Highlight

• Leadership development turned into coaching ~40 years ago
• Starting with Vistage with 1:1's
• Being on the fringe of society
• Asking himself "How can I be relevant"
• Started his own business at age 32 years old
• His first encounter with Frederick Hudson
• Creating Fielding
• Adding coaching to their leadership development programs
• Eventually focusing on coaching
• Teaching Coaching with Hudson in 2001
• Playing the "Inner Game"
• You don't age out in coaching if you stay relevant
• Advice for younger coaches - serve your community and self development
• There are no limits
• Not knowing what a process was
• Coaching is consciousness industry
• The summer BBQ in Kansas City in 1988
• John's favorite Pam McLean story
• And Finally "In the Middle of the Night"

Highlights

• Taking this podcast on tour
• Doing what we ask our clients to do
• Marketing yourself as a coach - Solopreneur
• Using LinkedIn to kick off his business
• The Prosperous Coach - Book that spoke to Brandon
• The Drive towards freedom
• Getting to the 10 and figuring it out entirely
• Reflecting on how far we have come
• Laying on the floor saying "What am I doing with my life"

Highlights:

• Courage to pick up coaching in the early 2000's
• The difference in her practice over 24 years - "I don't need to know" 
• The freedom of not knowing is where the magic happens
• Connecting your worth to the client achievements
• Coaching is not a destination
• Hearing back from a client years later and getting a "Thank You"
• Walking through the doors or windows that the client opens
• Coaching - there is not a there there
• Realized she was shrinking or contracting in relationships back in 2003
• Great phrases that I took away
   
  • "Reloading for the next question" 
  • "Gripping the Wheel" 
  • "We are factory loaded as humans" 
• Asking clients - What are you experiencing below the neck
• Creating space in your body

Highlights:

• Companies are looking for coaching and beyond coaching
• So busy these days, managing multiple areas
• Her company Beyond Coaching
   
  • Loving it 
  • But it's not enough 
• Teaching and learning and development
• Her Company vs her own personal branding
• Building content for lecturing and on-demand course
• Creating Learning Pathways
• All modules start with Self Awareness

Highlights: 

• Getting out there daily on Tik Tok
• 1 million'th views and 21,000 shares
• Tik Tok and the wonderful analytics
• Linda the alter ego
• Being famous and the 30 min intro call
• People love to see who is going to coach them
• Get out there and find "your people"
• You’ve got to:
   
  • Show up 
  • Be visible 
  • Be yourself 
• Her weekly Newsletter
• Using Humor

 Wonderful video's of Kate's work

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYghDX1x/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYghkLWR/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYghPQkH/

Highlights

• Be clear on the objectives
• 360 Stakeholder tools that can be used
• Individual 1:1 stakeholder interviews
   
  • 5 to 8 people to interview is the sweet spot 
  • Customize the questions 
  • 30 minute interview by the coach 
• Partner up with someone if you are new to this:
   
  • Learn how to conduct these interviews 
  • Summarizing to feedback to the client is important 
• Clients may show different behavior's depending upon the stakeholder group
• Prior to giving the results you can ask "What do you think you might hear?"
   
  • Are they self aware? 
  • What is their reaction? 
  • How to coach going forward 
  • Let the client "simmer" in the feedback 
• Observing behaviors exhibited during a coaching session
• Adjusting your coaching goals based on the Stakeholder 360
• Communication plan with the interviewee's by the coachee
• Help you as the coach to understanding the system the coachee works in
• "Our capacity to self deceive is immense"

Highlights:

• 7 years lead generation business
• Aligning to what a coach special
• Adams operation is 
  • All manual operation with a strong Virtual Assistant team
  • Provides high visibility to progress, actions and results
  • Deep Dives into their prospective clients to put together a personalized strategy
  • Tracking the client success, color coding responses (Hot / Warm / Cold)
  • Clients take control when the potential clients says "Tell me more"
  • Focus only on Linked In
  • $3,800 for set up and a 4 month commitment
  • Turning down clients
• 3 things Adam advices to be successful on LinkedIn
   
  • Find an audience that is dialed in
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  • Uniqueness "What is different about you"
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  • Strong back end system for constant assessment and follow up
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Highlights

• Slowing my ass down
• Book Ending my coaching sessions 
  • 10 min before and after sessions 
• Turning down the noise in our head
• Give ourself some non-judgement perspectives
• The Travel Journal and big changes
• Having a purpose with your Journalling
• Great song writing and playing story
• "Modeling is the best of all teachers"
• Being Real and Curious
• Toggling between curiosity and a directive

Highlights:

• Helping people with their Brand and their Niche in 2 sessions
• Steve in the King of Clarity
• Massive gap in leadership development that can be filled by coaches
• Use plain simple language to describe yourself
• Get it right then focus on being effective
• Get your clients talking and he continually asks for stories
• Be specific about yourself, find your pigeon hole
• Let go of trying to be great at 15 things
• The power of responsibility & relationships

 Highlights:

• Professor at NYU leading the Master of Science degree in Executive Coaching and Organizational Consulting
• Hosted the NYU Coaching and Technology Summit
• Bringing business leaders together with Coaching Technology industry
• This isn't a coaching conference as there are many good ones out there.  The focus is more around coaching technology
• Digital Coaching and Digital coaching technology
• A lot of Chat GPT discussion this year
• Coach bot as a "Co Pilot", space between sessions
• Distinction between Human coaches vs AI or Bot
• Will the coachee accept coaching from a Bot
• Technology is in the hands of the big boys Better Up / Ezra
• NYU program and the evolution in it's 3rd year
• Students have a deep need for human development
• NYU's brand new coaching innovation Lab