Who You Are is How You Lead with Rachel Rider - The Authority Podcast 61

Rachel is a master coach and founder of MettaWorks. She had a distinguished career in HR and has since coached hundreds of business leaders at companies like GitHub and Okta, helping them become high-functioning and self-optimized. Her book is Who You Are is How You Lead. In this episode, Ross and Rachel (not that Ross and Rachel) discuss: What gets you into a “leadership position” isn’t the same as what you need to do once you’re in that position. How does it change? Habitual and emotional responses vs. thinking  How Rachel’s coaching questions differ from the norm What makes a leader coachable? “Work is where your demons go to hide.”  Is it possible to teach interpersonal skills? Importance of lived experience Find Who You Are is How You Lead on Amazon.  Subscribe to The Authority to get more deep-dive interviews with authors from education, business, leadership and beyond. It’s available wherever you get your podcasts.  Visit https://bepodcast.network to learn more about the Be Podcast Network for educators. About today’s guestRachel Rider founded MettaWorks in 2015 after a distinguished career in HR, receiving executive coaching certification from Columbia University, and extensive training in meditation, Somatic Experiencing, and Polarity Therapy. Starting as HR Business Partner responsible for developing and coaching leaders and teams at Bloomberg, she went on to specialize in leadership coaching at AppNexus (since acquired by AT&T) and Digital Ocean, the third-largest hosting company in the world. Connect with Rachel on LinkedIn.  About the hostRoss Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies LLC. He is a leadership development and performance coach for professionals in a range of industries and consults with organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry to help communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano and LinkedIn.