Madjdy Kassem and Cameron Smoak on Deliberate and Purposeful Coaching

About this episode

Kavitha discusses coaching excellence with Educe co-founders Cameron Smoak and Madjdy Kassem.

This week, Kavitha is joined by two guests at the forefront of development in coaching excellence who are fresh off of a whirlwind global tour to train new coaches : Cameron Smoak and Madjdy Kassem , the dynamic co-founders of Educe . Madjdy and Cameron share how their years at McKinsey & Co. led to a passion for professional coaching, and how their work today strives to foster deliberate and purposeful relationships in order to shape a new generation of coaches who represent global society as a whole . Cameron and Madjdy share with Kavitha why they're excited to have a hand in shaping instruction for the Certificate in Professional Coaching Program i n alignment with I CF standards, and their plans to seek MCC certification. Along the way, Kavitha finds out what Madjdy thinks about clients with AI chatbot s for coaches, how Cameron approaches the coaching of coaches, and what American ski instructors c an learn from best practices in professional coaching. Transcript LLL S3Ep2 Madjdy Kassem & Cameron Smoak Transcript Links and Resources Information on YGELP and Yale SOM Executive Education: Yale SOM Executive Education Homepage Certificate in Professional Coaching Program…

People in this episode

Host: Kavitha

Guests: Cameron Smoak, Madjdy Kassem

Topics covered

• coaching
• professional development
• relationship building
• education
• AI in coaching

Keywords

• coaching
• professional coaching
• ICF standards
• AI chatbot
• coaching practices

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Educe, McKinsey & Co., International Coaching Federation (ICF)

Books & works: The Inner Game of Tennis, Love Is My Savior: The Arabic Poems of R

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