Shawna Samuel on the Feminist Coaching Mindset

About this episode

Shawna Samuel discusses feminist coaching and its impact on women leaders in the workplace.

This week, Kavitha is joined by Shawna Samuel, founder of the Mental Offload Coaching and Advisory Practice, to discuss coaching that is responsive to lived experience of women leaders in today's workplace. Shawna came to coaching after years as a marketing expert across Europe helped her realize that her greatest potential for leadership came in the form of mentoring others to success and achievement . She shares with Kavitha how feminist coaching breaks down traditional coach-client hierarchies , explains what it means to be a " productivity nerd," and discusses how leaders can overcome "Cinderella Syndrome " and work more effectively toward achieving their professional ambitions. Transcript Long Life Learning S3Ep3 Transcript – Shawna Samuel Links and Resources Information on YGELP and Yale SOM Executive Education: Yale SOM Executive Education Homepage Certificate in Professional Coaching Program Homepage Sign up for program updates Resources Mentioned in Today's Episode: The Mental Offload and Shawna's accompanying podcast Likeable Badass by Alison Fragale Influence is Your Superpower : How to Get What You Want Without Compromising Who You Are by Zoe Chance The Black Count…

People in this episode

Host: Kavitha

Guest: Shawna Samuel

Topics covered

• feminist coaching
• women leaders
• mentoring
• Cinderella Syndrome
• productivity

Keywords

• coaching
• women leadership
• mentoring
• Cinderella Syndrome
• productivity nerd

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mental Offload Coaching and Advisory Practice, Yale SOM Executive Education

Products: Likeable Badass, Influence is Your Superpower

Books & works: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

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