A Coach Academy podcast
Nathalie Blais talks with coaches, executives and researchers about connection, and about the parts of leadership nobody teaches you. Real conversations, not interviews.
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Ten years ago, Coach Academy started on a couch with a single question about human connection. Today, more than 4,000 graduates carry those coaching skills into their work and lives.
59:10
Carla Catherwood built Army of Sass into a licensed network of 40+ dance locations across Canada and the US. Then COVID killed it overnight. She and Nathalie get into community versus audience, burnout, and starting over.
52:14
Why aren't connection skills taught in schools? Nathalie Blais spent 50,000 hours coaching, went to Harvard to research the question with 150+ educators worldwide, and took the answer to a TEDx stage.…
28:19
Tanya Gibson spent fourteen years in the corporate world before a restructuring gave her the push she needed to leave and build Redefine Possibilities. This conversation covers what actually carried her through…
1:07:39
There's a man in love with an AI named Astrid. She remembers everything, and she never disagrees with him. She's programmed to be anyone's dream. Astrid is an it, configured to please,…
52:48
Wanda Brown grew up around the corner from where The Wire was filmed. When her boss publicly humiliated her in front of eight colleagues, her brain did what Southwest Baltimore taught it…
54:56
Dr. Pat Williams was in the room when Carl Rogers taught and Joseph Campbell lectured. Coaching didn't exist yet as a profession. Four decades later, he's one of the people who helped…
1:12:14
What's the difference between leading from the heart and leading from fear? Nathalie Blais has been sitting with that question for weeks — doing a full self-audit on her own leadership style,…
35:01
Lisa Rotstein is a Professional Certified Coach with nearly three decades of experience working with healthcare systems and nonprofit boards. She coaches executives and leadership teams through organizational change and facilitates at…