Build Habits that Allow You to Simply Respond EP 62
Joe Sinnott has led and interesting life, and it\u2019s early, yet! Originally from New Jersey, he found himself living on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, as an engineer fresh out of college! While it wasn\u2019t just as he\u2019d expected, the experience gave him several significant blessings.
First, the company he worked for very serious about safety, as one would hope, especially in that line of work. But the training Joe went through instilled some foundational thinking practices within him that extend far beyond just safety and still impact who he is today and how he shows up.
Second, he has one of those great \u201cHow I Met Your Mother\u201d stories to share with his children! Because his job required that he be geographically distant and somewhat isolated, he was surrounded only by people there to do a job. So, when he decided he wanted a romantic relationship, he had to get creative. He and his wife connected online and spent a lot (A LOT!) of time exchanging long and deep emails about the more significant issues in life \u2013 building intimacy through vulnerability.
Third, as the company was preparing for internal leadership changes, Joe recognized opportunity coming and used that awareness \u2013 plus time and space \u2013 to imagine what his next phase of work might look like. Because he was open to possibility and not in a pressure situation, he was able to step into his current work from a place of resourcefulness, possibility, and creativity.
Listen in for more about Joe\u2019s journey, the work he\u2019s doing today \u2013 Coaching emerging leaders in Oil & Gas, so they can live and lead more meaningful lives.
Joe\u2019s Bio
Joe Sinnott is an executive coach and the founder of Witting Partners, where he equips emerging energy industry leaders with the practical tools needed to successfully navigate the ever-present volatility, intensity, and generational gaps that can quickly rob them and their stakeholders of motivation, engagement, and productivity.
Joe also hosts The Energy Detox podcast, where he helps listeners sustainably produce the figurative energy needed to lead themselves, their organizations, and their families toward a more satisfying future by identifying and flushing away the hidden\u2014and often toxic\u2014barriers to peak performance.
Joe\u2019s coaching leverages his technical background and his 14 years of energy industry experience, first as an offshore field engineer for global oilfield services company Schlumberger, followed by a variety of leadership positions at EQT, America\u2019s largest producer of natural gas.
A twin dad, chemical engineer, and 2005 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Joe currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife Becky and their 4 children.
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