Content People: Careers, Communication and Finding Cheat Codes

On Content People, host Meredith Farley interviews creative professionals and leaders to get a behind-the-scenes look at their career experiences and turn that into actionable advice for listeners. Tune in to hear from experts in various media, and get inspired to find contentment in your own creative career.

Episode #10 Summary

Ellen Gillis, founder of Gillis Group, joins Meredith Farley to chat about careers, communication and coaching. Thanks to a lifelong drive to help people, Ellen has plenty of wisdom about personal and professional development, when and how to lead, how to support self-discovery and more.

In the tenth episode of Content People, I talk to Ellen Gillis. She’s the founder of Gillis Group, a leadership development and coaching company that’s all about one thing: helping her clients and their teams thrive professionally.

Ellen’s background is in learning and development and human resources. She quickly realized that helping people was at the core of all her pursuits — and coaching was a natural extension of that.

As a guide through the ups and downs of career development and leadership, Ellen has plenty of advice, wisdom and experience. Here are a few things we cover:

• Maximizing personal and professional potential.
• The differences between mentorship and coaching.
• Balancing feedback — good and bad.
• What it means to be “attuned” to people.
• How coaching can be both a gift and a tool

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