Coaching Power with Luciana Núñez

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What if, instead of giving your team answers, you asked the right questions and listened? In this episode, Kevin sits down with Luciana Núñez to discuss how coaching can be more than just a skill; it can be a leadership philosophy that transforms individuals, teams, and entire organizations. Luciana shares why the command-and-control leadership model no longer works in today's world, and how leading with coaching creates alignment, trust, and engagement. They dive into key concepts from her book, including the "performance equation" (P = C × A²), the power of visualization, and the importance of overcoming biases as a leader. Luciana offers practical insights on how leaders can develop active listening skills, ask powerful questions, and foster greater accountability and resilience in their teams.

Listen For

00:00 Introduction: Leading with coaching
01:58 Guest introduction Luciana Nunez
03:05 Luciana's journey from Argentina to executive coaching
05:16 Discovering the power of coaching
05:33 Why Luciana and Tom Preston wrote Coaching Power
07:10 The writing and collaboration process
08:20 Case studies and structure of the book
09:18 Leading with coaching vs being a coach
10:19 Why command and control leadership no longer works
11:24 Listening and asking powerful questions
13:33 The mindset shift from manager to leader
15:09 Checking your biases as a leader
17:06 Staying curious and self aware while coaching
19:11 Helping others visualize success
21:22 Neuroscience and practice of visualization
24:03 The performance equation P = C × A²
26:39 Why attitude is limitless
27:34 Coaching remotely or at a distance
29:30 Creating safety and context in virtual coaching
31:35 Getting to know Luciana personally
33:05 What Luciana is reading The Boiling Frog
35:20 Where to find Luciana and her work
37:38 Wrap up and outro

Luciana's Story: Luciana Núñez, co-author of Coaching Power: Lead with Coaching to Create Individual, Team, and Organizational Outperformance, with Tom Preston. She is a partner and Head of Americas at The Preston Associates, one of the world's premier executive coaching firms. An accomplished executive coach and former CEO with more than 20 years of leadership experience at Fortune 500 companies, including Bayer, Danone, and Roche, she blends her strategic expertise with a passion for mentoring, serving as a board member, investor, and advisor to entrepreneurs and executives worldwide. Having lived and worked in multiple continents, Luciana thrives in diverse cross-cultural contexts. She is a Sommelière, an art lover and annual competitor in Spartan obstacle course endurance races.

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Book Recommendations

• Coaching Power: Leading With Coaching to Create Individual, Team, and Organizational Outperformance by Tom Preston and Luciana Nunez 
• THE BOILING FROG: 21 STRATEGIES TO TRANSFORM STRESS INTO STRENGTH &