is a renowned Coach, a Visionary, an author and an eloquent Speaker. She awakens the leader within and helps people delve deep to lead wholesome lives. She chooses to term Team Coaching as 1 to Many (1:Many). She begins the webinar by telling us she started to coach Teams at a time when Coaching was beginning to differentiate itself from Mentoring, Training or Change Management interventions. Janet emphasizes that the emotional and social intelligence of the teams are extremely important and it cannot be ignored for teams to perform in synergy with the organizational goals. She explains in detail why teams and individuals matter within Organizations. Janet says that it is the prerogative of the Coaches to help teams operate in safe  and secure spaces. It should be the Coach’s endeavour to know what keeps the teams motivated and how often they get into those moments of motivation.  She also talks of the anatomy of team coaching engagements in detail. She says these engagements nurture the teams besides helping them to realize the purpose of their existence. It is also the responsibility of the leaders to keep the teams nourished and free from skepticism. In this webinar, Janet draws out the differences between a Coach and a facilitator. A Team Coach uses powerful questioning to help teams become aware of the choices teams make. She says that the outcome of team Coaching must foster autonomy. In an effective team interaction there is a level playing field and hierarchy is softened. Once a team has attained autonomy it is ready to take on the responsibility of taking action. As Coaches we are opening clients to many possibilities through the power of questioning. This probably can disrupt certain habits but can infuse action to realize the shared purpose of the organization. The webinar takes you through the entire gamut of team coaching and the outcomes for organizations.

Banks have been slow to adopt a holistic leadership development, across the globe. Monetary and non-monetary benefits in the form of increment, performance incentives, promotions, contests/foreign trips, and of course, stock options, have helped to get bankers (& BFSI leaders) to deliver. To be fair, a lot of effort, energy, and man-days have been spent (not invested?) on (not holistic nurturing) talent. A lot of training focus has been on skill development, to fulfill the requirement to tick boxes in annual appraisals. A lot of great places to work have dumped the ‘annual appraisals and adopted a more regular feedforward, nurturing  Nothing wrong with the training and appraisal approach. It was the need at that point of time, aligned with the prevailing consciousness. For individuals, they would have lived and died as ‘mere’ bankers, not fulfilling their real potential.  Times have changed, and the leadership approach has not changed. At BFSI, Are we really investing in our manpower? Do we care for their holistic development? Do we take into account their inherent potential? Coaching is about maximising personal & professional potential (ICF) A case study, courtesy @Forbes: Of course, there are exceptions, thankfully. This small bank in the US seems to be trying. Why they now place so much value on leadership” ‘ …We haven’t always been strong on leadership development, but we evolved because we saw how valuable and meaningful it was going to be to the bank overall ‘ (Sr VP, HR). It obviously makes business sense! No wonder, the bank’s mission is to create “FANS” and talks about “killing stupid bank rules” in their annual report. They also call their branches “stores” to better reflect the retail buying experience they strive to offer. For more check out:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2019/02/21/from-great-bankers-to-great-people-leaders-leadership-development-at-republic-bank/#68f397cf47a2 A generation of smart bankers would have lived and retired without even aspiring to live to their full potential. Maslow’s self-actualized state is also living to the full potential. Will, that works with millennial, Gen Z and others? If the leader leaves it entirely on the organization, it will be at his/her own risk. Don’t take such a big life-risk. Every banker, BFSI leaders deserves an opportunity and choice. Our coaching model, R_E_G_A_L, is GROW+Light (L), ‘L’ being a self-actualized state. This is not a nirvana or self-realized state. But also living to full potential. Introduce executive leadership coaching, coach training and also counseling/healing for mental wellness of leaders in BFSI. Check out our coaching model, and more about Executive Leadership PS: We also offer coach training/mentoring, counseling and healing.