In this episode of The Coach Potatoes we are back! 

Join Lara and Andrew as they try to unpack the last 6 months and our respective experiences. Following the year of saying yes, we discuss saying no and we also discuss the search for work life balance and re-balancing our lives.

We would love your feedback and questions that you’d like us to address in future episodes. 

You can connect with Lara on LinkedIn at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraquie/

You can connect with Andrew on LinkedIn at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg

Please do rate and review the podcast so that others can find it.

In Episode 14 of the Coach Potatoes Podcast, Lara Quie interviews Gail Gibson, the “Can Do Mindset” coach.

Gail is a performance and leadership coach and founder and CEO of the Gaisha Consultancy Ltd. She is the author of three books and host of the “Can Do Way” podcast.

Her latest co-authored book is called “The Working Women's Guide to Menopause: When the Heat is On, Don't Sweat it!” And she is also the co-author of “The Rise of See-19 Leadership”.

Gail shares her story of growing up in Western Australia and how she adopted a can-do attitude to cope with the challenges she faced as she was growing up.

She then tells us about getting the travel bug and living overseas. She currently lives in Johor, Malaysia.

She talks about leadership styles and her book “The Rise of See-19 Leadership”.

She then talks about her new book on the topic of the menopause and how she is hoping it will make the subject less of a taboo, especially in the workplace.

Get in touch with Gail Gibson:

You can connect with Gail at her website: www.gailmgibson.com

You can listen to her Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qwmHYqimNsZAi6UoEpBYc/

You can connect with Lara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraquie/

Or on her websites: https://www.laraqassociates.com/

Please do listen to the show and rate and review the Podcast to help others find it.

In this episode of The Coach Potatoes Andrew interviews Cindi Wirawan. 

Cindi Wirawan is a Singapore based millennial career coach and corporate trainer who helps professionals to be their best selves. Besides coaching professionals to reach their career goals using Linkedin and networking, she also helps leaders to better engage their millennial teams during uncertain times. She is fluent in English, Indonesian and Mandarin and she has a Master of Cross-Cultural Communication and a Bachelor of Business Administration and has lived in numerous countries. Cindi is also a self-professed Ambivert and we pick up on this towards the end or our discussion.

In this episode, as a Millennial Coach, Cindi shares with us all about Millenials, their strengths, and how best to work with Millenials. Cindi also shares her tips and tricks for finding your voice online, the ABC’s of LinkedIn, and introduces Andrew to FIRE (it all makes sense to Andrew in the end!).

If you would like to connect with Cindi you can connect through:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindiw/

Instagram: @coachcindi

In this episode of the Coach Potatoes Interview Series, Lara Quie interviews Mary Barrett. 

Mary is the Owner and Chief Enthusiasm Officer (CEO) at Mary Barrett Global. Mary is a mindset coach, hypnotherapist, and podcaster. She is an expert in emotional intelligence and communication skills and an ABNLP certified NLP trainer and Master Practitioner.

For over three decades, Mary has been educating, inspiring and empowering C-suite, senior executives and entrepreneurs to clear the chaos of their mind and gain clarity to make transformational sustainable changes to increase both personal effectiveness and business results.

Mary shares her background and journey into coaching, which began during her 18-year career at Barclays Bank in the UK. 

She also lived in Sweden and worked at BMW before moving to Singapore and becoming a mother. 

She talks about neurolinguistic programming (NLP) and facing her fears during her time training with Tony Robbins. 

Tune in to learn all about Mary and why you should invest in yourself and get your own coach.

You can connect with Mary on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-barrett

On her website: https://www.marybarrett.global/

Or listen to her Podcast - A Cup of Tea with Mary B https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/a-cup-of-tea-with-mary-b/id1516141440/

We would love to hear your suggestions for topics, questions or comments so please feel free to connect with us:

Lara Quie https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraquie/

https://www.laraqassociates.com/

Andrew Parker https:www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/

https:www.wasabi-consulting.com/

In this episode of the Coach Potatoes Podcast, Lara Quie interviews Agi Heale. Agi is a leadership coach and author of Generation Panic, a new book to help people overcome anxiety in this fast moving world.

In this episode Andrew interviews Wesley Boers over coffee. After a career in biochemistry engineering in R&D at Procter and Gamble and Ecolab, Wesley has has discovered that what makes him tick is not the chemistry in the bottle but the chemistry between a team's players. Following this discovery and his passion, Wesley is today a certified integral and systemic coach and he is the founder of INN-Gage where he helps organisations unlock their human potential for innovation. During our discussion Wesley shares his career journey to date, the innovation lessons he learnt at P&G, what systemic thinking and coaching is, and his key advice on how to dive an innovation culture in your organisation. Wesley can be contacted via: Web: www.inn-gage.com E-mail: wesley@inn-gage.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleyboers/

Welcome to episode 9  of the Coach Potatoes Podcast.

In this episode Lara and Andrew discuss Lara's "Year of Yes", energy levels, burnout, quotes of the episode and where they would like to travel to for their first post-pandemic trips. 

We'd love to hear from you with any questions, comments or suggestions, so please feel free to contact us. 

You can connect with us:

Lara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraquie

Email: Lara@laraqassociates.com

Web: https:www.laraqassociates.com

Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg

Email: Andrew@wasabi-consulting.com

Web: https://www.wasabi-consulting.com

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In this episode, Lara Quie interviews Adrian Sutton, CEO and Co-Founder of Vortex IoT. Vortex IoT is a designer and manufacturer of sensor systems used for environmental air quality monitoring, rail track monitoring, and smart parking. In this conversation Adrian discusses: - How he played semi-professional rugby until age 22 but got injured and had to move on. - His early career and being a slow starter but eventually finding a passion for project management. - Working as a freelance management contractor in eight different police forces and the Home Office to help find efficiencies and cost savings through digital transformation. - How understanding the nature of the business with empathy is important before implementing change. - How he co-founded Vortex IoT four years ago after meeting his co-founder at a trade show in Asia. - The satisfaction he gets in working in a business that is making a difference to the environment. - How COVId has impacted the business over the past year and the importance of having a support network. - Being resilient and walking in the shoes of your customers. Really understanding them and having empathy. - Building the business from 12 to 34 people in the pandemic and using coaching and mentoring internally. - How he has been coached and mentored and believes you need to be challenged and helped to grow. - His advice that it is never too early to start networking. People you know will become influential and life-long supporters. You can connect with Adrian on LinkedIn at http://linkedin.com/in/adrian-sutton-43b44a9 You can connect with Lara on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laraquie Andrew on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andrew-parker-6ab5a995 Or email: Lara@LaraQAssociates.com and Andrew@wasbi-consulting.com

Welcome to the Christmas Special and end of year episode by the Coach Potatoes. In this bumper edition we have gone wild and thrown out our script (which scares one of us!) and we take a look back at what we’ve learnt from 2020, our reflections on a year that has stretched all of us, we chat about what we’re looking forward to in 2021 and we finish our discussion with some inspiring quotes that will hopefully get you in the right frame of mind to make a strong start to the new year. We’d love to hear from you with any questions, comments or suggestions, so feel free to connect with us anytime. Lara: Lara@laraqassociates.com or through LinkedIn at https://www.Linkedin.com/in/laraquie Andrew: Andrew@wasabi-consulting.com or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/ Thanks for joining us this year and subscribing to our podcast. We will be back in January with more interviews and episodes; so in the meantime, the Coach Potatoes wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and successful 2021.

Nick Jonsson is the Founder & Managing Director of EGN (Executives’ Global Network) Singapore where he works with senior executives in confidential peer groups where they can help each other face challenges and identify opportunities. As you will hear in our interview, Nick is Swedish but has worked and lived in Asia, Australia and Europe. He is passionate about assisting people who are suffering from executive loneliness and sharing his own experiences of executive loneliness. Nick’s passion for mental health awareness has paved the way for him to write his first book; "Executive Loneliness: How to avoid the workplace isolation”, which will be published in early 2021. We spoke with Nick as he was part way through his 14 day quarantine period in Singapore following a trip to Europe. We’d love to hear from you with any questions, comments or suggestions, so feel free to connect with us anytime. Lara: Lara@laraqassociates.com or through LinkedIn at https://www.Linkedin.com/in/laraquie Andrew: Andrew@wasabi-consulting.com or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/ You can connect with Nick through LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickjonsson/ or via e-mail at nij@egn.com. You can also find out more about EGN at www.egn.com.

In this episode of our Interview Series, Lara Quie speaks to Alexander Mearns about why he started Levitise, a holistic health and fitness centre based in Singapore. You can connect with Alex at https://www.Levitise.com. We’d love to hear from you with any questions, comments or suggestions, so feel free to connect with us anytime. Lara: Lara@laraqassociates.com or through LinkedIn at https://www.Linkedin.com/in/laraquie Andrew: Andrew@wasabi-consulting.com or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/

Welcome to the fourth episode of The Coach Potatoes. In this episode Lara and Andrew chat about the ‘pandemic pause’ that we’ve all endured (or are enduring at the moment). Has this given you the time and space to consider your personal and professional goals? If so, we look at a wide range of options that you might want to explore, some ideas for next steps and also how coaching can help you. We get a little distracted by talking about different responses to the global pandemic and how to get through this challenging time but we do get the conversation back on track! Later in this episode we take a look at the importance of updating and continually refreshing your LinkedIn profile. Our quote of the podcast looks at the grass always being greener on the other side and whether that is really the case. What has been your experience? We’d love to hear from you with any questions, comments or suggestions, so feel free to connect with us anytime. Lara: Lara@laraqassociates.com or through LinkedIn at https://www.Linkedin.com/in/laraquie Andrew: Andrew@wasabi-consulting.com or via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/ Thanks for joining us and also for subscribing.

This Episode is the second in our Interview Series, during which we interview leading Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Coaches. In this episode, Andrew interviews Mervin Yeo, networking expert, adapted introvert and the founder of Introverts Network Asia. They talk about Mervin's career journey, networking, introversion and how to network as an introvert. Mervin Yeo is a networking evangelist who has been spreading the good news of networking through his writing, training, coaching and mentoring for two decades. Mervin had authored and co-authored numerous books including "Purposeful Networking For Introverts" and "I Can Connect - An Introvert's Handbook To Stress-Free Networking" and is contributing author in the New York Times best-seller "Masters of Networking". His latest e-book "Step Out, Show Up", a Networking Confidence Starter-Guide for Introverts” was e-launched in May 25, 2020. For 13 years, he was the Singapore National Director of the world’s largest referral organisation and was on the Executive team of a Singapore-based leadership development company for two years. Mervin describes himself as an adapted introvert and in 2013 he founded the Introverts Network Singapore, a quietly growing networking community of introverts. He has since expanded that to develop similar networks in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines with plans to start more in cities in the region. His current focus are INA and Quiet Impact Asia, an academy to develop and nurture Adaptive Introverts in Singapore and the region. You can connect with Mervin via Quiet Impact - https://www.quietimpact.asia or through LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mervinyeo/ You can also connect with INA at https://www.introvertsnetwork.asia Please subscribe to the Coach Potatoes Podcast and like and review it on your favourite listening platform. You can connect with Lara on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laraquie Andrew on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjparkersg/ Or email: Lara@LaraQAssociates.com and Andrew@wasabi-consulting.com

This Episode is the first in our Interview Series, during which we interview leading Entrepreneurs, Leaders and Coaches. In this episode, Lara interviews Ellie Rich-Poole, The Recruitment Coach. They talk about her career and journey into coaching, what coaching means and how she has transitioned into life in Singapore. Ellie coaches individuals changing their job, career or country. She goes on the journey with them as a supporter and challenger, helping them get to action and achieve results. She also works as a Consultant supporting business leaders and HR Directors on a range of talent projects. With over twenty years’ experience in HR, Resourcing and Talent Management and within Executive Search as a head-hunter, Elie set up her own business in 2016. She has lived and worked in the UK, Germany, Chile and now Singapore and enjoys supporting globally minded individuals and organisations. You can connect with Ellie here: https://www.ellierichpoole.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellierichpoole/ Join the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/therecruitmentcoach Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ellierichpoolecoaching/ Please subscribe to the Coach Potatoes Podcast and like and review it on your favourite listening platform. You can connect with Lara on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/laraquie Andrew on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/andrew-parker-6ab5a995 Or email: Lara@LaraQAssociates.com and Andrew@wasbi-consulting.com

Welcome to the first full length episode of the Coach Potatoes. In this bumper first episode, Lara and Andrew discuss everything from what coaching means to us, the pandemic, LinkedIn, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and mentoring. We answer one of your questions and our quote of the podcast. We commence the episode with a discussion on coaching, what it is, the origins of coaching, what it means to us and what topics clients bring to coaching. We then look at perfectionism and the feeling that many people have of feeling like a fraud or an imposter. We discuss what it is, how it impacts people and what you can do to manage your own perfectionist tendencies or feelings of being an imposter. We take a look at LinkedIn’s new feature of showing that you’re “open to work” - should you or shouldn’t you use this feature? We also talk about the importance of networking. Poetry (believe it or not) makes an appearance in this episode as we unpack our “quote of the podcast”. This quote is all about personal wounds and what they mean to us. In our ‘ask the Coach Potatoes’ segment we look at the difference between coaching and mentoring and formal and informal mentoring. In the mentoring section we mention https://protege.asia We’d love to hear your thoughts on this and ideas for future episodes so please write us a review, subscribe and like, or contact us at: Lara Quie Lara@laraqassociates.com or through LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraquie/ Andrew Parker andrew@wasabi-consulting.com or through LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-parker-6ab5a995/ Thanks for joining us.

Pilot episode introduction to us, the Coach Potatoes - Lara Quie & Andrew Parker.

We are not couch potatoes, we are the coach potatoes. We don't take ourselves too seriously but we do discuss serious topics revolving around coaching. We do hope you will join us for our conversations.