The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

Brian and Chad discuss CAM's distinct approach to training.

Brian and Angie Ward talk about a colossal misunderstanding of our time which is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. 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. You can follow Angie on her website www.angieward.net. Listen to more from Angie on these previously released podcasts: 145 Deeply Held Assumptions with Angie Ward 186 Shifting Toward Partnerships with Angie Ward 266 Angie Ward - I Am a Leader

In this podcast Brian Miller talks with Paul Gratton about 13 competencies needed to be a successful entrepreneur: Opportunity Recognition Opportunity Assessment Self-Efficacy Guerilla Skills Resource Leveraging Creative Problem-Solving Conveying a Compelling Vision Value Creation Risk Mitigation Resilience Tenacity/Perseverance Maintains Focus yet Adaptable Building and Leveraging Entrepreneurial Networks Assess your mastery of the 13 competencies at TheE13.com. Dr. Paul Gratton serves as Associate Dean of Adult and Graduate Studies at Montreat College in North Carolina. You can hear more from Paul on our previously released podcasts: 277 Thirteen Competencies Required for Starting Your Own Practice with Paul Gratton - Part 1 243 Complex Systems with Paul Gratton

In this podcast Brian Miller talks with Paul Gratton about 13 competencies needed to be a successful entrepreneur: Opportunity Recognition Opportunity Assessment Self-Efficacy Guerilla Skills Resource Leveraging Creative Problem-Solving Conveying a Compelling Vision Value Creation Risk Mitigation Resilience Tenacity/Perseverance Maintains Focus yet Adaptable Building and Leveraging Entrepreneurial Networks Assess your mastery of the 13 competencies at TheE13.com. Dr. Paul Gratton serves as Associate Dean of Adult and Graduate Studies at Montreat College in North Carolina. You can hear more from Paul on our previously released podcast 243 Complex Systems with Paul Gratton

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. Doug Guthrie is a Professor of Global Leadership at the Thunderbird School of Management. Listen to more of Doug on other CAM podcasts: #201 - Levels of Leadership with Doug Guthrie #209 - Coaching Vision with Doug Guthrie # 273 - Coaching Organizational Alignment with Doug Guthrie

Brian Miller and Brian Tracy discuss how Brian Tracy has used coaching principles to make discipleship makers at his church. Brian Tracy is a pastor and CAM trainer. You can contact Brian at [email protected]. Listen to more from Brian at this previously released CAM podcast: 166 Leading as a Coach with Brian Tracy Referenced during this podcast: 501 Foundations For Christian Coaching

Brian and Chad discuss the vision statement for CAM -- To Express and Expand the Kingdom of God. What is the Kingdom of God? What does it mean to Express the Kingdom of God? What does it mean to Expand the Kingdom of God?

Brian talks with Doug Guthrie about alignment. They both agree that alignment is not the fun part but probably the most important part of leading an organization. Doug Guthrie is a Professor of Global Leadership at the Thunderbird School of Management. Listen to more of Doug on previous podcasts: #191 - Overcoming Arrogance with Doug Guthrie #201 - Levels of Leadership with Doug Guthrie #209 - Coaching Vision with Doug Guthrie

Brian and Chad debunk three myths about money when it comes to coaching: People can't afford coaching A lower price will get more traction Ministry should be free

Michael Cheuk interviews Linda Miller for Christian Coaching Magazine. Linda is a co-founder of CAM and has been with The Ken Blanchard Companies for 20 years. Michael talks with Linda about one of her favorite activities--moderating political debates. Linda shares her thoughts on how she uses coaching skills to moderate debates and how pastors can also use coaching skills when hearing different perspectives within a congregation. You can hear more from Linda Miller by listening to these previously aired podcasts: 221 Executive Coaching with Linda Miller 151 Building Trust with Linda Miller Referenced during the podcast: Coaching for Christian Leaders: A Practical Guide by Linda J. Miller and Chad W. Hall Coaching in Organizations: Best Coaching Practices from The Ken Blanchard Companies by Linda J. Miller and Madeleine Homan Blanchard Also, as a note, if you're interested in subscribing to Christian Coaching Magazine, you can do so by going to christiancoachingmag.com and paying $15 per year, which not only gives you access to amazing articles on coaching but also helps to support Michael in bringing added value such as this interview.

Brian's guest is LC Etheridge who talks about how she uses the Enneagram with her executive clients. LC Etheridge is an MCC level coach who is a founding partner of Stratos2. LC works with executive leaders from around the world. You can contact LC at [email protected]. You can hear more from LC Etheridge by listening to these previously aired podcasts: Podcast 119 Life at the MCC Level with LC Etheridge Podcast 088 Make Six Figures in Full-Time Coaching with LC Etheridge and Bryan Pettet Referenced during the podcast: Podcast 142 Enneagram -- My Honest Opinion with Chad Hall Integrative9.com The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st Century Workplace by Beatrice Chestnut

Brian talks with Ali Kennedy about five things to think about when using coaching as a small group leader in your church. Ali is an ACC coach and founder of Fuel for the Journey. Ali can be reached at [email protected] or alikennedycoaching.com. You can also listen to Ali in podcast #241 Grief Coaching with Ali Kennedy. We mentioned Christian Coaching Magazine in our talk. If you're interested in subscribing to Christian Coaching Magazine, you can do so by going to christiancoachingmag.com.

Brian and Chad talk about a question raised in the book The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris: What is the simplest way to do it?

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 values Underlying Assumptions

Brian talks with Angie Ward about her book I Am a Leader: When Women Discover the Joy of Their Calling. Angie talks of the challenges she had of being a woman with leadership gifts and a call to ministry when she started out. You can follow Angie on her website www.angieward.net.

Brian and Chad define 3 types of coaching models and give suggestions as to when to use each one: The conversation model The new awareness model The framework model

Brian talks with his own coach, Bob Hyatt. Brian discusses the importance of having a good coach and experiencing your own transformation so you can be a better coach. Bob Hyatt can be contacted at [email protected]

Brian and Chad discuss Chad's coaching business, StrongLead. They talk about the following topics that are sure to be helpful to a coach starting a business or a coach trying to improve their business: Niche Marketing Expanding clients Defining roles in a partnership Frameworks Systems

Jim McDermid oversaw a $60 million budget when he worked in the medical technology industry. He realized that much of the "coaching" was actually "consulting," and was not developing the staff well. Jim talks about the changes they made to ensure that "coaching" was actually coaching, including the requirement of ICF credentials.

Brian and Chad have been working with the Church Evangelism Institute at Wheaton College, helping them develop their coaching arm. In this episode, Brian and Chad reflect on what they've learned about coaching through the process.

Doug Foltz from Stadia joins the podcast with four tips for returning from the pandemic. 1. Beware: People are faking expertise. They don't know what to do either. 2. Learning is Local. You have to discern what will work best for you. 3. The best ideas are undiscovered. Innovation is necessary in this moment. 4. Design "Ok to Fail" action steps, as opposed to "fail-safe" action steps.

Brian and Chad discuss what assessment Brian should use when he is creating awareness for a church leadership team.

In last week's podcast, Chad and I (Brian) talked about the Empowerment Triangle, created by David Emerald. This framework had just been on Chad's mind lately, and it was a great topic for the two of us to talk through. Very helpful. To my surprise, as I looked at the podcast for this week, we set aside fifth Thursdays to feature interviews by Michael Cheuk for Christian Coaching Magazine. I honestly had no idea, but guess who Michael had recently interviewed? David Emerald, creator of the Empowerment Triangle. I think this counts as a "God thing". Also, as a note, if you're interested in subscribing to Christian Coaching Magazine, you can do so by going to christiancoachingmag.com and paying $15 per year, which not only gives you access to amazing articles on coaching but also helps to support Michael in bringing added value such as this interview.

Brian and Chad discuss Dr. David Emerald's work around the Empowerment Triangle. The victim can become the creator, the persecutor can become the challenger, and the rescuer can become the coach. This can be helpful model for clients.

Scott Gress, PCC, is a leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders and organizations grow. (scottgress.com) Scott loves to ask leaders this question: Would you follow you? In our interview, Scott talks about leading from being in Christ, self awareness, and self management. Scott references an article in Christian Business Review: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/64438356/christian-business-review-2020-leadership

Brian and Chad take on this important topic and make a distinction between general depression and clinical depression. They also determine that coaching does have borders and isn't effective for everyone.

Triple Loop Learning was discovered by Chris Argyris, a Harvard Professor. We discovered it in Robert Hargrove's book, Masterful Coaching. The three loops are often called by different names, but one set of names are: 1. Action 2. Strategy 3. Identity

In this episode, Paul Burns, founder of Soul-metrics.com, talks to Brian about developing empathy. Paul identifies three competencies that increase empathy - Listening, Feeling what other people feel, and loving action.

Brian and Chad build on episode 250 Coaching the Inner Critic and expand the discussion to the external critic and the cultural critic. If you'd like more, you can look at Gallwey's book The Inner Game of Work.

Karen Howells, founder of The Howell's Group, shares the growth of her business over 33 years, starting with a desperate search for one client to building a staff of seven. One great takeaway is when Karen said God gave her one client and told her to do well with that one client. Then He gave her another client.

Chad and Brian talk about Timothy Gallwey's great work on quieting the inner critic. The cost of not silencing these voices is our personal performance. Gallwey applied this to many sports, including tennis, gold, and skiing, and then applied it to the workforce, helping AT&T when their monopoly was broken apart. A great video that demonstrates Gallwey's discovery is this ancient video of Gallwey teaching a person who has never played tennis how play and enjoy tennis in 30 minutes.

Wes Bryant is the founder of Commission Leadership, where he helps churches create a disciple-making culture. You can find Commission Leadership on any podcast platform and also on Youtube. Wes shares how he turned his years of experience in sports ministry into Commission Leadership with the help of Coach Approach Ministries.

Brian and Chad discuss three elements necessary for transformation: 1. An uncomfortable presence 2. An abandonment of certain loves 3. An embrace of new perspectives

Paul Burns from Soul-metrics.com discusses self-differentiation with Brian.

Brian and Chad talk about a topic that is relevant to almost everyone we coach -- Coaching change, transition, and transformation. Distinctions are made between the three, and a basic understanding of how to coach each one.

Mary Selzer is a Detroit native and has been in full-time ministry all her adult life. The recipient of the Hertel Writing Award for her devotionals, Mary is a popular speaker and Bible teacher. She is a PCC certified coach and served as President of the Michigan ICF. She is a fantastic coach trainer as well and a good friend of the podcast. In this podcast, Mary and Brian discuss Biblical questions that expose the frustration of the questioner, ranging from David to God Himself. Mary collected every question asked in the Bible and put them into a singular resource. She has made this resource available for free at https://coachapproachministries.org/biblequestions.

Brian and Chad discuss Simon's Sinek's Golden Circle and how the distinctions of why, how, and what can help a client get clarity.

Dr. Paul Gratton serves as associate dean of Adult and Graduate Studies at Montreat College in North Carolina. On today's podcast, Paul introduces us to complex systems. This is a great distinctive that can help your client plan forward action by knowing how to fix and tune various types of systems. Paul introduces us to four types of systems. Simple system - Ex. a toaster - I understand it and know how to fix it. Complicated system - Ex. a car - I understand some of it but don't know how to fix it. I need an expert. Complex System - Ex. an organization - I don't always understand it. Fixing it is not straightforward. I have to engage it and play with it. Probe Sense Respond Chaotic system - Ex. Someone shouts fire in a crowded movie theatre. I have to take immediate action.

Brian and Chad discuss how to verbally assess your client's MBTI and how that will affect your coaching.

Loss is everywhere these days. People are dying, and dreams are dying. These losses need processed, and coaches are finding a niche in the area of grief. Join Ali Kennedy and Brian Miller as they discuss: grieving vs mourning death vs living loss grief coaching vs regular coaching Ali Kennedy is an American citizen but has spent over a decade in Asia. She is currently serving alongside her husband at an international church in Manila, Philippines where they are in their 6th year. Ali has a home-based coaching practice called Fuel for the Journey where she helps people re-fill their tank to move forward in life, love and loss. She has three young children. You can find Ali at http://alikennedy.com.

Chad and Brian discuss whether coaches should renew their ACC credential with the ICF or apply for the upgrade PCC credential.

Paul Burns talks about the GPS Spiritual Inventory and addresses the God relationship through the lens of attachment theory. www.soul-metrics.com

Brian and Chad discuss how to coach a client (and yourself) through goal setting for 2021.

Brian and Chad approach the issue of questions from a different angle. What are some questions you should NEVER ask? Looking to the past - What have you got so far? What have you tried so far? Prescriptive - Have you ever thought about... Judged - Why did you do that? How stupid are you? Really? Collecting information already discovered - Have you thought about anything that you could do about that? Bad timing - What could you do about that? (at the beginning) What about this is really important? (at the end)

Travis Guse is a certified strength coach. Travis talks about how his journey came through strengths and how he uses strengths in his coaching. You can find out more about Travis at www.strengthssolutions.org.

Chad and Brian talk about the difficulty of 2020 due to both COVID and the shift into a Digital world. They also share some highlights from CAM 2020 year.

Reggie McNeal identifies four sources of Pastoral Exhaustion that is rampant during this COVID season, along with several prescriptions to renew one's health.

Brian and Chad discuss building accountability for a client based on their Myers-Briggs Temperament, specifically the last letter, P&J. Ps enjoy flexibility, while Js desire some rigidity.

Rev Laura Stephens Reed has a coaching practice that focuses on helping churches find the right minister. You will hear how Laura has built a framework for this practice that allows plenty of room for coaching. You will hear about how she focuses on the benefits of coaching rather than the process of coaching as she reaches out to potential clients. http://www.searchingforthecalled.org

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.