Alisa Cohn
Executive Coach & Author @ Self-employed
Named #1 Startup Coach in the World by Thinkers50. Author of From Start-Up to Grown-Up.
“Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more, covering team leadership, career development, and product design.”
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Self-employed | Executive Coach & Author | ~2000-present |
| Cornell Tech (Runway) | Executive Coach in Residence | ~2017-present |
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Quotable Clips
“Lenny, it's so great to be here and thanks for having me.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“I wanted to have a conversation with you about some things I've been hearing from your peers about the way that you all are interacting together.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“I mean, I can talk all day about this [inaudible 00:25:06], but I'm happy to move on.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“Yes, that hope for the future is so important and I think sometimes we're such in a rush to kind of deliver the bad news that we forget there's a human being over there who needs hope for the future. ...”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“I think you touched on the key elements.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“If you have so many talents, but if you can't do these two things, then it's a deal breaker for all of us.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“And I think it's important to really sort of see that both. Sometimes people think, "Well, but I'm so talented." Yeah, but your talents are not going to make up for these two deal breakers.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“Yes. Yeah, hopefully. But even if you do, it's actually easier because you've already had the conversation. Right? They're not surprised. It's clear. We've had the discussion.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“A hundred percent. And then the right people are going to want to join your team, people who like to win and like to get results.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“I mean, the one I use is super simple, which is on the thing called the internet. There's a lot of lists of values and I think when you see a list of values, you can pull out the ones that are most me...”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“It is a long time to cry. It really... I thought about it because most people just cry for 10 or 15 minutes. I was crying for an hour. I'm positive. Yeah.”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)
“Yeah, I enjoyed Inside Out 2. I thought it was fantastic, the idea [inaudible 01:18:49].”
Scripts for difficult conversations: Giving hard feedback, navigating defensiveness, the three questions you should end every meeting with, more | Alisa Cohn (executive coach)