Webinar: Coaching Startup Founders, and other High Velocity Leaders

Coaching Startup Founders
10
Sep
September 10, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm
online

Coaching high velocity leaders – either startup founders or leaders operating inside of fast-growing companies – brings unique challenges. Leaders in these environments have to adapt very quickly in a context of imperfect information and fast moving scenarios. They are (either consciously or unconsciously) managing their own emotions and the nerves of their executives and employees.

In light of this, coaches – who provide both safe space to think through ideas and emotions as well as constructive challenges – need to be able to adapt their style to leaders in these situations. And prepare for your own personal growth.

Using real-life case studies, you will learn:

  • The mental models of startup founders and other entrepreneurial leaders
  • The most important tools to use to support high velocity leaders
  • The limits of authenticity
  • Key leverage opportunities that you can use with high growth leaders
  • How to manage your own emotions and stay grounded

Presenter: Alisa Cohn

This is a public webinar.

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Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly 20 years. A onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor, she was named a top 30 “Global Guru” and has worked with startups such as Venmo, Etsy, Foursquare, The Wirecutter, Mack Weldon, and Tory Burch. She has also coached CEOs and C-Suite executives at enterprise clients such as  Dell, Hitachi, Sony, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, The New York Times, and Calvin Klein.

Marshall Goldsmith selected Alisa as one of his Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches - a gathering of the top coaches in the world - and Inc named Alisa one of the top 100 leadership speakers.

Alisa is a guest lecturer at Harvard and Cornell Universities, Henley Business School and the Naval War College. She is the executive coach for Runway--the incubator at Cornell NYC Tech that helps post-docs commercialize their technology and build companies. She serves on the board of the Cornell Advisory Council. She has coached public and political figures including the former Supreme Court Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and the first female minister in the transitional government of Afghanistan.

Her articles have appeared in HBR, Forbes, and Inc and she has been featured as an expert on Bloomberg TV, the BBC World News and in the New York Times. A recovering CPA, she is also a Broadway investor in productions which have won two Tony Awards and is prone to burst into song at the slightest provocation.