Coaching, Listening and Leadership with Sumit Gupta

This episode is all about coaching and leadership. If you want to get better at either of those, this is the episode for you. 🙌 Sumit shares the value of having a personal coach, how listening is a gift and how each coaching skill is also a leadership skill. My favourite learning is how he breaks down communication into different conversations. Doing so allows you to focus on which conversations are most challenging for you, and get better at having them. Enjoy 🎙 Connect with Sumit Gupta: https://linkedin.com/in/sumit4all https://www.deployyourself.com https://twitter.com/sumitgupta4all New episodes every Wednesday with our host 🎙Patrick Akil!   Big shoutout to Xebia for making this episode possible! Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/iDVY07k9SNs OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - Why Sumit coaches people? 00:02:21 - Sumit's journey with Entrepreneurship 00:03:59 - From creating software to helping people 00:08:27 - Realising you can do anything 00:10:29 - How to inspire and motivate 00:11:58 - The value of a personal coach 00:16:07 - How do you create a safe space? 00:20:07 - Leaders being open and vulnerable 00:24:05 - 100% transparency and openness 00:30:06 - Allowing others to contribute 00:32:15 - Gradually taking on leadership responsibilities 00:35:47 - Can leadership be learned or taught? 00:39:15 - No judgements and nothing is negative 00:42:54 - How do you get better at coaching? 00:44:43 - coaching and leadership skills 00:49:13 - Asking for help 00:51:21 - Leadership is about giving