Hosted by René Sonneveld · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 42 episodes
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René Sonneveld hosts Coaching The Elephant, a education show with 42 episodes published.
René woke from a strange dream: HR had cut his client's pay because the company's AI had filed for a raise of its own. This episode uses that unsettling image to ask the real question — when machines become colleagues, h
A coach has great questions for your answers; a mentor has great answers for your questions. René untangles five disciplines people constantly confuse — coaching, mentoring, teaching, therapy, and consulting — and explai
Most people undersell themselves because they don't know their own worth. Drawing on his ten "commandments" of salary negotiation, René makes the case that the big ask is less about nerve and more about timing, preparati
A coffee run taught René something uncomfortable: most people never looked up to thank the barista — their phones mattered more. This episode asks whether all our connectivity has actually brought us closer, and argues t
Writing his first book taught René a hard truth: his best work doesn't happen in the cracks between emails. This episode makes the case for protected, unfragmented time — and why the deep thinking that shapes real leader
We can order, answer, and avoid almost anything with a click — but trust, growth, and relationships still move at human speed. Through a leader trying to rebuild his team's trust, René shows why the work that matters mos
Why did WWII engineers nearly armor the wrong parts of their bombers? René uses mathematician Abraham Wald's famous insight to unpack survivorship bias — our habit of studying only the winners — and why copying successfu
We're taught to say yes from childhood — yet the inability to say no can quietly run our lives. After a health scare forced him to change, René shares seven practical techniques for declining with honesty and grace, from
In a world obsessed with perfection, René makes the case for the opposite. From the Japanese arts of wabi-sabi and kintsugi to vulnerability in leadership, this episode explores how our flaws build resilience, deepen con
A short, reflective episode. As René begins his year of study to become a certified Conscious Capitalism consultant, he shares the movement's credo — a stirring statement of why business can be good, ethical, noble, and
What if business could pursue profit and a higher purpose at once? René introduces the philosophy of Conscious Capitalism — its four principles of higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, conscious leadership, and consci
Confidence isn't a gift for the lucky few — it's a skill anyone can build. René draws parallels between athletes and executives, from learning to ride a bike to leading under pressure, showing how small wins, a growth mi
Raised on Chicago's South Side and hardened by the loss of a friend to gang violence, Sofia saw the world as us versus them — until a coach challenged her to listen instead of fight. This episode follows her shift from d
Belonging is one of the most underestimated drivers of human performance. René explores how mattering, identification, and social connection weave together to shape our well-being — and what families, teams, and organiza
Over an Easter lunch, René's friend Bruny shares the belief that carried her from losing everything to rebuilding a thriving business in two years: always construct, never destroy. A reflection on resilience, choice, and
Can a conversation physically rewire your brain? René gives a friendly tour of the brainstem, hippocampus, and amygdala to show how coaching's deep listening and powerful questions forge new neural pathways — and how a s
"It feels like we're building the airplane as it's taking off." Written on a flight from Buenos Aires to Paris, this episode warns against reaching for structures — councils, charters, family offices — before naming the
A signed family protocol can look like governance and still change nothing. Through two siblings divided by a single dividend decision, René argues the document is only the visible result of the real work: building the t
Confidence rarely grows in isolation — it needs another set of eyes. René explores coaching as the catalyst that surfaces blind spots and reframes fear as fuel, with lessons from Olympic skier Bode Miller, basketball coa
Where does confidence actually come from? René unpacks its two forms — the steady "trait" confidence built over a lifetime and the situational "state" confidence summoned in the moment — through Ronaldinho's journey from
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