The Coaching Edge Podcast

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this inspiring episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with Lisa Andria, founder of Ladies Who Leap, to explore the transformative power of coaching, emotional intelligence, and the importance of unconditional self-love—especially for women navigating corporate leadership. Lisa

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with coach, speaker, and former Air Force human-relations advisor Kevin McNulty. Kevin traces his path from “military brat” to Tops in Blue performer to a 20-year Air Force career advising commanders

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this enlightening episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with publishing veteran Karen Strauss, founder of Hybrid Global Publishing. With decades of experience in traditional and independent publishing, Karen shares how writing a book can be one of

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with Laura West, founder of Joyful Business, to explore what it takes to build a flourishing coaching practice in a low-trust, high-uncertainty world. Laura shares her journey from corporate VP

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with Steev Hodgson, an ADHD coach and tech veteran from the San Francisco Bay Area. Steev shares his late-in-life ADHD diagnosis (2020), the rocky start with medication, and the pivotal

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs welcome Anne Gordon, founder of Whale Wisdom Retreats, animal behaviorist, and retreat leader who pioneered the whale-watching industry in Panama. What began as a childhood fascination with orcas evolved into a life dedicated

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with Suzi Pomerantz, MCC and CEO of Innovative Leadership International, to unpack her 32-year entrepreneurial journey—from launching her firm in 1993 to coaching senior leaders across industries and continents. Suzi

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with Daniela Dragomir—former Big Four consultant, actor, and now executive coach—to explore the Energy Leadership framework that helped her transform a decades-long rift with her mother and reshape how leaders

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with executive coach and author Sabina Nawaz to explore why leadership fails under strain—and how to fix it. Drawing on 12,000+ pages of verbatim 360° feedback and her new book

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with former theatre educator turned executive coach Travia Steward. After 24 years teaching high school theatre—and a life-redefining cancer diagnosis—Travia discovered coaching as the arena where her passions for performance, psychology,