As a professional coach, what are
some of the biggest challenges you
are seeing for businesspeople in
today’s landscape?
Some of the biggest challenges I think
that business leaders are grappling with
in today’s landscape are mainly in two
categories: External and Internal.
External: Gone are the days
of putting business on autopilot.
Fluctuating economy and changing
market structures are some of the
top challenges business leaders are
facing today. Strategies that worked a
few years ago are no longer effective.
Previous success in no way guarantees
future success. Businesspeople are
challenged with a constant need to
innovate or pivot to maintain their
competitive advantage.
Internal: Considering the Great
Resignation trend that began post
pandemic, recruiting and retaining high
performing employees has become
a real challenge. Many employees are
rethinking their values and reasons for
working since the pandemic disrupted
the old way of work. Business leaders
are now faced with the challenge of
aligning their businesses with the unique
needs of their workers to retain them.
Can you share why personal growth
and professional success are so
intricately connected?
Personal growth and professional
success are two sides of the same coin.
Most successful people are dedicated to
their personal growth.
Personal development is about a
commitment to continual learning
and development. When an individual
is growing and improving, the ripple
effect of this will be reflected in
professional success. It is my firm belief
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GROWTH IS PERSONAL.
INSIGHT FROM RENOWNED SPEAKER
AND CORPORATE COACH
GRACE
SAMSON-SONG
that “business is personal.“ When you
are committed to becoming the best
version of yourself, you will invariably
experience tremendous professional
success because “who you are affects
what you do.”
Your ability to grow personally is
directly linked to your business success.
What is your hope for those
that are spiritually minded who
find themselves in personal or
professional transition?
For the spiritually minded who find
themselves in some form of personal
or professional transition, my hope is
that they will do the necessary work
required to navigate the transition in a
courageous way.
One way to do this is to anchor one’s
mindset with empowering core beliefs.
One belief that I personally find useful is
to embrace the idea that all things work
together for good—even the unpleasant
experiences.
Another core belief is that the
ultimate purpose of life is growth, not
merely comfort. Sometimes growth
comes disguised as a challenging
transition. This is easier said than done.
At the end of the day, every transition
when fully embraced can result in a
profound personal transformation and
self-actualization.
Can you tell us about the PIN Code
program and who it fits?
I created the PIN Code to help those in
transition. The PIN Code program is a
life-decoding coaching course that helps
you make sense of the random puzzle
pieces in your life. It is designed to help
you assemble those pieces so that you
can courageously move on to the next
season in your life and career.
The program will help you synthesize
your past and present life experiences
in a way that makes sense. You will be
able discern what is holding you back
and decode the critical elements that
are essential to your moving forward.
One of the main outcomes that
participants of the PIN Code program
frequently acknowledge is a profound
sense of CLARITY.
Grace Samson-Song is a
certified executive coach,
facilitator, and trainer. She is
the Founder of The Maximize
Group. She has worked for
over a decade as a motivational speaker
and corporate trainer in retail and hotel
industries before becoming a professional coach. Grace is also the creator
of the PIN Code Program. She is passionate about helping others navigate
personal and professional transitions.
December 2022