Resistance to Coaching: What Leaders Area Really Protecting (Ep 327)

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Most resistance to growth never announces itself. It shows up as a calendar that will not cooperate, a quarter that is too full, a leadership program that would be a better fit next year.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Maren Perry, founder and CEO of Arden Coaching, has spent twenty years working with senior leaders and executives. She can identify what usually lies beneath that scheduling problem. People reach senior roles because they were very good at something, and that gives them something to protect. Coaching asks them to set it down for an hour and look honestly (and vulnerably) at what is working and what is not.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">In this episode, Ramona and Maren get into the part of leadership growth that rarely gets said out loud: the distance between what a leader knows they should do and what they actually make room for.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">They dig into:</span></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">What resistance looks like </span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">The two sides of any goal, the thinking side and the feeling side, and what it means when they do not match</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Why people feel stuck</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">The quadrant most leaders agree drives their success and still give zero attention to</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">If you have a project, a conversation, or a development opportunity that has been sitting on your list for months, this conversation will help you understand why it is still sitting there even though you know you "should" tackle it now.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Watch on YouTube: The Manager Track on </span><a href="https://youtu.be/OOSuhuiWZ4o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(91, 75, 158); background-color: transparent;">— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE —</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Maren Perry, Founder and CEO of Arden Coaching, on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marenperry</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Arden Coaching: ardencoaching.com</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Listener resources from Maren: ardencoaching.com/podcast</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(91, 75, 158); background-color: transparent;">— LINKS —</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Schedule a Leadership Strategy Call with Ramona here: calendly.com/ramonashaw/leadership-strategy-session</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Grab the free New Manager Toolkit mentioned in the episode: archova.org/freetoolkits</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Learn more at: http://archova.org/1on1-course</span></li><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling book 'The Confident &amp; Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': amzn.to/3TuOdcP</span></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong style="color: rgb(91, 75, 158); background-color: transparent;">— OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE —</strong></p><ul><li><span style="background-color: transparent;">Episode 194 – Coachability: https://www.ramonashaw.com/194-coachability</span></li><li><span style="background-col