Professional Christian Coaching Today

When you speak, teach, or present in front of a group, you want your points to stick. Lessons to be learned. Listeners to be truly engaged and eager to take their next step. But this is easier said than done. Tune in as today’s guest, Charles Stone, shares 8 core principles for communication found at the intersection of how Jesus taught and neuroscience.

Listen in to learn:

• How to help your listeners prepare to listen, learn, and take action on what you say

• The power of beginning with a concept map

• How to use the primacy-recency principle to help you organize your material

• Key brain-science principles that make your talk memorable 

About Charles Stone

Charles has been a pastor for forty years in the US and Canada and is certified as a coach with the ICF. He has authored seven books, and his writing has appeared over 300 times on leading Christian leadership websites.

His passion is intersecting Biblical truth with neuroscience. He has earned four degrees and is currently completing his PhD. He has been married forty-one years to his wife Sherryl, and they have three adult children and three grandchildren.

You can learn more about If Jesus Gave a TED Talk: 8 neuroscience principles the Master Teacher used to persuade His audience (2021, Freiling Publishing) here: https://www.jesustedtalk.com/

Coaching is gaining a foothold in the Catholic church. Once the distinction of professional-grade coaching was recognized and the idea of coaching being sort of new-age was laid to rest, the desire for coaching and the need for professionally trained coaches has grown. Today we are exploring the Catholic coaching movement

Listen in today with our guest Lisa Mladinich to discover:

• Where the Catholic church has been in terms of coaching and where is it going? 

• What stigma is associated with counseling and coaching within the Catholic church?

• How many valuable, people-helping modalities are available within the Catholic church, and where's the gap that coaching fills?

• What are the exciting opportunities available for people in the Catholic World who want to know more about coaching?

About Lisa Mladinich

Lisa Mladinich is an ICF-Certified Life Coach and Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach dedicated to helping clients glorify God by living powerfully in their natural talents.

A best-selling author and media host, Lisa has appeared on EWTN TV’s Women of Grace, Sunday Night Prime, BookMark, and Catholic Mom’s Café, as well as CatholicTV’s This, is the Day, the Son Rise Morning Show, The Jennifer Fulwiler Show, Busted Halo, and much other television, radio, and podcast programs.

Lisa is the founder of “Wonderfully Made,” an online membership that includes original strengths-development courses, live events, and mastermind groups.

Her new internet TV program called, “Wonderfully Made: Your Talents. God’s Purpose,” can be accessed from the home page of her website.

Lisa has been married to the love of her life, Charlie, for 36 years. They have a grown daughter and live in the wilds of suburban Long Island.

Find Lisa at www.WonderfullyMade139.com.

Sometimes as a leader, instead of soaring high, we crash and burn, and face the question, “How can I ever recover from this?” Our special guest today, Warwick Fairfax, has walked through that fire and has recovered.

Join us today to see how God can turn ashes into beauty as Warwick shares:

• Philosophical and practical breakthroughs that will get you through the thick of your leadership issues, so you can turn your crucible into a defining moment

• Insight on the common denominators among people who rise above and those who meltdown but never rise back up... so you'll have what you need to overcome blind spots

• The choices you can make right now, to let your pain be used for a God-given purpose, so He can do some of His mightiest work in and through you

About Warwick Fairfax

Warwick Fairfax is the founder of Crucible Leadership, a philosophical and practical breakthrough in turning business and personal failures into the fuel for igniting a life of significance. He has been hailed by Forbes as offering “compelling insights for anyone who would like to wake up feeling inspired by their work but doesn’t” ... insights rooted not in a checklist of glib to-do’s but in his own experience at the epicenter of one of the most spectacular business failures in the history of his home nation of Australia.

Fairfax was only 26 when, as the fifth-generation heir to a media empire bearing his family name, he led — and lost — a multibillion-dollar public takeover bid. The result? The company founded by his great-great-grandfather slipped from family control after 150 years, leaving him to examine not only his own shortcomings and losses but also his life’s principles and the lessons he learned from family members who came before him and some of history’s greatest leaders. It has been by shaping these insights as a leadership adviser that Fairfax has enabled others to learn from what he describes as their own “crucible experiences” and emerge to lead a life rooted in who they are. His journey has opened a door for men and women from all walks of life to not only bounce back from failure but to become the leaders they were born to be.

Fairfax is the author of Crucible Leadership: Embrace Your Trials to Lead a Life of Significance (Mount Tabor Media, 2021). The book discusses for the first time his thoughts and actions in launching the John Fairfax Ltd. takeover and explains what he learned about himself from that devastating failure — who he was and was not his unique design, purpose, passions, and vision really were.

He shares insights from his experience and interviews other leaders who have leveraged their crucible moments to live and lead with significance on the podcast BEYOND THE CRUCIBLE, available through all major podcasting channels.

Fairfax holds an undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an International Coach Federation (ICF) certified executive coach. He is an Elder at Bay Area Community Church. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his wife, Gale. They have three children who are in the process of developing their own unique paths to lives of significance.

Learn more at https://crucibleleadership.com/.

You know that coaching has gone mainstream; but did you know that it's part of the team culture at the IRS? Today, we have a front-row seat in exploring this decade-long and growing, movement within the IRS. Our guest, Carolon Donnally, leads the coaching and change movement at the IRS, and today she shares unique insights that you can use in your own workplace or with organizational and leadership coaching clients.

Tune in to:

• Unpack the "coaching culture" buzzword so you can understand what it really means and leverage it for effective leadership and learning.

• Explore the difference between coaching and mentoring so you and others can truly receive the benefit of distinctly different coaching.

• Get insider tips on what went well and what needed improvement during the IRS's coaching culture journey, so that you can replicate success in your organization and your coaching business.

About Carolon Donnally:

Carolon Donnally is a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation.   She has over 20 years of experience in leadership development, employee engagement, organizational development, curriculum design, and leadership and executive coaching.  Carolon was the head of leadership coaching for the Internal Revenue Service for 8 years and now leads coaching and change management in one of the IRS’ largest business units.  Carolon has the distinguished honor of recently receiving an IRS Commissioner Award for efforts in starting up a peer-to-peer employee coaching program. She earned a Master of Science degree in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University and has worked with clients in France, Costa Rica, and China.  As an extension of her passion for leadership development, in 2019, she founded Carolon Donnally Consulting where she helps leaders and organizations become burnout resistant. 

Connect with Carolon at: www.Carolon-Donnally.com

 “What should I charge?” “I feel so awkward quoting my fees,” “Is it right for this to be a business or should it be a ministry instead?” Christian coaches often struggle knowing what to charge and making a profit while still maintaining a servant’s heart.

Money mindsets are the base of every single business decision, and today, we want to help you know how to better align your mindsets with what God says in His word.

Don’t miss these great resources:

Free Money Mindsets Quiz to help you uncover the hidden mindsets you already have: www.MoneyMindsetsQuiz.com

Money Mindsets Course: An inexpensive on-demand program that will walk you through a God-honoring process to determine what’s best for YOU! www.MoneyMindsetsCourse.com

Are you ready to help your clients move their ideas and dreams into reality? Cultivate a life of abundance, impact, and freedom? Tune in as coach and author, Andy Wood shares practical ways to help your clients take ownership of their futures and fulfill their most cherished dreams.

Learn:

• Simple and powerful beliefs to move from scarcity thinking to abundance living

• The impact that’s possible when we let go of “what’s in it for me”

• The five laws that govern the success or failure of the choices we make each day

About Andy Wood

Andy Wood is an executive coach, speaker, author, professor, and former pastor who has taught and coached thousands of leaders worldwide.

Andy has devoted his life to one simple idea: MADISEL – an acronym for “make a difference in someone else’s life!” That’s what has driven Andy for the last 40 years as he has invested his life in communicating truth with passion and personally coaching, challenging, and encouraging others.

His latest book is titled LifeVesting: Cultivate a Life of Abundance, Impact, and Freedom and it is scheduled for release in January 2022.

He now lives as the sixth generation on the family farm in southwest Alabama with his wife of 38 years, Robin. Together they have three grown children and eleven grandchildren.

Connect with Andy at: www.Lifevesting.com

Are you a multi-passionate coach? An entrepreneur who wants to define yourself by just one role? Today, our guest, Coach Michael McGreevy, will share how he has merged multiple paths, from construction to real estate to leadership coaching, into a portfolio career that supports a lifestyle he loves.

Listen in to discover:

• How to create other outlets for income, based on your interests, and carve out more space to make memories with your friends and family

• Ways to overcome self-doubt and have fun exploring things you're great at and that you really like to do

• A vision for diversifying in authentic ways so you can discover the overall freedom & flexibility you want

About Michael McGreevy

Michael McGreevy is a full-time coach who helps growth-minded owners and executives discover the clarity and confidence they need to become remarkable leaders. He also serves leaders and teams through group training, workshops, and masterminds. Michael has intentionally built his business in a way that provides a significant amount of space for making memories with his family. He and his wife Lydia own and operate a short-term rental property business and host a marriage Podcast called “The Fight of Your Lives.” They have 3 wonderful kids Gunnar 6, Skylar 5, and Asher 3. 

Connect with Michael at [email protected] or www.McGreevyLeadership.com. 

Today, we are unpacking ICF Competency #7: Evokes Awareness. When we show up in coach mode, our primary purpose is to enable a client to draw forth things that are already in them, evoking awareness of the things God has already placed within them. Each part of this new competency will help you be a better coach when applied to your practice.

Listen in to learn:

• The full definition of ICF Competency #7 and how you can use related tools to facilitate client insight and learning.

• How to make a smooth transition from the "being" part of coaching to the "doing" piece so you can get to the core of coaching.

• Strategies that will help you show up in a curious manner that calls forth things your clients may have forgotten or perhaps were never aware of before.

• Bring a coach approach to your questions and style of communication so that each session is impactful for your clients.

About Erica Vinson

Erica Vinson, M.S.Ed., is the Dean of Academics for the Professional Christian Coaching Institute. She serves as a part of the PCCI Core Leadership Team and oversees Class Implementation, as well as working in tandem with the Provost to oversight Curricula and Credentialing. Erica serves as the main contact and support to the PCCI Faculty.

Erica is a CPLC and ACC Credentialed Coach, founder of Fear < less Living™, and the Director of the REAL-LIFE Facilitator Network. She is a certified ©iEnneagram Motions of the Soul Practitioner and has a certificate in Spiritual Transformation through the Transforming Center.

Erica served several years as an Elementary Education teacher in a public school system and also in full-time ministry as a Family Minster and Creative Arts/Communication Minister. As a Life Coach, Erica uses the tool of the Enneagram to help clients gain deeper self-awareness and grow in relationships with others both personally and professionally. With her teacher’s heart, she loves serving educators to expand their impact as they serve on teams, empower their students, and partner with parents. Erica also has a passion to see folks courageously face their fears and move forward in greater freedom through “fear < less” living!

She lives in South Central Illinois and loves playing golf, waterskiing, traveling, spending time with friends and family, and is especially fond of being an Auntie to her nieces and nephew.

You can connect with Erica at www.EricaVinson.com, where you can find her free gift called “Evoking Awareness through Three Centers of Intelligence.”

Warning: after you press "play," you'll be transformed.Tune in to hear what is perhaps the most powerful presentation we've ever shared with you, here on Professional Christian Coaching Today. It. Is. Simply. Powerful. Transformational may be an understatement, but it's one of the best words we can think of to truly describe what will happen as you listen to this world-changing, life-poured-out message. There's no introduction that could even begin to describe what you're about to hear. And your takeaways will truly be your own... what God whispers into your spirit as you sit at His feet.

About Cindy Schmelzenbach

Cindy Schmelzenbach is an ICF Professional Certified Coach, a Professional Certified Life and Leadership Coach through PCCI, a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and a Conversational Intelligence® Enhanced Practitioner. She also has a Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling and serves on faculty at PCCI.

Cindy and Harmon, her husband of 38 years, believe in fully engaging life, wherever God invites them, every moment, every day. They’ve spent 19 years in successful entrepreneurial businesses in the US and Caribbean and another 19 years internationally in cross-cultural leadership roles within a global ministry organization. Their passion for wholistic health and enhanced team dynamics moved Cindy to develop a Member Care initiative which she then successfully launched and coordinated across 46 countries in the Asia Pacific region. In addition, while serving as Internal Coach, Cindy facilitated coach training for international leaders across Asia Pacific and played a major role in the development and cultivation of a coaching culture within the organization.

“I am passionate about co-creating a space where powerful things happen that simply may not happen anywhere else!” Whether in one-on-one or group coaching contexts, clients discover the next steps in their journey to resilience, authenticity and thriving. Cindy is privileged to partner with clients who range from individuals quietly changing their world to public leaders who influence thousands with their decisions. Her current practice includes Life Coaching, Strengths® Coaching, Team or Group Coaching, and ICF Mentor Coaching.

Connect with Cindy at: www.coachingwithcindy.com

Neuroscience is teaching us that words hold tremendous power to either ignite positive growth or slow our forward movement. As coaches, we want to pay attention to the words that our clients use and to thoughtfully choose our own words as we summarize, reflect, reframe, and ask curious questions.

In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to use words to:

• Create powerful shifts

• Highlight important insights

• Notice hidden mindsets

• Uncover negative self-talk