Doug Foltz from Stadia joins the podcast with four tips for returning from the pandemic. 1. Beware: People are faking expertise. They don't know what to do either. 2. Learning is Local. You have to discern what will work best for you. 3. The best ideas are undiscovered. Innovation is necessary in this moment. 4. Design "Ok to Fail" action steps, as opposed to "fail-safe" action steps.

Brian and Chad discuss what assessment Brian should use when he is creating awareness for a church leadership team.

In last week's podcast, Chad and I (Brian) talked about the Empowerment Triangle, created by David Emerald. This framework had just been on Chad's mind lately, and it was a great topic for the two of us to talk through. Very helpful. To my surprise, as I looked at the podcast for this week, we set aside fifth Thursdays to feature interviews by Michael Cheuk for Christian Coaching Magazine. I honestly had no idea, but guess who Michael had recently interviewed? David Emerald, creator of the Empowerment Triangle. I think this counts as a "God thing". Also, as a note, if you're interested in subscribing to Christian Coaching Magazine, you can do so by going to christiancoachingmag.com and paying $15 per year, which not only gives you access to amazing articles on coaching but also helps to support Michael in bringing added value such as this interview.

Brian and Chad discuss Dr. David Emerald's work around the Empowerment Triangle. The victim can become the creator, the persecutor can become the challenger, and the rescuer can become the coach. This can be helpful model for clients.

Scott Gress, PCC, is a leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders and organizations grow. (scottgress.com) Scott loves to ask leaders this question: Would you follow you? In our interview, Scott talks about leading from being in Christ, self awareness, and self management. Scott references an article in Christian Business Review:  https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/64438356/christian-business-review-2020-leadership

Brian and Chad take on this important topic and make a distinction between general depression and clinical depression. They also determine that coaching does have borders and isn't effective for everyone. 

Triple Loop Learning was discovered by Chris Argyris, a Harvard Professor. We discovered it in Robert Hargrove's book, Masterful Coaching. The three loops are often called by different names, but one set of names are: 1. Action 2. Strategy 3. Identity

In this episode, Paul Burns, founder of Soul-metrics.com, talks to Brian about developing empathy. Paul identifies three competencies that increase empathy - Listening, Feeling what other people feel, and loving action.

Brian and Chad build on episode 250 Coaching the Inner Critic and expand the discussion to the external critic and the cultural critic. If you'd like more, you can look at Gallwey's book The Inner Game of Work.

Karen Howells, founder of The Howell's Group, shares the growth of her business over 33 years, starting with a desperate search for one client to building a staff of seven.  One great takeaway is when Karen said God gave her one client and told her to do well with that one client. Then He gave her another client.