Coaches Rising

"Our attempts to grow adults…..through executive coaching programs, mentoring and leadership programs are all happening for too few people, going on too far away from the organisation and happening too infrequently.” The above quote is from this podcasts guest Robert Kegan, renowned Harvard psychologist and author of some of our favourite books on development. He makes a passionate case of the need for a very different type of organisation. It’s time, Robert says, to create genuine growth cultures, where everyone, not only the high potentials, are engaged in growing to their fullest potential. This means going beyond the typical approach most companies take to people development, a sprinkling of elective coaching here and there and an offsite every three months if you’re lucky. This means no less than baking the growth of your people into the day-to-day activities of the company. Robert and his team spent time within companies that do exactly just that, what he calls deliberately developmental organisations. (including Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater) By tuning in you’ll hear the principles and practices that they use to remarkable effect. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/becoming-a-deliberately-developmental-organization/

Contrary to conventional wisdom, we don’t stop growing when we exit childhood. In fact, understanding the stages of development that adults go through can completely change the way you see the world. In this episode adult development expert Jennifer Garvey Berger explains the different stages, how they impact leadership styles and why it’s important to be able to recognize them for effective coaching to take place. Jennifer Garvey Berger helps individuals and teams to transform themselves and their organizations, to see bigger perspectives, to think in more creative ways, and to collaborate effectively. With her partners at Cultivating Leadership, Jennifer runs transformational leadership programs and supports organizations to use their leaders (and leadership development) to encourage and support whole-of-organization change. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/uncovering-the-deep-principles-of-change/

The world of peak performance has brought us many insights into how the psyche influences our behavior, but not so much on how that relates to personal fulfillment. So how do we move from doing excellent work to doing something that is excellent and also lights us up? In this conversation with renowned psychologist Gay Hendricks we explore the difference between excellence and genius, what holds us back from our zone of genius and how to get onto the “genius spiral”. Dr. Gay Hendricks has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and body-mind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, At the Speed of Life, and Five Wishes. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at the University of Colorado, he founded the Hendricks Institute, which offers seminars in North America, Asia, and Europe. He is also a founder of The Spiritual Cinema Circle. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-genius-move/

It’s clear that there’s a lot of emotional maturing that needs to happen in the world of organizations, but how much of that is related to leadership and how do we help leaders access a deeper emotional maturity within themselves? In this episode, peak performance expert Nicholas Janni talks to us about his top-down/bottom-up approach to this issue, and how to use our own bodies as a sensing tool to accompany our clients into ever deeper levels of internal awareness and external presence. Nicholas Janni has spent 30 years researching ‘the zone’ of peak performance and studying multiple mind/body disciplines. Over the last 15 years he has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars. He works with CEO’s and senior leadership teams worldwide, is a former Associate Fellow at The University of Oxford Said Business School and teaches regularly at the IMD in Lausanne. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/how-to-deeply-attune-to-your-clients/

Most of us probably wouldn’t say that we’re feeling threatened that often. But according to Diana Chapman, 95% of us are in a state of threat 95% of the time. So how do we combat this tendency? In this conversation with leadership advisor Diana Chapman we explore how to shift from a state of threat to trust through play and purpose. Diana Chapman is an advisor to exceptional leaders who has worked with over 1000 organizational leaders and many of their teams and is a founding partner at Conscious Leadership Group. She has created and implemented professional onboarding and ongoing programs, and is co-author of the best-selling book, The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/stop-being-so-serious-playfulness-and-coaching/

In this podcast we explore all things embodiment. What does embodiment mean? And how can we apply key embodied principles in our coaching? This podcast is in two parts. In part 1 we explore how to practically apply embodiment in coaching and Mark coaches Joel to demonstrate it in action. In part 2 we explore the question 'what is embodiment?' and how it can have a profound impact on our coaching. I've known Mark for years and watched as he's grown into an in demand international facilitator. He's fiercely dedicated to his craft and has trained with just about most of the worlds recognised embodiment masters. Mark Walsh specialises in the embodied approach to learning and organisational development. He is the Director of Integration Training Ltd, a community of leading edge trainers and consultants as well as founder of the Embodied Facilitator Course. Mark writes a Google # 2 ranked management training blog, hosts # 1 training Youtube Channel with 5 million hits and has a 30,000+ following on Twitter. Heads up: this podcast contains some good old fashioned British mild swearing. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/embodied-coaching-essentials/

What do our bodies have to do with living a self-directed life? What say do they have in our actions and behaviors, aside from providing a more or less sports-inclined physique? In this conversation with leadership coach Amanda Blake, we learn how the body defines our scope of possibility, how we can use it to create massive shifts, and why being in direct contact with life through the body is so important. Amanda Blake is a Leadership Coach, creator of the popular Body = BrainⓇ course on the neurobiology of experiential learning and author of the forthcoming book, Your Body Is Your Brain. In addition to teaching about the art and science of embodiment, she works with leaders worldwide to help them become their best self, enjoy life more, and make a bigger contribution. She is a Master Somatic Leadership Coach and holds a degree in Human Biology from Stanford University. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-neuroscience-of-change/

As coaches, we often see our role as helping our clients create the life they actually desire. And this is a fine role indeed, but what if it were possible to tap into an even greater potential? Conscious leadership expert Jim Dethmer, has a map that shows us just how far our coaching can extend. He walks Joel through the four states of consciousness from which we can coach, and how each one leads to a fundamentally different outcome for us and our clients. Jim Dethmer is a coach, speaker, author, and founding partner at The Conscious Leadership Group. He has personally worked with over 150 CEOs and their teams to integrate conscious leadership into their organizations. Jim also leads monthly Forums for select leaders in Chicago and New York and trains coaches through The Conscious Leadership Group. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-counter-intuitive-coaching-shift/

As unique individuals with our own perception and experience of life, how can we connect with and truly “meet” each other in the present moment? In this conversation with integral leadership coach Steve March, we explore an emerging approach to coaching that has a radically different take on problem-solving and the different levels of depth that clients experience in the present moment. Steve March is a senior faculty member of New Ventures West, and founder of the Aletheia school of integral development. He specialises in coaching leaders stepping into new and/or expanded roles and leaders who are burned out (or on the way to becoming burned out). He brings a deep and rich background of sixteen years working in the field of software development as a software engineer, quality manager, senior process consultant, and manager of organisational development. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/deep-coaching-with-the-four-depths/

We live in a time where the term “Connection” is a buzzword; but what is it exactly that we’re looking for and how do we attain it? And what, if anything, does this quest have to do with the evolution of our species? In this conversation with spiritual teacher Patricia Albere, we explore a new type of relationship that is becoming possible, what it is to experience an “interpenetrating” state of being, and the crucial distinctions that allow us to practice connection in this profound way. Patricia Albere is a contemporary spiritual teacher who is pioneering a form of spiritual awakening that goes beyond the individual into a new space of mutual awakening. She is the author of Evolutionary Relationships: Unleashing the Power of Mutual Awakening, and the founder and director of the Evolutionary Collective. A master transformative teacher, Patricia has worked with more than 200,000 people in groups over the last 40 years. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/evolutionary-relationships/