Doug Guthrie was a rising star in academia until 2013 when, like Icarus, he flew too close to the sun. In 2010, Guthrie was hired as the dean of the George Washington University School of Business. He had great vision but lacked people skills. In 2013, he was released as Dean and had to find a healthy mindset to move forward from a public failure. In this podcast, Guthrie opens up about those difficult days and how to develop the necessary humbleness to lead well.

Setting the context is a skill that good communicators master. When the context is not set, the listener is wondering, "what are we talking about?" It is as if the listener wandered into the conversation halfway through. A good communicator starts with the context so that the listener can enter the conversation immediately. In this podcast, Brian asks Chad how he is so good at setting context.

Chad Hall and Brian talk about disciplines for getting clients.   Daily Stoke your positivity Coach somebody Immerse into your niche Reach out to someone every day   Weekly Visualize your week - Charles Duhigg wrote Smarter, Faster, Better Make an ask  Add value (from your immersion)   Monthly Read one really good book Show up somewhere monthly Develop one sales relationship skill Reconnect with your purpose

Create a Coaching Retreat for a Group   Brian welcomes Cindi White, ACC, (cindiwhite.com) to the podcast and discusses a recent coaching retreat that Cindi offered to women in ministry.   Cindi answers the questions: What I did well? What I did not do well? What I would do differently? What I learned? How I formatted the sessions?

Providing Hope as a Coach   Hope is in definite need in today's culture. Brian and Chad discuss the need and how coaches can provide hope to their clients.   What takes away hope?  Losing belief in yourself. Losing belief in your context. Low sense of your agency.    What can coaches do to provide hope? Coaching can create agency.  Coaching can make you believe in yourself. Coaching can make you feel better about your context.

Shifting toward Partnerships Scarcity to Abundance (about power) Fear to Freedom (builds on scarcity) Top-Down to Side by Side (Mutual accountability) Category to person Neat to Messy Angie Ward is an award-winning regular contributor to Christianity Today leadership publications. She is a highly regarded teacher and collaborative leader with experience in church, parachurch, and Christian higher education contexts. She holds a Ph.D. in Ministry Leadership from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. - angieward.net Angie's newest book I am a Leader: when women discover the joy of their calling comes out March 3rd 2020)

Being your own boss is wonderful, except when it isn't. Chad and Brian discuss the difficulties that must be overcome. -Lack of structure -Easy to overwork -Lack of security -Hard being productive in schedule gaps

Brian's guest on this podcast is Dr. Kathryn Helleman, Director of Institutional Assessment and Planning and Adjunct Professor in Christian Ethics at Winebrenner Theological Seminary.   Brian and Kathryn discuss the nature of ethical positions, dealing with reality, and how to coach around it. They deal with the questions: What tips you off that there may be an ethical position to coach around? When should your ethical position as a coach trump the coaching mindset that honors the client's agenda?

Brian interviews the always energetic Kyle Tubbs, New Church Starts Manager with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, on how his tribe has built a successful coaching culture. Kyle talks about how to communicate coaching as a value, diverse ways to put it into practice, where to find money to build coaching, and some areas they are experimenting with coaching. You can find more about Kyle at cbf.net.

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.