The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

In Tod Bolsinger's book, Canoeing the Mountains, he says that relational congruence is one of three keys to leadership. Predictable. Same person in every situation. Transparent. Your expressed interest is your true interest. Approachable. Open to disagreement. Not defensive.

Four necessary steps to launching a business correctly. Scott Brookens from ScottBrookens.com joins the podcast. Roadmap - Set a simple action plan in place that you can follow so you know what steps you need to take in order to start out strong Legal Structure - Get an appropriate legal structure in place for your business to ensure you are as protected as possible Accounting Processes - Set up bookkeeping and accounting systems on the front end to ensure you are capturing all your financial data accurately Launch - You're ready. You're set. So go! Launch party time! Gather friends and family together to celebrate the start of your new business!

Once in a while you come across a concept that really changes the way you think and approach things. This is true of Cal Newport's book, So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love. Basic concept: Passion follows mastery. Coaches love things like "passion." Maybe too much. We're not saying passion doesn't matter; we're just saying that sitting around waiting for passion is a poor strategy. Try things and see what stirs your interest. Let the interest develop into skill, and then mastery will unlock passion. Usefulness in coaching: · When a client is trying to "discover" passion. · Career coaching. · When faced with a challenge that's a bit too much, passion is lacking.

Gem and Alan Fadling are founders of Unhurried Living, Inc., a non-profit that resources and trains Christian leaders to rest deeper, live fuller, and lead better. They talk to Michael Cheuk, editor of Christian Coaching Magazine, about their new book, What Does Your Soul Love? Eight Questions That Reveal God's Work in You.

As coaches, we've noticed that our clients aren't celebrating enough. And what they do celebrate is often narrow and internal. In this podcast, Chad and Brian consider how to draw more awareness from our clients as they consider celebration.

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.