Framework coaching creates a way for the coach to bring some expertise into the coaching. This helps the coach create a healthy way to market coaching. 1. The framework comes out of listening to a number of clients in a particular niche. 2. The framework may suggest the topic for the client. 3. The framework may be linear or topical. 4. The framework does not provide the solution but creates awareness around an issue critical to the client's niche. 5. The framework provides a plethora of true statements that can be shared as appropriate. 6. Framework coaching makes it easier to attract clients.

Brian and Chad explore how framework coaching is being used in a few specific industries. They also examine the tension between framework coaching and formula coaching.

At the launch of their new E-Course, Frameworks for Successful Coaching, Brian and Chad walk through the five essential elements of a coaching framework. https://coachapproachministries.org/framework

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 make a shift in their values, expectations, attitudes, or habits of behavior.”   An understanding of this kind of adaptive leadership has three characteristics: 1. a changing environment where there is no clear answer 2. the necessity for both leaders and followers to learn, especially the leader’s own ongoing transformation 3. the unavoidable reality that a new solution will result in loss   From Tod's book, a list of questions and suggestions he often asks his coaching clients: What is the song behind the words that is keeping us all dancing? In other words, what deeper tune of the church is getting played in this circumstance? What is going on in this situation that nobody is talking about but is affecting the whole system of the church? - p 115 I also often coach my pastor clients to give a yearly “I Have a Dream” sermon in order to keep raising the urgency in the congregation. - p 142 As a coach to pastors, I am almost always in the role of confidant. - p 159 I tell my coaching clients, “You must bring yourself to your role, but you are not your role.” - p 211 I often coach my clients, “Make your goal in every conversation to have someone roll their eyes upward (which indicates that they are thinking differently) and say, ‘That’s a great question.’” - p 213 Text canoeing to 66866 for more resources from Tod

Brian interviews Darren J. Ho, Founder and Leadership Coach.   Being a leader is not a position you earn or choose, but a calling to serve others. Darren has over 500 hours of experience coaching influential leaders around the globe.   He has 21 years of global business experience with leadership assignments in the US, and as an expatriate in Asia and Europe. These experiences have given him valuable wisdom about the foundations of effective leadership.   IDENTIFY   Core Values are undeniable truths that reflect how you make sense of the world. They are your greatest asset helping you lead with authenticity, confidence and joy. If you don't lead with your Core Values, then you likely aren’t leading authentically.   PRACTICE   Every conversation in every relationship is an opportunity to practice being the leader you’ve always desired to become. Using your Core Values in daily conversations will increase your confidence as a leader.    PROTECT Rest is the most important discipline when it comes to protecting your Core Values.

Brian and Chad talk about three deep shifts that pastoral leaders need to make to be effective.  From casting blame to taking responsibility  From Authority to Influence  From Content to Collaboration

Marc Cortez is a Professor of Theology at Wheaton College and is a leading expert in theological anthropology, an area of theology that focuses on what Christians believe about human persons. He is particularly interested these days in the imago Dei, the idea that humans were created in the image of God and what that means for humanity. "We see a growing lack of confidence in our ability to answer the question of essence, "What am I?" - Marc Cortez, Theological Anthropology: A Guide for the Perplexed.  

Brian and Chad unpack emotional intelligence, a key skill for coaches. Emotional intelligence has four aspects - aware of your own emotions, managing your own emotions, aware of other people's emotions, and adapting how you show up.

This week, Brian interviews Rick Dunn, pastor the Fellowship Church in Knoxville, TN. Angie Ward, one of our favorite guests on the podcasts, told Brian that Rick Dunn is the one to talk about when it comes to adaptive leadership. This week's podcast proves it. The concepts are so different from what we're used to hearing, it is difficult to even create an outline of this conversation. A few links from the conversation are below, but this is best enjoyed in just listening to the conversation. Enjoy. You can hear more of Rick on his podcast called Life Reframed. Building the Bridge While You Walk on It by  Robert Quinn - University of Michigan   Kornferry Institute

Brian and Chad talk about a Coach Approach Preaching. This is a fascinating conversation about applying coaching competencies to another field. Specifically, Chad and Brian apply agreements, active listening and powerful questioning to preaching.