Hi, Dave Stahoviac here, host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast. Today I'm bringing

you a quick chat about the power of starting small. I sat down recently with one of our

academy graduates, Aaron Lincoln, to talk about how to be more coach-like as a leader.

Here's our conversation.

I am here today talking with Aaron Lincoln.

Aaron is one of our recent graduates from the Academy and has joined with me for a few minutes

to look back on some of the work she did in the academy and one of her

commitments specifically. Erin, welcome to the show. Thank you, Dave. Would you mind taking a

moment just to share a bit about your background and what you're doing professionally? Sure. Yeah,

I'm an engineering leader in the aviation industry. I have 21 years of experience. I've

worked at a few different companies and in a few different sectors of the aviation industry, both in

defense and in commercial aviation. You came across the podcast a while back. Do you recall how you came across the podcast?

Yes, it is seared. It is seared in a part of me now. So, yeah, I had been seeking to advance my career.

I had gotten some really great feedback about some areas that I could hone in

to make sure I would be successful as I advanced forward and that feedback was around some of my

leadership skills. And so as I tried to process that feedback and find different resources to support me, I did a search

in Spotify and podcasts and I found coaching for leaders. And the rest was history. The rest is

history. Here we are. You decided at some point to apply for the academy, and that was linked to

some of the feedback that you had received on leadership. What did you hope to get out of the

academy? Yeah. I really wanted to get one, you know, coaching and guidance with focus on that help that I needed

in leadership. And I also was really excited about having a community and an outside perspective,

a perspective outside of the company that I'm in. all companies have a bit of a group think mentality.

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