The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

After eight years of coaching, Brian decided to look at his coaching hours log to see where his clients came from. With 90 unique clients, here are some observations. Not one client came from my website, reading my blog, or social media. Not one. Ever. My first twenty clients came from wherever I could find them. Eight of my first twenty clients were the key to all the rest of my clients. Working these networks produced multiple clients all at once. Chad and Brian discuss all the results on today's podcast. Based on a blogpost found here.

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. Angie joins the podcast to talk about exploring deeply held assumptions. This is where the conflict really occurs. 3 levels of organizational culture - Assumptions are below the water. Artifacts Espoused vallues Underlying Assumptions Where can people find Angie? @indyaward, churchmatters.com, church chat podcast

Brian and Chad discuss the GROW model for coaching and walk through each step. This is a deeper dive than you might have already taken. Goals (Future) Reality (Present) Options (What's possible? Discerning) Who, What, When, Will to do it (Designing Actions)

Jane Creswell, Co-founder of Coach Approach Ministries, joins the podcast to share her insights on the new PCC markers provided by the International Coach Federation. Previous Jane Creswell podcasts #086 Learn Group Coaching from a Pioneer #017 A Missionary to the Corporate World #018 Introducing Coaching Into a Fortune 500 Company

Chad shares his honest opinion about the popular Enneagram assessment. There are things he likes. There are things he doesn't. Your opinion may be different. The specific descriptions of human personality is true Overall framework of human personality is not true There is no validity backing it up

Brian interviews Joel Cocklin on the topic of Resilience. Five elements of Resilience: Positivity Resourcefulness strong sense of self (confidence) Self-discipline Flexibility - Resilient people are not rigid people Podcast #074 on Positive Psychology Some facts about Joel: Pastored for 10 years in PA Entered Army chaplaincy in 1982 for 27 years plus Specialized in family/marriage therapy - 3 year program completed in 14 months - MS in human development and family studies - clinical setting seeing couples and families with myriad of problems at Fort Riley Command chaplain with US Southern Command - a great privilege to be the chaplain and work with 4 star general and then a 4 star Navy Admiral, working with religious leaders in those countries Senior chaplain at Fort Bragg Retired as a full-bird colonel 9 years as Director of Leadership Development and then as Academic Dean of Winebrenner Theological Seminary Now retired

Brian and Chad list six benefits of mentor coaching. An outside perspective Motivation Confidence Connections Resources Feedback You can find mentor coaching at coachapproachministries.org/mentor

Today 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

Today's podcast is about Optimism vs Pessimism. Research shows optimists are more successful. Chad and Brian talk about three distinct ways to interpret success and failure. These can become our lenses for viewing failure and success. Personal Prevalence Permanence We invite you to take our class on Coaching and Positive Psychology which starts February 18, 2019. Chad mentioned the author Martin Seligman, who wrote Flourish and The Hope Circuit.

Coach the person instead of the problem. Chad lays out some distinctions that help us draw out the fullness of a client. Strangely, we talk a little too much about jockeys. And stay tuned till the very end for instructions on how to download a free tool that will help you dive into today's topic. 5 aspects of a person: 1. Natural gifts 2. Acquired strengths 3. Personality 4. Spiritual Gifts 5. Character Chad wanted me to make available a one page breakdown of the 7 Heavenly Virtues. You can download this helpful resource by going to www.coachapproachministries.org/virtues.