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A coaching podcast with Mehdi En Naizi and Tobias Weghorn. If you’ve ever sat through a cringe icebreaker and felt your body tense up, this episode is for you: we unpack coaching methods coaches can borrow from facilitation to build real psychological safety in workshops. Mehdi shares what stand-up comedy taught him about reading the room, designing workshop warm-up activities that create connecti...

A coaching podcast with Val Baguios III and Tobias Weghorn where you get a front-row seat to a live coaching demo using CliftonStrengths. Val coaches MetaFox COO Trisha through a Gallup CliftonStrengths report debrief, exploring how Consistency shows up as realism and how Harmony can slide into conflict avoidance. Along the way, you’ll hear strengths spotting in action and how strengths-based lead...

A coaching podcast with Ram Ramanathan and Tobias Weghorn exploring why “not knowing” can be a stronger coaching stance than problem-solving, especially when clients are stuck in stories and perceptions. In this somatic coaching demo, Ram guides Tobi through a short, practical process that blends a body scan meditation for coaching with the sensory energy awareness model to access what’s actually...

A coaching podcast with Dr. Nannette Reuther and Tobias Weghorn. In this episode, Tobias brings two real client cases to explore what coaching supervision looks like in practice, including a supervision demo for coaches using images and metaphor. You’ll hear how supervision helps coaches notice when they’re taking over “the steering wheel,” and how simple ICF core competencies contracting can rese...

A coaching podcast with Jerry Colonna and Tobias Weghorn, digging into radical self-inquiry coaching and what it really means to “grow up” as a leader and as a human. Jerry shares why the past is always present in executive coaching with a psychoanalytic perspective, and how compassion and curiosity unlock the unconscious patterns that keep clients stuck. You’ll also unpack his well-known “how hav...

A coaching podcast with Jerry Colonna and Tobias Weghorn, centered around a coaching demo that quickly moves from “Am I enough?” to where that belief may come from in the first place. Tobi shares how safety and financial security shaped parts of his family story, and Jerry helps reframe those fears through compassion for inherited patterns. They also unpack why coaching mastery beyond methodology...

A coaching podcast with Christina Merkley and Tobias Weghorn where Tobi steps into the client seat for a real coaching demo and you get to experience what visual coaching feels like on a live digital canvas. Christina guides a step-by-step process using her visual self-inquiry map, moving from the “mind and doer” into somatic signals (hello, tight lungs) and into parts work (IFS coaching) with an...

A coaching podcast with Christina Merkley and Tobias Weghorn. They unpack graphic recording at conferences and how Christina's "visual coaching" work today goes deeper - combining visual work with the coach’s role of holding space, asking questions, and mirroring what clients say on a live canvas. You’ll hear how graphic facilitation works in real time (not just as “fun notes”), why listening and...

A coaching podcast with Tim Brownson and Tobias Weghorn on how AI coaching tools can support (not replace) good coaching—if you use them with clear intent, permission, and discernment. In the intro, Tobi frames the big question: is AI a shortcut that dilutes the craft, or a tool that sharpens it while keeping your voice and integrity intact? Tim shares practical demos, including AI as coach superv...

A coaching podcast with Tim Brownson and Tobias Weghorn exploring values coaching as a practical way to create clarity when clients feel stuck, conflicted, or at odds with other people or their workplace. Tim (aka “The Fully Booked Coach”) breaks down his Clarity Method step-by-step: identifying what’s non-negotiable, using a values ranking exercise to build a core values hierarchy, and then spott...

A coaching podcast with Nils I. Cornelissen and Tobias Weghorn about psychological safety in teams and what it really takes to make high-performing groups speak honestly. Drawing on Google’s Project Aristotle, Nils shares how he helps executive team coaching clients build vulnerability in the boardroom (or offsite) without turning it into “touchy-feely theater.” You’ll hear why he intentionally “s...

A coaching podcast with Nils I. Cornelissen and Tobias Weghorn on why leadership coaching in times of transformation starts with the leader, not the org chart. Drawing from his work with executive teams in large corporations, Nils shares why organizational change management so often fails even when the strategy looks “right” on paper. You’ll hear practical ways to stay “above the line” (vs. “below...

A coaching podcast with Max Friedle and Tobias Weghorn to close out a year of "The Making of a Coach" and kick off the rebrand to "The Impactful Coach". Using Max’s coaching development framework (mindset, methods, skills, tools), they look back at highlights from coaching demos and episodes - and what actually makes sessions more impactful in real life. You’ll hear how solutio...

On this episode, Tobi meets Julika Franke for a coaching demo that starts as brand positioning and quickly turns into imposter syndrome coaching around stepping into a coach‑trainer role. Julika usually uses her Business Hub approach to map roles, goals, and visibility, revealing to come up with clear positioning and a crisp mission. In Tobi's example they find a way to fit all his hats under...

On this 'Making of a Coach', Tobi meets Julika Franke for a deep dive into creating a compelling offer that genuinely helps coaches find paying clients. Grounded in Alex Hormozi’s Value Equation, Julika unpacks how to define a crystal‑clear dream outcome, increase the perceived likelihood of achievement, and shape real offer components that reduce time delay and client effort. They discuss ethics,...

On this 'Making of a Coach', Tobi meets career coach and coach trainer Lucy Higgins for a coaching demo that explores restlessness using the saboteur assessment from Positive Intelligence. Drawing on the Introduction, we frame Lucy’s directive career change program for ambitious mothers and how she resolves blockers like unhelpful beliefs with lightweight mindset tools. Together, Lucy and...

On this 'Making of a Coach', Tobi meets Lucy Higgins to unpack how she became a career coach and built a private practice around a career change program for ambitious mothers. They contrast non-directive coaching with a more directive coaching offer and walk through Explore - Dream - Discover as adapted from Fireworks Coaching. Lucy connects her own matrescence journey to clear positioning...

On this 'Making of a Coach', Tobi meets Lucy Higgins to unpack real "Frequently Asked Questions" from aspiring coaches wanting to become a coach. Drawing on her work training cohorts of new coaches at Animas in the UK and her own practice, Lucy digs into client acquisition strategies, whether to niche, and the true timeline of coaching business building. They also explore coachin...

On this 'Making of a Coach', Tobi meets Dr. Ronald Franke, the co-founder behind the LINC Personality Profiler, to trace how a psychology student became a coach, researcher, and entrepreneur. Next to a deep dive into the personality and coaching, the conversation unfolded as an entrepreneurial journey through the coaching industry - from cultural research to launching a B2B tool now used b...

This is a German Original Episode. For its English version, click here ! In dieser Folge von Making of a Coach spricht Tobi mit Dr. Ronald Franke , dem Mitgründer des LINC Personality Profilers . Gemeinsam zeichnen sie nach, wie aus einem Psychologiestudenten ein Coach, Forscher und Unternehmer wurde. Neben einem tiefen Einblick in Persönlichkeit und Coaching entwickelt sich das Gespräch zu einer...

Why is personality relevant in almost all coaching issues? How can we best assess and describe it? In this episode of "The Making of a Coach," Tobi from metaFox sits down with Lars Voigt from LINC and explores Tobi's Personality Profile. Lars shares insights into the Big Five model and how it forms the foundation of the Link Personality Profiler, a tool widely used in Europe and beyo...

In this episode of "The Making of a Coach," Katja von Glinowiecki, a seasoned coach and supervisor, shares her journey from feeling isolated in her coaching practice to discovering the transformative power of supervision in coaching. Based in Germany, Katja discusses how supervision in coaching provides a structured, professional reflection space that enhances both personal and professio...

In this "Making of a Coach," topical deep dive, we unpack mental health interventions with Rochelle Bata and Shen Javier, co-founders of Phlourish, a nonprofit in the Philippines. They discuss their mission to help adolescents flourish and solve a mental health crisis through evidence-based solutions, based on the principles of "effective altruism". The episode explores the cha...

In this episode of "The Making of a Coach," Dr. Jasmin Messerschmidt, a renowned expert in the Zurich Resource Model coaches Tobi exploring the integration of image-based coaching and somatic markers in coaching practices. Dr. Messerschmidt shares insights into how the Zurich Resource Model, a blend of motivational psychology and neuroscience, can empower clients to achieve self-chosen goals. The...

Beschreibung In dieser Folge von „The Making of a Coach“ coacht Dr. Jasmin Messerschmidt Tobi live und zeigt, wie sich Arbeit mit Bildern und somatische Marker wirkungsvoll in Coachingprozesse integrieren lassen. Jasmin gibt Einblicke in das Zürcher Ressourcen Modell (ZRM) – eine Verbindung aus Motivationspsychologie und Neurowissenschaft – und wie es Klient:innen stärkt, selbstgewählte Ziele zu e...