Host Rexhen interviews Alanna Shaikh, a global health leader, TED Senior Fellow, and executive coach. With 10+ years of coaching and a background in global health systems across 20+ countries, Alanna guides high-performing professionals through leadership, clarity, and change.

Her coaching journey began unexpectedly through her global health blog, leading her to formal coach training to transition from advisor to a powerful questioner. Her business is called "This World Needs Brave." She finds it most rewarding to see clients transform and find meaning in their work.

Alanna's clients, mostly referrals from word-of-mouth, span all career levels. She offers personalized programs (minimum 4 sessions, ideally 6-12 months) for lasting change. She does minimal marketing, preferring to rely on her strong referral network.

Currently, a challenge is coaching clients forced into career changes due to turmoil in the global health sector, which she calls "grief coaching." She balances this with a part-time global health job. Good investments for her were a virtual assistant, advanced calendaring software, and her blog (thisworldneedsbrave.com) as a client resource.

Her advice to coaches: define your own impact, and embrace it, as she coaches individuals striving to "shape human history for the better."

Find Alanna Shaikh:

• Coaching Website: thisworldneedsbrave.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alannashaikh?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

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