The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

Often our coaching may feel closer to counseling as our clients show a need for an internal shift. Brian and Chad discuss the distinctions of counseling and coaching and how coaching often is the right approach.

Grace Dyson started coaching during her corporate years. She talks about how she positioned herself within the company as a coach, used coaching in her leadership style, and how she prepared herself to leave corporate and become a full-time coach. Her podcast is The Parent as Career Coach. www.lifedesigncareers.com

After eight years of coaching, Brian decided to look at his coaching hours log to see where his clients came from. With 90 unique clients, here are some observations. Not one client came from my website, reading my blog, or social media. Not one. Ever. My first twenty clients came from wherever I could find them. Eight of my first twenty clients were the key to all the rest of my clients. Working...

Angie Ward is an award-winning regular contributor to Christianity Today leadership publications. She is a highly regarded teacher and collaborative leader with experience in church, parachurch, and Christian higher education contexts. She holds a Ph. D. in Ministry Leadership from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.   Angie joins the podcast to talk about exploring deeply held assumptions....

Brian and Chad discuss the GROW model for coaching and walk through each step. This is a deeper dive than you might have already taken. Goals (Future) Reality (Present) Options (What's possible? Discerning) Who, What, When, Will to do it (Designing Actions)

Jane Creswell, Co-founder of Coach Approach Ministries, joins the podcast to share her insights on the new PCC markers provided by the International Coach Federation.   Previous Jane Creswell podcasts #086 Learn Group Coaching from a Pioneer #017 A Missionary to the Corporate World #018 Introducing Coaching Into a Fortune 500 Company  

Chad shares his honest opinion about the popular Enneagram assessment. There are things he likes. There are things he doesn't. Your opinion may be different. The specific descriptions of human personality is true Overall framework of human personality is not true There is no validity backing it up

Brian interviews Joel Cocklin on the topic of Resilience.   Five elements of Resilience: Positivity  Resourcefulness strong sense of self (confidence) Self-discipline Flexibility - Resilient people are not rigid people Podcast #074 on Positive Psychology     Some facts about Joel: Pastored for 10 years in PA Entered Army chaplaincy in 1982 for 27 years plus Specialized in family/marriage therapy -...

Brian and Chad list six benefits of mentor coaching.   An outside perspective Motivation Confidence Connections Resources Feedback You can find mentor coaching at  coachapproachministries.org/mentor

Today Brian interviews Dr. Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory . Tod is the Vice President and chief of leadership formation at Fuller Seminary. He is an ordained pastor and consults and coaches with churches and nonprofits.    Adaptive challenges are those that "cannot be solved with one's existing knowledge and skills, requiring people to...

Today's podcast is about Optimism vs Pessimism. Research shows optimists are more successful. Chad and Brian talk about three distinct ways to interpret success and failure. These can become our lenses for viewing failure and success. Personal Prevalence  Permanence We invite you to take our class on  Coaching and Positive Psychology  which starts February 18, 2019.   Chad mentioned the author Mar...

Coach the person instead of the problem. Chad lays out some distinctions that help us draw out the fullness of a client. Strangely, we talk a little too much about jockeys. And stay tuned till the very end for instructions on how to download a free tool that will help you dive into today's topic. 5 aspects of a person: 1. Natural gifts 2. Acquired strengths 3. Personality 4. Spiritual Gifts 5. Cha...

This week we feature an interview recorded for Christian Coaching Magazine by Michael Cheuk. In this interview, Michael interviews Dr. Errin Weisman about her experience with burnout and how she started a coaching practice that helps doctors and working moms to live their best. Errin was trained by Coach Approach Ministries, and we thought you might be interested in her thoughts on burnout and als...

Instead of talking about coaching, Brian and Chad demonstrate coaching. Chad coaches Brian through an upcoming transition, then they debrief the coaching conversation.

Brian interviews former Special Agent Laura Sanders who worked almost 10 years for the IRS. Laura identifies five areas where the new tax laws will affect you on your next tax filing. 1. Tax Rates Lowered 2. Child Tax Credit Increased 3. Personal Exemptions Eliminated 4. Flat Standard Deduction vs. Itemized Deductions 5. 20% Deduction for Qualified Trade or Business - Section 199A (the most import...

Brian and Chad discuss what it takes to grow your confidence and credibility as a coach.  A coach needs to understand the foundations of coaching A coach needs to know how to create relationships with clients A coach needs to hone their skills alongside other coaches All these attributes can be gained through CAM's Certificate in Christian Leadership Coaching . 

In this classic rebroadcast of episode #32, Bill Copper gives insight into how to develop setting goals. This podcast has been one of our top downloads over the years!

Henry  Blackaby "Watch to see where God is working and join Him." Chad Hall and Brian Miller discuss how this influences Christian coaching. 1. Looking for God 2. Identifying snippits of activity 3. Joining the activity

Master Certified Coach Linda Miller, co-founder of Coach Approach Ministries, joins the podcast to discuss how coaching has impacted her life and how one might be able to coach both in the marketplace and in the ministry field. You can contact Linda at lindamilleronthego@gmail.com Her previous episode was #109 on Coaching Presence .

Chad Hall says, "You are either cultivating gratitude or resentment." If that's our choice, then we'd better be cultivating gratitude. Brian and Chad share some ideas on how to do this in this podcast.

Reggie McNeal is a City Coach with Good Cities and a senior fellow at Leadership Network. His book The Present Future was a game changer for a lot of people. He recently joined Good Cities as a City Coach.

Chad Hall and I talk about a burning topic, "What are some daily/weekly/monthly disciplines for getting clients?"   Here's the list.   Daily Stoke your positivity Coach somebody Immerse into your niche Reach out to someone every day   Weekly Visualize your week - Charles Duhigg wrote  Smarter, Faster, Better Make an ask  Add value (from your immersion)   Monthly Read one really good book Show up s...

Chad and Brian talk about group coaching and give four ways to coach a group. Coach the group as a whole. The group helps process the group. Coach the group as a whole. Tap into expertise of the group.  Coach one person in the group. Others stimulated by that. (Jane Creswell describes this in Podcast #86) Coach one person in the group. Tap expertise in the group.

Lisa Face, PCC shares her recent experience of getting her PCC from the ICF via the Portfolio application. She gives insights on preparing for the process as well as navigating the complicated application.   www.lisaface.com   @facecoach

Brian and Chad ask the why question about questions! Hang on to your seats as they dive deep into this issue. What about questions is so important? Stirs awareness Solidifies action  Moves the process forward