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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 in alignment with ICF standards, and their plans to seek MCC certification. Along the way, Kavitha finds out what Madjdy thinks about clients with AI chatbots for coaches, how Cameron approaches the coaching of coaches, and what American ski instructors can learn from best practices in professional coaching.
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Links and Resources
Information on YGELP and Yale SOM Executive Education:
Resources and Individuals Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
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Champions of the Golden Valley, directed by Ben Sturgulewski
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The Inner Game of Tennis, by W. Timothy Gallwey
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Love Is My Savior: The Arabic Poems of Rumi, translated by Nesreen Akhtarkhavari and Anthony A. Lee
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The Courage to Be Disliked, by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
About Today’s Guests
Cameron Smoak and Madjdy Kassem are co-founders of Educe. Both came to coaching as alumni of McKinsey & Company, and today are ICF Professional Certified Coaches with twenty years of combined experience. They are also sought-after program designers and leadership development facilitators serving clients around the world. In addition, both are multilingual, with Cameron speaking English and Italian, and Madjdy speaking Arabic, English, and French. Madjdy and Cameron are collaborative partners with Yale SOM Exec Ed in the design and execution of the forthcoming Certificate in Professional Coaching program.