The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

Brian interviews Pastor Julius Kim about what drew him into coaching, how he found CAM, and how he has found his purpose in helping others discover their purpose.

Brian and Chad talk about a model called the Leadership Energy Matrix.  Chad originally learned about this model from Scott Eblin, Chad's first coach. The matrix is built from two axis.  The first is around whether your leadership energy is positive or negative.  The second is whether your leadership energy is high or low.  One might think that the best combination would be high-positive energy. ...

Brian and Ken Jones discuss mentoring.  Ken is a pastor who has coached physicians for 20 years.  Recently, he made the connection between having some truth and letting the client set the agenda.  The connection is using a framework. Resources mentioned in this podcast: Class:  CAM 508 Coaching for Spiritual Growth Podcast:  #071 Coaching Physicians with Ken Jones Book:  If I should Die Before I L...

Brian and Chad discuss how people can best use social media to help their coaching. CAM is launching our own YouTube channel . We'd love for you to check out our videos and let us know what you think. If you have topics you'd like for us to address or advice on how to make our channel better, we would really appreciate it. Pat Flynn challenged us to get 1,000 subscribers to our channel as quickly...

Brian and Dr. Tracy Asamoah take a deeper look at the difference between coaching, clinical counseling, and medical professionals when it comes to mental illness, anxiety, and more. Dr. Tracy Asamoah is a psychiatrist specializing in working with children and teens.  She is also a coach and teaches several courses for Coach Approach Ministries. Tracy can be reached at: https://www.tracyasamoahcoac...

Brian and Chad discuss how important it is to have time away to contemplate, reflect, and experience new things.  

Brian and Steve Sartori discuss The Christian Medical & Dental Associations, (CMDA), and coaching healthcare workers around transitions, burnout/well-being, spiritual growth, and leadership. Dr. Steve Sartori is the former Director of CMDA's Center for Well-being.  He is a physician life and leadership coach who helps doctors and other healthcare professionals align with God, optimize well-being a...

Brian and Chad discuss a model for small business leaders from the book The E-Myth . The E is short for entrepreneurial. (Maybe they should have just called it The Entrepreneurial Myth. )   The simple distinction is that small business entrepreneurs must wear three hats: The technician The manager The owner In this episode, we discuss how a coach can use this model to evoke awareness in their clie...

Brian and Chad discuss ways to get to the heart of the matter in coaching. Too many coaching conversations just scratch the surface of the issue. The topic as well as the person need to explore at a much deeper level in order to create deep awareness, solid accountability, and a helpful learning plan. Brian and Chad give several do's and don'ts.

Executive coach Grant Tate talks to Michael Cheuk about his newly published book Hand on the Shoulder: Finding Freedom in the Confluence of Love and Career . Tate reflects on the joys and absurdities of work life and the struggle to find balance between personal ambition and the human need for love.

Brian and Chad talk about four keys to adaptive change by listening to four clips from the movie Moneyball .  Whether you love baseball or not, (Chad does, Brian does not), you'll love this important podcast about how to bring change to your organization.

There are four layers that make up every organization (that is, a group of people gathered together in a structured manner for a specific purpose): Material - the vision, job descriptions...you can put it on paper Group norms - collective habits that connect the material pieces together Interpersonal - between two or more people Intrapersonal - going on inside of me - self-differentiation These fo...

Brian and Chad discuss their favorite assessment tool, the Core Values Index (CVI).  The Core Values Index shows how you like to contribute to a team, family, or community based on your core values and what motivates you.  Brian and Chad explore the different core values and the catalyst for each value: Power catalyzed by Faith Love catalyzed by Truth Wisdom catalyzed by Compassion Knowledge catal...

Brian and Keith Edwards talk about a leadership retreat Keith had with his leaders and staff where Keith decided to take a different approach to leading the retreat -- a coach approach.  The retreat was the best one they had held and showed his group that they are a better team together. Dr. Keith Edwards is a pastor, trainer with CAM, and author of Experiencing God in Your Story .  You can reach...

Brian and Chad discuss ways that diminish the ability to evoke awareness in clients. Not believing that the client is creative and resourceful Not educating the client Don't pick the client's fruit Unwilling to risk or challenge Click here  to learn more or purchase the new eCourse on Evoking Awareness.

In this episode, Brian talks to Rick Erisman, founder of Redivive Coaching and Catholiccoachtraining.com .  Rick has built a partnership with CAM to deliver professional Christian coach training to his network of clergy and lay people. Rick talks about how this idea germinated and walks us through how it took root in the network he has today. Contact Rick at rickerisman@redivivecoaching.com

Brian and Chad discuss one of the core competencies from the International Coaching Federation, Evoking Awareness, and different ways to evoke awareness in their clients. Awareness should occur throughout the conversation Questions are only one way to evoke awareness Observations evoke awareness Metaphors or analogies evoke awareness A model or framework evokes awareness Awareness reveals itself i...

As Associate Dean & Chair of Business at Montreat College's School of Adult and Graduate Studies, Dr. Paul Gratton is in a perfect position to help coaches think about how to develop their business, as well as give their clients a template for designing the client's business. Paul takes us through all nine areas of the model: Key activities Key resources Key partners Value Propositions Customer se...

Brian and Chad talk about coaching change, transition, and transformation.

Paul Burns, the developer of the GPS Spiritual Inventory assessment, talks with Brian about a curriculum with a proven Return on Investment (ROI). How effective group coaching can benefit your business: Increases personal relationships with God, self, and others Builds community with likeminded, growing people Creates more awareness, more vulnerability by being in a healthy community Take the GPS...

Brian and Chad talk about the value of helping your clients feel comfortable enough to talk about uncomfortable subjects.

Travis Guse is a certified strength coach. Travis talks about how his journey came through strengths and how he uses strengths in his coaching.  Listen to more of Travis in a previous CAM podcast: 295 Coaching the Holy Calling of the Everyday Believer with Travis Guse How to contact Travis Guse:  begintothrive@gmail.com Podcast:  Called2B

Dr. Keith Webb  is a PCC coach, author, speaker, and consultant specializing in leadership development. He is the founder of Creative Results Management, a global training organization focused on equipping Christian leaders. He talks to Michael Cheuk about the lessons he's learned about cross-cultural coaching, especially during the years he spent training and coaching Christians in Indonesia. He...

Brian and Chad discuss simple tools they use regularly with their clients.

Motoki Asai is the Director of CAM Japan, a partnership with Coach Approach Ministries to bring the goodness of coaching to Japan. Motoki talks about the origin and need for coaching in Japan as it helps create healthy channels for communication in families and every other sphere of influence. He also talks about how these channels open the door for the love of Jesus Christ to flow into the relati...