Traits of Good Decision-Makers (and Decision-Making) – Babette Bensoussan Interview, Part 1
The Decision Collaborative
In this webinar, host Cynthia Cheng Correia speaks with competitive intelligence expert and executive coach Babette Bensoussan about decision-making. Bensoussan explains how personal biases, assumptions, and limiting beliefs hinder choices. She emphasizes active listening, overcoming internal blocks like the “GAILs” framework, and identifying the true decision behind business queries.
Traits of Good Decisions-Makers (and Decision-Making) — Babette Bensoussan Interview, Part 2
The Decision Collaborative
In the webinar, Babette Bensoussan emphasizes that effective decision-makers excel at active listening, remain open to learning, and manage ego. She highlights the FAROUT framework for evaluating business decisions through future orientation, accuracy, resourcefulness, objectivity, usefulness, and timeliness.
Energy Leadership for Stress Management & Wellbeing | Interview with Babette Bensoussan (Part 1)
A Life Well-Lived and The Wellspring Collaborative
In this webinar, host Cynthia Cheng Correia speaks with strategic advisor and executive coach Babette Bensoussan about Energy Leadership. They discuss how mindset drives decision-making, shapes reality, and directly impacts stress management. Bensoussan explains her transition into coaching and how assessment tools help individuals identify cognitive biases and overcome barriers.
The Seven Levels of Energy Leadership | Interview with Babette Bensoussan (Part 2)
A Life Well-Lived and The Wellspring Collaborative
In this webinar, Babette Bensoussan explains Bruce Schneider’s seven levels of Energy Leadership, dividing them into destructive catabolic mindsets and constructive anabolic mindsets. Catabolic states include Level 1 powerlessness and Level 2 conflict. Anabolic levels shift toward growth: Level 3 coping, Level 4 compassionate service, and Level 5 collaborative win-win outcomes.
Breaking the Win-Lose Mindset & Finding Breakthroughs | Interview with Babette Bensoussan (Part 3)
A Life Well-Lived and The Wellspring Collaborative
Babette Bensoussan expands her discussion with Cynthia Cheng Correia about Energy Leadership – and how it impacts personal relationships, highlighting how a collaborative “we both win” approach reduces stress and shifts away from win-lose or self-sacrificing dynamics. They conclude with Level 6 (“we always win,” grounded in joy and universal oneness) and Level 7 (where winning and losing are recognized as mere illusions).
Changing Our Energy Leadership Mindsets & Next Steps | Interview with Babette Bensoussan (Part 4)
A Life Well-Lived and The Wellspring Collaborative
In this concluding segment, Babette Bensoussan explains that the Energy Leadership Index evaluates default and stress profiles to help clients reduce catabolic energy with certified coaching. She introduces “GAIL” (Gremlins, Assumptions, Interpretations, Limiting beliefs) as key mental barriers, emphasizing that changing one’s thinking is essential to transforming reality and achieving personal growth.
2024 VCAPAX Conference – Babette discusses best practices from her career in coaching women entrepreneurs
and the assumptions we make about our marketplace.
Women Entrepreneurs Roundtable
2024 VCAPAX Conference – In this roundtable, Babette Bensoussan and Deb Dietz discuss a variety of issues affecting women entrepreneurs.
This video covers topics such as ethical considerations in gathering competitive intelligence, utilising information for strategic planning, and balancing the need for information with the risk of overload. Bensoussan emphasises the importance of asking the right questions to drive effective decision-making and intelligence gathering.
Changing Our Mindset – Urban Wellbeing Solutions.
In this conversation, we discuss issues around our thinking and mindsets that get in the way of achieving the solutions we seek and, ultimately, our wellbeing. We focused on the barriers that get in the way of achieving whatever we want.
Derek Johnson speaks to Babette about her journey with CI
Babette’s advice, particularly for young professionals entering the CI field, includes “learn to listen, and learn to ask questions.” “The problems we have with CI are the problems we have as individuals. We can’t see how we’re getting in our own way. And corporations are doing.
Humanised Workforce – Future You: Episode 100
How wonderful it was to participate in the 100th episode of the Humanised Workforce focusing on Future You. What did we uncover – the essential skills for the future are the softer ones. These include skills like listening, empathy, storytelling, providing inspiration, clarification and being a go-to point. Leaders need to be brave as they increasingly step into unknown areas.
Reflections with Babette Bensoussan
In this episode of Reflections, we speak with Babette Bensoussan about her trajectory, Competitive Intelligence, strategy, decision-making – and more!
“I’m a firm believer that we should all be doing the process of #CI in every aspect of our life because it’s all about making better decisions.” Tune in to the latest episode of Running into the Fog podcast for a conversation between Babette and the Jo Bros about the incredible power of CI and where executives fall short when they don’t capitalize on it.
Coaching Isn’t Therapy, It’s About Product Development with You as the Product – In Just 7 Minutes with Babette Bensoussan
Babette shares the importance of having clarity when it comes to the decisions that you make in your work, business, or life. She also shares the benefits and importance of having a mentor, counsellor, or coach to guide you in your choices, business, or life. Make the right choices you won’t regret with the correct guidance!
Are you making the best decisions?
Join Babette Bensoussan as she answers questions as part of the SCIP Ask Me Anything series.
Intelligence is the output of analysis. It is a very competitive business environment and competitive intelligence provides a unique edge. Find out what your competitors are doing, what the market is doing, what your customers are doing and what you should be doing and why in this conversation with Babette and Craig West.
Episode 45 – Encouraging you to use competitive intelligence with Babette Bensoussan
Video chat with Lan Snell, Director, Global MBA, Macquarie University Business School about the misuse of SWOT analysis.
In this episode with the Savvy Dentist, Dr. Jesse Green, Babette and Jesse talk about industry trends and making better decisions in a VUCA world to position your business for growth.
Babette Bensoussan talks with Victor Perton about Australian Leadership.
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Simple things SME’s can do to grow their business.
Understanding business strategy and your competitive environment is key to successful growth. In this interview by Barry Magliarditi from The Game Changers, Babette talks about some of the simple things SMEs can do to grow their business.
Competitive Insights and Strategy
Babette Bensoussan talks with Dr Nick Hadjinicolau – President of ASP Australia about Competitive Intelligence and Strategy for the Association of Strategic Planning
