Todd Westra hosts the Growth and Scaling Podcast. His audience is primarily CEOs, Founders, and Executives leading high-growth companies with ambitious goals.

Todd contacted me to be a guest to explore leadership's role in many of these high-stakes situations.

In this quick 30-minute conversation, we covered a lot of topics beyond what was originally on the agenda.Some of the highlights include:

What is a 360 review and how does it work?

How to identify challenges leaders are creating for themselves.

What skills matter most for busy leaders in high-pressure situations?

Several examples of leaders facing self-imposed barriers they’ve ignored for years.

We discussed all this and much more. If the topics above peak your interest, I encourage you to check out the conversation!

The conversation was more free-flowing. In this quick 25-minute conversation, we covered a lot of topics. Some of the highlights include:

• My mountain biking accident and the subsequent insights I gained during my recovery

• Other life challenges that have helped to shape my perspective on life and business

• Corporate leadership trends, frustrations and opportunities for executives

• Executive emotions & stoicism

• Misunderstood executives and the challenges they face

• Ai’s Impact on corporate leadership & the coaching field

We discussed all this and much more.

This past week, I experienced a serious accident and I wanted to be the one to let you know what’s going on with me. 

Last Monday, on the evening of July 26th, I had an accident on my mountain bike. I broke and fractured several bones in my neck and back. It required surgery on my neck to fuse together multiple bones and fragments to protect my spinal cord. After spending five nights in the hospital, I returned home Saturday night. 

When I first meet someone or they first learn that I’m an Executive Coach, it’s usually followed by lots of questions. It’s not a common occupation and those of us who are coaches have our own unique ways of coaching and unique types of clients we serve. Noomii, an online coaching resource, recently interviewed me and asked me a bunch of the same questions that I often get from others. I thought it would be helpful to post the interview to share with others who I haven’t met yet or those who want a little more understanding of what the heck I do, who I do it for, and how it works.