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“Leading Across Continents: The Ripple Effect of Coaching In The Workplace” with Joni Mar



Summary:

This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we welcomed a Master Certified Coach who excels at generating powerful results with high-performance individuals, leaders, and teams. Our guest is Joni Mar; she specializes in leadership development, innovating and implementing strategic solutions, and relationship management across Asia, Europe, and North America in almost every industry sector. From her early days as a Co-Active trainer to her current role shaping C-Suite executives, general managers, and directors, Joni recounts transformative moments from her life and how they've influenced her approach to coaching others. 


Tune in for an enriching discussion about professional development, human growth, cultural heritage, leadership evolution, emotional intelligence, and creating legacies that span continents.


In this Episode:

  • Discover how Joni transitioned from journalism to coaching after seeking a new career path during a life-changing period.

  • Be enlightened by Joni’s definition of coaching as an authentic and unmasked conversation between two individuals focused on benefiting the coachee while enriching the coach’s experience.

  • Hear Joni and Christie as they recount their transformative moments through the process of coaching that continues to influence them today.

  • Get insights about coaching across generational differences in workplaces today, from Baby Boomers' desire for legacy-building conversations to Gen Z's need for purpose-driven engagement.

  • Listen to Joni’s poignant reflection on completing an ancestral circle by bringing back knowledge to Asia, where part of Joni’s lineage began.

  • Understand the importance of self-love and generational wounds through helping others.

  • Learn how Joni works with driven leaders who are learning to balance achieving results while nurturing relationships.

  • Recognize the ripple effect that improves parenting skills through coach training and how that can impact future generations within workplaces.

Order of Topics:

  • Joni Mar’s Personal Growth through Coaching

  • From Journalism to Coaching

  • Implementing Coaching in Organizations

  • Unlocking Potential Through Authentic Conversations

  • Relational Leadership & Cultural Legacy

  • Emotional Intelligence & Healing Ancestral Wounds

  • Coaching Program Implementation Feedback & Challenges

  • Measuring Success & Personal Reflections

Action Items:

  • Explore Coaching as a Career Path

  • Embrace Self-Compassion

  • Apply Coaching Principles in Leadership

  • Acknowledge Cultural Influences

  • Promote Emotional Intelligence in Organizations

  • Implement Relational Leadership Techniques

  • Cultivate Resilience Through Coaching Practices

  • Invest in Future Generations' Skills Development

  • Design Conscious Leadership Programs

  • Foster Team-Oriented Mindsets Among Leader

  • Address Skepticism Towards New Management Style

  • Measure Success Indicators Accurately

  • Prioritize Personal Well-being While Managing Projects

  • Leverage Collaborative Networks for Better Outcomes

  • Contribute Knowledge Through Publication

  •  Stay Updated With Industry Innovators

  • Encourage Collaboration Among Peers

About Joni:

Joni Mar, CPCC, CNTC, MCC, is a highly respected results-focused executive coach who enhances the performance, influence, and relationships of global business leaders and their teams. By elevating the conscious mindsets of leaders her clients report achieving unparalleled performance with greater success and satisfaction. 


Joni has been working globally for 20 years from her home base in Vancouver. She coaches C-Suite executives, GMs, Country managers, and Directors in Asia, Europe, and North America in almost every industry sector. She now divides her time between Asia and North America coaching and facilitating leadership development programs.


A Master Certified Coach since 2007, with almost 20,000 coaching hours, Joni is among the top 4% of the world’s credentialed coaches who have been awarded the International Coaching Federation’s (ICF) highest professional designation. She is a senior corporate faculty member of the world’s leading coach training school- The Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), is a member of Google’s elite Mastery Faculty, the Foundation for Medical Excellence, and is an executive coach for the Conscious Business Leadership Academy. 


Working on large-scale transformational projects, Joni developed a global leadership program for 1000 leaders/year for a global consulting firm. The two-year program has as its red thread; Conscious Leadership, the Universal Leadership model, and applying a coaching style leadership- which is delivered ‘Co-Actively’. She has multiple long-term partnerships with Fortune 100 companies where she and a team of coaches train hundreds of their global leaders to apply coaching mindsets and skills in their leadership. Several of the companies have been awarded the ICF Prism awards for their high-standard coaching programs that drive meaningful change. 


Some of her clients include Google, Gov't of Canada, Deloitte, Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, Royal Bank, University of BC. One of her innovative programs for a global Fortune 500 company received the prestigious Brandon Hall Excellence Silver Award in Talent Management for Best in Coaching and Mentoring.  


Prior to coaching, Joni was nominated Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by one of Canada’s largest banks, was an international award-winning television journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and the Co-Chair of the Women’s Enterprise Centre (WEC)- a Canadian federal lending and training institution for women entrepreneurs. 

She is a Certified Professional Co-Active® Coach (CPCC), an Organization and Relationship Systems Coach (ORSC), and a Certified Neuro-Transformational Coach (CNTC). She is an accredited practitioner of The Leadership Circle 360® (LCP), Collective Leadership Assessment (CLA), EQ-I 2.0® and EQ 360. 


Joni is the co-author of The Inspired Business Approach - a practical business guide for entrepreneurs, also an American University business textbook, and has been a columnist on workplace issues for a Vancouver daily newspaper. She holds degrees in Journalism, Psychology, and Sociology.


She and her husband are proud parents to five adult children and one granddaughter. A recent empty nester, Joni really misses being a hockey mom. She loves gardening, Latin dancing, and travel. 



🎉 The UpLevel Podcast was listed as one of the Top 10 Best Coaching Culture Podcasts!!!!!


About UpLevel Productions: Founded by Christie Mann, MA, CPCC, PCC, and Rachel Baldi, CPCC, PCC, UpLevel creates, produces, and delivers Transformative Experiences, Workshops, Training, Events + Media that develop leaders who make our world a healthier, more alive, and connected place to be. As Associate CTI Faculty Partners, UpLevel is licensed to sell, produce, and deliver Co-Active coach training and leadership development programs around the world to support the transformational growth of individuals and culture inside the workplace and organization. www.uplevelproductions.com Instagram @uplevelproductions Facebook & LinkedIn @uplevelproductionscompany




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