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Podcast: Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight
Episode: Ellen Van Oosten, "Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth" (HBR Press, 2019)
Description: On this episode I speak to Ellen Van Oosten about Helping People Change: Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019). The book explores both personal and organizational change, especially how does a leader pursue an ideal self that aligns activities, goals and values. Key emotions include awe, joy, curiosity and gratitude, with the latter emotion having a strong social, connective focus. The key is self-awareness and making the effort to change sustainable by ensuring the change has deep meaning for the person involved.Ellen Van Oosten is an Associate Professor of Organizational Beha...