Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

At a strategy offsite with several hundred strategy employees I was giving a presentation on stage and I asked, out loud, “why do we keep grin fucking each other (you could actually say that out loud in England) on the topic of Integrated Strategy? When people come to present their businesses to me I try my best not to grin fuck them.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The company also offers up date coaching, styling, and professional photography to help clients present the best versions of themselves to prospective dates. The company, let by Talia Goldstein, provides vetted and curated matches for clients, hand screening matches--including vetting matches in person before an introduction.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 17, 2011

Powerful breakout sessions presented by career coaches and experts. Fast track job search workshop for experienced professionals seeking employment. Learn who gets the attention of hiring managers during our panel discussion. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 10, 2011

The format of the meetings is to have several entrepreneurs present their projects and to have an interactive discussion from the attendees with comments, suggestions and ideas for the presenters. The goal for the entrepreneurs is to receive coaching, mentoring and resources for their companies.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

PM, and that the vice president of sales, presently in the air traveling to the very country where the manager was to meet him, was not to be present. Everyone but the sales VP was present as anticipated. Then the meeting no CEO would want to attend. We walked into the meeting at the appointed time.

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Training Course Sales IBM 226

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

You have to figure out when to be the up-beat coach, “It will all get better, stay confident, keep the course” or the honest voice in one’s ear, “Listen mate, you’ve been protecting your head of product for far too long. You need to be very present in these periods of time. Co-founder discontent.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

Should board members therefore withdraw and not participate in corporate planning, coaching the CEO and other issues not related to the duty of care or duty of loyalty? These are rare, but each stresses the duty of loyalty to the corporation on whose board they sit. Well, how far should a board member go? Of course they should not.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2014

We observe them in their daily lives and interactions with their teachers, coaches and friends and we look on with pride and the wonderful little human beings they have become. When our boys were young you chose to sacrifice your own career to be more present in their lives. And Moms everywhere.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2011

Eric Gildenhuys, international coach in marketing, sales, and operations, will address effective business conversations at the Aug. Gildenhuys will present techniques and approaches to increase an individuals communications skills and enhance his or her interactive abilities, especially during business gatherings.

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PMI Orange County Coach Sales 113

Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

You will have to hone your story well, down to fifteen minutes and perhaps fifteen slides in your presentation. VCs often invest no less than $2 million in a single deal, finding it difficult to put less money to work and still spend time on boards and coaching entrepreneurs to a successful liquidity event. company.

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Equity Startup Organization Invest 232

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2010

He coached me that I had to start with the answers. It is about structuring your thoughts, presentations and communications. It took too long for me to get around to speak to every departement, get data, assemble it, analyze the data to formulate conclusions and then communicate it to executive staff. How can I START with the answers?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

AUGUST 3, 2009

Meet executive coaches who offer insights on how to find your passion, and how to design, plan and execute clear direction in your professional life. Presenters include:  Margaret Meloni, President of Meloni Coaching Solutions Inc., Thursday, August 6, 2009 -- Personal and Professional Turnaround Techniques.

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AITP Coach Tips Guide 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

When you hire somebody really strong in this function you can also give her the task of creating your board presentations. You’re the coach, mentor, cheerleader. This allows a CEO to create a spreadsheet of expected activities over the next year but not spend the additional 8 hours perfecting and adjusting it.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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Mentor Training Startup Course 297

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 1, 2008

Then the organizer went into a 20 minute sales pitch around his new training/coaching offering. It felt like a bad time share presentation. The meeting had a decent case study and some pretty good discussion around the room of different tools that you might consider using.

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SEM SEO West Los Angeles Case Study 150

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 1, 2011

Thursday, July 7, 2011 -- LA CEOs, an education and support group for CEOs presents: New Media Training. Our featured speaker LeeAundra Keany an executive communications coach. The power of a video of you speaking or your own words in a blog introducing your product, service, a key event is tremendous and every CEO should leverage it.

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Training Coach Blogging Education 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 9, 2010

AgilePalooza is a community event presented by VersionOne. A fun, low-cost event linking internationally recognized coaches and trainers with the local software development community, AgilePalooza is a day of collaboration, education and advancement of agile methods. Thursday, July 15, 2010 -- AgilePalooza Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Angel Coach Education 100

Berkonomics

AUGUST 25, 2022

One of the CEOs I used to coach started his day by walking the floor of his extended facility and checking in with managers and employees of the various departments, especially the call center. Let’s set the scene. What if management, usually older, cares less about being regular at the office? Let’s use the “C” word (“culture.”).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Through the Social Venture Competition, 9 semi-finalist nonprofits competed in a business plan competition, presenting their plans to a panel of business and social investors who provided valuable feedback and coaching to each presenting organization. The panelists then selected the four finalists.

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Competition Coach Mentor Training 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. The classroom activities are recorded and the video is appended with comments from a remote coach. I was impressed with his knowledge and thinking after every presentation. Ambitious goals.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 25, 2011

Featuring noted coach David Hussman, four presentations will give you the practical information to effectively transition your people, processes and platforms. A vendor expo featuring VersionOne, ElectricCloud, Klockwork, and Perforce will follow.

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Platform Coach Email Invest 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 16, 2010

AccessEN will host an interactive discussion on the topic of values-based balance led by Kimberly Roush, founder and CEO of All-Star Coaching, at its monthly forum. The evenings featured business case will be presented by Thomas Graup, founder and CEO of LINTRA America.,

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 24, 2011

Our presenter is Bob Marshall a London(U.K.)-based based coach and consultant to technology businesses. Tuesday, January 25, 2011 -- SoCal Lean/Kanban Meetup. There can be many different paths to a "successful" tech business, many of them involving luck, prior art or exploitation of existing assets.

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SoCal Southern California Coach Technology 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

AccessEN will sponsor a keynote presentation by acclaimed author and columnist Mark Gibbs on the Twitter phenomenon and the value of market intelligence that companies can glean from social network analysis. Thursday, November 19, 2009 -- Using Twitter and Value of Market Intelligence.

Marketing 100

Marketing Social Network Coach Networking 100

Berkonomics

JUNE 24, 2021

It is hard to coach or teach leadership in a few paragraphs. Think of those leaders from your past or present whom you respect most. But let’s try by limiting this short insight to a list of the five principal tactical skills of a great leader. Compare their leadership style with these five skills. Skill number one: delegate.

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Organization Coach Metrics Training 156

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 19, 2010

Featuring presentations and panel discussion by experts on Linked-in, Facebook, and other internal and external social media tools.

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Social Media AITP Tool CTO Coach 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2022

Phrases like “holding people accountable” imply negative consequences or punishment, rather than rewards or providing the freedom and coaching to team members to choose their own actions, and pursue what matters most to them. Provide coaching and training on ownership discipline. Provide regular feedback on execution and results.

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Coach Slides Social Network Metrics 145

SoCal CTO

MAY 13, 2014

But, advisors, coaches, and mentors can often fill the bill. If you present a mentor with an interesting startup challenge in a space where they have experience or expertise, the mentors are quite willing to spend a few hours to help the founder. Here’s the other aspect that both Tony and I preach: get help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2022

I enjoyed her recommendations and real-life stories as well as her self-coaching advice, which I will paraphrase here, combined with my own insights from the field: Take a hard look in the mirror to see yourself today. Always assume positive intent, stay present, be open-minded, actively listen, the thank the person for their feedback.

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Coach Guide Startup Mentor 140

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

And, many of the presenting companies received sizable funding commitments and offers of ongoing help. Matt is also an executive coach and partner at Evolution Services (link: [link] a high growth executive coaching and consulting firm based in Los Angeles, Silicon Valley and New York.

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Technical Review Software Review Startup Coach 157

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. The CEO had 60-page Powerpoint presentations analyzing every micro detail of the business. You’re sales person is getting blocked by the CTO who says she shouldn’t go above him but the CTO isn’t approving the deal.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Slides CTO Coach 414

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2022

For example, you must forego the traditional meeting approach, where a team member presents a slide deck with all the background and multiple solution options on an issue, and asks you for a decision. For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring.

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Mentor Technical Review Coach Slides 154

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

It can be harder and take more time to coach your VP Marketing to get his staff doing what you think is right than just telling them yourself. But if you can’t get the results you want from your VP of Marketing or through coaching them then that is a different problem. Skipping is insidious.

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Startup CTO Coach Technical Review CTO Hire 308

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Examples of companies already coaching their teams on these mental strategies include Google, Starbucks, AOL, and more: Mentally be fully present and engaged in the current task. Practice by making a conscious decision to intentionally be more present with a team member, with a client, at a meeting, or at home.

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Email Activity Social Media Coach 170

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

John Morris: It's probably been a little more than a year in its present shape, although we've been patient because we have no budget. An example might help: We were recently presented with a project, and two of our members jumped at a chance to look at it, thinking they could become CEO. Where is this talent coming from?

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

In my view, the most effective entrepreneurs are those with a background of an array of real-life experiences, both positive and negative, as well as good academic and coaching activities. Most universities have formal incubator and business development organizations that focus on coaching, grant writing and technology licensing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

I saw a new approach in the classic book “ Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders ,” by Dr. Peter Fuda, which identifies seven leadership themes, presented as metaphors. Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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