Executive Coach #188: Trust is the Oxygen of Coaching - Karen Davis on Intuition, Agreements & High Performance

What does it mean to truly partner with your clients as a coach? In this episode, Executive Coach and author Karen Davis shares what makes a great coach—from trusting your intuition and evoking inner wisdom to holding space through silence and structure. Karen offers insights from her book How to Get the Most Out of Coaching and unpacks the power of agreements versus expectations. We also touch on her recent keynote on gender inequity, her work with entrepreneurs, and why integrity in coaching always begins with “I”.

Karen Davis – Executive Coach | Author | Speaker
Karen Davis is a highly respected executive coach, author, and speaker with over 25 years of leadership experience in the B2B technology sector. A Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, she brings deep insight, intuition, and heart to every coaching relationship. For nearly two decades, Karen has supported executives, entrepreneurs, and fellow coaches to thrive personally and professionally.

She is the co-author of How to Get the Most Out of Coaching: A Client’s Guide for Optimizing the Coaching Experience and two other titles. Whether she’s coaching from her studio near Boulder, Colorado, or walking in nature with her dogs, Jax and Pepper, Karen’s work is infused with compassion, clarity, and joy. Her greatest support system includes her life partner, Alex Mill, and her two adult children, Dustin and Alexa.

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