The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

Michael J. Marx, EdD is the Founder of Blazing New Trails Coaching. He is a sought-after business and life coach for those who want to explore new directions. Michael's purpose is to be a catalyst and his greatest joy is seeing people move from having a stalled life to a dynamic one. Michael holds the Professional Certified Coach credential (ICF), the Professional Certified Christian Coach credential (CCNI) as well as being a Certified Professional Life Coach (PCCI). He brings more than two decades of experience in teaching, coaching, and mentoring in an international arena. Michael is also the Immediate Past President of the Christian Coaches Network International and serves as the leader of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Ethics Community of Practice. In 2016 he published his book, Ethics and Risk Management for Christian Coaches. He lives at 8162 feet in the mountains of Colorado with his wife Joy and a dozen sled dogs.

PCC Coach David Cooke talks about how brain science is influencing coaching. He talks about pattern matching, brain function, and mindfulness.

Chad Hall talks about Strong Starts, which start well before the first coaching session, and he gives four questions to ask at the first coaching session.

Teri-E Belf was the very first Master Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation. Listen to her origin story.

Chad Hall and I discuss how to get clients without building an email list. Shift from WHOEVER CLICKS ON GOOGLE to connections to local and regional connections Shift from web branding and marketing to networking Shift from webinars to workshops Shift from retail to wholesale Mentioned episodes: #087 11 Disciplines That Get Clients #088 Make Six Figures in Full Time Coaching #092 Mel Ming Uses a Coaching/Consulting Hybrid

Pira Tritasivit took his first coaching class because it met at a beautiful location. Now he supplements his income as a bi-vocational pastor coaching for a tech company. Listen to this podcast to learn how coaching can create an extra income, how coaching is a valuable skill set in the global marketplace, and how bi-vocational coaching can create great opportunities to connect with non-believers.

Brian interviews Jerome Daily from thrive9.com about what he has learned over 13 years as a professional coach. Also check out Jerome's new book Monk in the Marketplace.

How does coaching relate to each of these? Training - Can lead to coaching... Great content that needs put into practice. Leadership Development - Not as content specific as training. What's it take for you to be successful in this role as a leader? Naturally coaching, but may need some training. May need mentoring, facilitation, feedback. Organizational Development - Leader can only develop as far as org will allow it. Leader is creating positive change. Org accepts or pushes back. Coaching an entire org.

In this episode, Chad Hall and Brian Miller discuss how coaching enhances discipleship. What do we mean by discipleship? Enhances suggests there is some framework. What is a well formed Christian discipleship framework? Can the disciple be the expert? What does asking look like? What does telling look like?