The Bridge: Building Coaches, Connection, and Curiosity
Taylor Steinke
Show overview
The Bridge: Building Coaches, Connection, and Curiosity has published 15 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 5 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 19 min and 24 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 15 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Taylor Steinke.
From the publisher
The Bridge is a podcast dedicated to the art and practice of coaching—how to ask better questions, build deeper long-term client relationships, and cultivate the mindset that transforms conversations into breakthroughs.Hosted by Taylor Steinke and G.K. Self, each episode goes beyond tactics and trendy frameworks. Together, they explore the question behind the question, offering thoughtful, practical insights for coaches, leaders, and anyone committed to helping others grow.About the HostsTaylor Steinke is the Director of Sales Enablement Programs at Spring Venture Group, shaping the sales and professional development strategy for an organization of hundreds of coaches, managers, and agents. His teams are known for excellence, earning the prestigious Pikes Peak Team Award from The Bob Pike Group in 2025 for their participant-centered training and programs. Taylor is also a certified business coach with thousands of hours of hands-on coaching experience.G.K. Self is a Certified FLOW Business and Professional Coach and a serial entrepreneur who has built successful companies across three industries: financial services, construction, and retail + wholesale importing. He co-founded Aromatica Fine Teas, one of Canada’s largest specialty tea companies.The Bridge brings their perspectives together in rich, reflective conversations on coaching, leadership, and the work of developing people.Tune in—and strengthen your craft, one conversation at a time.Contact us at [email protected]
Latest Episodes
The Pinch Package - Part Two
The Pinch Package Part One
The Unique Dynamics of Group Coaching
Using Objections to Discover Motivators
S1 Ep 11Navigating Sensitive Conversations
In this episode Taylor and G.K. discuss making our way through those sensitive conversations including grief and loss. Coaches - while not masquerading as therapists - have many opportunities to help people at sensitive times in their lives. This episodes offers tips and experiences that we hope you find helpful.Contact us at:
S1 Ep 10Productive Conflict
Conflict is a part of life. Most people are uncomfortable confronting and resolving conflict and choose to ignore it or bury their heads in the sand and hope it goes away. Conflict rarely goes away or resolves itself on its own. This episode considers ways to turn conflict into a product conversation.
S1 Ep 9The Selling Side of Coaching
In this episode Taylor and G.K. discuss best practices in selling professional services. Nothing happens until someone buys what you have to offer. We talk about the mindset of ethical selling, what motivates clients to pay for our services, and how to take the resistance out of selling. Pay special attention to TEA (Think, Emote (Feel), Act) vs EAR (Emote, Act, Rationalize)
S1 Ep 8The Power of Discovery Questions In Coaching and In Sales
Most coaching conversations start with a story—but the real issue is often hidden beneath it.In this episode, Taylor and G.K. discuss the power of Discovery Questions: intentional, open-ended questions that help uncover a client’s motivations, frustrations, resistance, pain points, goals, desired outcomes and decision-making strategies.Used well, Discovery Questions reveal the “Question Behind the Question”—the deeper concern driving the conversation. When coaches learn to recognize and explore these hidden questions, conversations move from surface talk to meaningful insight and progress.Contact us at [email protected]
S1 Ep 7The Fine Line Between Coaching and Mentoring
Taylor and G.K. discuss the contrasts between coaching and mentoring or teaching. Both serve valid roles in transformational relationships, yet a coach much be aware of when either is being actively engaged in.Contact us at [email protected]
S1 Ep 6Agendaless Coaching That Leads Somewhere
In this episode Taylor Steinke and G.K. Self explore coaching through curiosity. Rather than a hard structured interview where the person being coached is subjected to an arbitrary agenda scripted by the coach, what happens when you scrap the agenda and focus on the person and their challenge.Agendaless does not mean no structure. The spine of the conversation - from the coach's point of view - is Listen, Reflect, Challenge, and Move to Action.Contact us at [email protected]
S1 Ep 5Building Long-Term Coaching Engagement
Taylor Steinke and G.K. Self discuss strategies for keeping long-term coaching clients engaged and the coaching relationship productive. We talk about ways to keep the process from growing stale and how to avoid pitfalls like moving from coaching to being buddies, and devolving from outcome-focused interactions to weekly social calls, etc.Contact us at [email protected]
S1 Ep 4Root Cause Analysis (The 5 Whys) In Coaching
Taylor and G.K. explore the use of "Why" questions in excavating root causes of client challenges. Common practice is to avoid asking "Why?" when coaching clients or direct reports and instead ask "What", "How", "When", and "Where" reflective questions.There are times, however, when in the proper setting, asking "Why?" is the most effective route to discovering the root of the problem.Contact us at [email protected]
S1 Ep 3The Mindset of Good Questioning
Taylor Steinke and G.K. Self discuss the mindset that governs effective question crafting and use of transformational questions.Contact us at [email protected]
S1 Ep 2The Art of the Question
Taylor Steinke and G.K. Self discuss the art of crafting and asking effective questions in coaching.Contact us at [email protected]
S1 Ep 1Introduction to The Bridge: Building Coaches, Community, and Curiosity
A short episode introducing the goals of the Podcast and the hosts.Contact us at [email protected]