Leaders Being Heard: +1% Growth

+1% Growth is a podcast created by Leaders Being Heard. The podcast has two series: Coaching Leaders and Coach My Leadership. Coaching Leaders is a series created together with Teodora Iacob, ACC ICF. The series aims to provide a backstage pass to techniques, processes and knowledge we should master in order to grow as leaders. Coach My Leadership is a series created with Ermil-Mihai Diaconescu, PCC. The series aim to offer coaching and advices to new managers and to help them in the transition to a new role. Please feel free to reach us on social media, we love to hear from you.

October 18, 2021

Leaders Backpack – Journey to the leadership with Delia Albu

In the first episode from the Leaders Backpack podcast series, Delia Albu shares insights about her journey from being an engineer and developing code towards becoming a leader in the IT domain. Delia and Isaac, our host, discuss how to make a switch from a team member to a leadership position, what areas to focus on in order to train yourself as a young leader, challenges that young leaders usually encounter and how to manage your time effectively.

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July 16, 2021

Manage by coaching

Florin Manolescu from Leaders being Heard and Teodora Iacob discuss about what manage by coaching means and reveal topics that will be tackled in the next episodes of our podcast.

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June 27, 2021

Coaching techniques for managers

In this new episode, Florin and Ermil Diaconescu are discussing some coaching techniques that managers can use during their daily work. Listen and get insights, examples and ready to use advices.

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May 20, 2021

Difficult conversations – How to open instead of avoiding

In the second installment of the Coaching Leaders series, our guest Teodora Iacob and Leaders Being Heard host Florin Manolescu discuss about how to open instead of avoiding a difficult conversation. We will discover the AID model: Action, Impact, Desired Outcome. AID is a simple feedback model that can be used for both positive moments and those that need corrective action.

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May 6, 2021

Success in a new role

In the first episode of the Coach My Leadership series, Florin Manolescu, host from Leaders Being Heard and guest Ermil-Mihai Diaconescu, PCC discuss about defining success in a new role.

Since 2016, Ermil has been a professional, executive and business coach, he has got experience in working with big multinational companies from Romania and abroad, and he also has got considerable experience in working with leaders and teams for people development. What we learn in this episode is to know if we are successful, first we need to define what success means for us.

Ermil and Florin tackle some interesting topics for a successful transition to a new role, like anticipating problems, what we should focus most, how to reach expected results, how to develop and grow relationships and how to work on personal development. Listen till the end, you might feel the need to grab a pen and paper to write down some ideas for yourself!

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April 27, 2021

Difficult conversations – Managing emotions

In the first episode of the series “Coaching leaders”, our host Florin Manolescu and our guest Teodora Iacob open up the world of difficult conversations. Teodora is a Leadership and Identity Coach and she is committed to show managers and executives how to advance in their careers while creating greater impact. Together they’re exploring different topics such as self management and how to manage your emotions during a difficult conversation with a technique about Relax, Detach, Center and Focus. Give it a go to find out insights!

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