The Coaching Leader Podcast

Church consultant and author Keith Haney shares his insights on leadership, coaching and working with churches. One aspect he focusses on is leadership transitions when the former leader retires or leaves and what is needed for the health and future of the church or organization they leave. From there we spend some time talking about his study entitled "Healing Racial Divides" which is a very time...

In this second part of the interview with Mike Mast he talks about culture change and leadership. He raises the question: What is your "why" and how does that frame and change what you do? Mike also addresses how coaching impacts everything. Mike shares the wisdom of giving people the time and space to process things rather than being impatient. This is all a part of how to engage and connect with...

In this first part of the interview with Mike Mast we learn about his history and how he went about planting six churches. Then Mike goes into the shift in leading and growing churches and what that means practically in working with people. In the second part of the interview Mike goes deeper into leadership and practical strategies that can shift the culture of a congregation and serve the missio...

John Maxwell Team member Tom Keithley shares with us where our attention needs to be with leadership. Throughout the conversation he includes a number of pieces of wisdom from John Maxwell and his approach to leadership. He also addresses the power of coaching in making a difference in leading organizations and what REAL success means. hopeandfuturelife.com tom@hopeandfuture.com TomKeithly on Link...

In this episode Brian shares how coaching is a great tool to partner with others and inspire greater contribution and participation by others on the team. He also talks about how the world has changed and how coaching is an indispensable tool for moving vision into reality in theses changing times rather than attempting to precisely describe and define a detailed strategic plan. scottgress@me.com...

Brian Miller is the executive director for Coach Approach Ministries. He is also a pastor, a speaker and a coach trainer who is completing his doctoral work. In this first part of the interview Brian shares some of the key insights he has gained from his years of experience coaching and leading.  Check out Coach Approach Ministries at http://coachapproachministries.org  and reach out to Brian at b...

Greg Finke is a pastor and trainer of every day missionaries. He has authored two books: Joining Jesus on His Mission & Joining Jesus Show Me How. In this podcast we explore how he started and some of the immensely practical ways people can become every day missionaries. Along the way we discuss leadership and coaching and some of the shifts that can take place in people's hearts and in the organi...

In this second part of a two part interview, Tony continues to share his experience in working with people and gives new insight into being a missionary in our American Society. He breaks down what it actually takes to accomplish what so many of us are looking to do with community outreach and involving non-member parochial school families and others in ministry in general as a strategy for their...

In this first or a two part interview, Tony shares his history and development as a believer. Then he shares some of the lessons he learned on the mission field and how they can transfer to the local mission field. Tony shares how some of his ministry practices developed and touched so many lives including how he has used prayer as a ministry and outreach tool. Tony relates a key Bible passage in...

In this second episode with John, he goes into some great lessons and insights about millennials, reflecting on his teaching them in his college leadership courses. Then he helps us transfer those lessons into more familiar ministry contexts in our churches. From there, John talks about the role of character and how modeling the way will have a powerful impact on leadership. John also goes into so...

This is the first of two episodes with Rev Dr John Roth who is a church planter and professor of leadership at Florida Gulf Coast University in SW Florida. In this first episode with John, we learn about his history and journey of faith and service to God - and he shares with us some of the leadership lessons he has learned over a career of various ministry contexts from large established churches...

In this second episode with Rev Dr Rick Armstrong, we dig deeper into the issues of leadership and coaching. He draws a distinction between therapy and coaching and the difference between responding and reacting. He shares with us some helpful insights into leadership and what is required during those times we feel stuck. Rick gives encouragement and hope for all of us who find ourselves in a plac...

In this first episode with Rev Dr Rick Armstrong we get to know him and some of his history as a pastor and how he became the director of Lutheran Counseling Services. He shares some of his history of serving leaders after a "critical incident" like when he has worked with leaders after September 11 in New York, hurricane Katrina and others. Rick talks about how growth can occur during those times...

In this episode Scott talks to executive coach Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson. He shares from his many years of experience some important contrasts: Leadership vs management, mentoring vs coaching, effectiveness vs efficiency, a learning organization vs one that is not willing to learn, the speed of change vs the space of change and the past vs the future. He compares coaching and learning to golf, be...

In this special bonus episode, Scott presents a follow up to the previous bonus episode on vision. Here he talks about some practical strategies to bring your vision to life so that it shapes the culture of your congregation and ministry.  scottgress.com scottgress@me.com

In this podcast Scott talks to Kathy Stoddard Torry. In her infectious way she talks about leadership and coaching and how supervisors can use a coaching mindset and coaching techniques to work with others and lift them up and develop them. She also shares about Google's project Aristotle and what it has to teach us about leadership and high performance teams. Then she shares what is practical and...

In this special edition of The Coaching Leader Scott shares about the importance and power of vision. With simple examples he differentiates between destination and how to get there. He shares how vision simplifies decisions, excites and empowers people. Then he also describes how many of the problems and challenges within churches can originate with what is done or not done with vision. Subscribe...

In this episode of The Coaching Leader Podcast, Scott talks to a former member of his cohort while working on his master's in leadership, Dr. Lili Agee-Finke. She is an executive coach and trainer and wrote her doctoral dissertation on servant leadership. She shares some of her insights and encouragement for people to be servant leaders. Sometimes surprising and sometimes deceivingly simple. Lili...

In this podcast we talk to Rev Travis Guse who is a strengthsfinders coach and mission executive with the Southeastern District LCMS. He shares some very helpful definitions and examples of coaching and also shares how coaching can be used to take what is learned and transform it into action. He helps us to differentiate between strengths and spiritual gifts and shares his wisdom and experience. T...

In this episode Chad Hall and Scott define and explore what it means to be a coaching leader, as the podcast is named. Specifically, Chad speaks about where coaching can fit in with church leadership. Chad also answers how can coaching interface and integrate with leadership, how a coaching leader can influence without always telling them what to do and what to think and how a coaching leader prac...

This is the first part of a conversation with Dr. Chad Hall, president of Coach Approach Ministries. In this episode he first shares some of his background and insight about the current state of coaching and coach training in the north American church. Then Chad shares a definition of coaching and how it is different from other helping skills. He helps us understand what makes someone a great coac...

In this episode we talk with Dr. Art Johnson of Palm Beach Atlantic University. He gives his insight not only as a professor of Organizational Development, Leadership and Coaching but also from his experience consulting with organizations and coaching individuals

In this first episode of The Coaching Leader, Scott interviews Rev. Dr. Jerry Kieschnick who is a past president of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. He shares about his journey in life and leadership.