Professional Christian Coaching Today

Do you wonder what it takes to become a successful coach? Would you like a behind-the-scenes look of how it’s really done?   If you said “yes” then you’re in for a treat today! We’ve got the information and encouragement you need to persevere and succeed.

Tune in to find out:

• 3 keys to becoming a successful coach so you can keep the most important things in mind, among your daily to-dos
• How to attend to the short-term goals of launching your business while maintaining the long-term goals of receiving credentialing and growing your practice
• Understand why people hire a coach to have a safe place to explore, be asked questions they haven’t been asked, see things they haven’t seen, and achieve goals they’ve never achieved.
• Top challenges for coaches and how to overcome them

About Michael Powers

Michael works with others on their next best step upward.  With a background that includes engineering, corporate strategy, and marketing, admittedly, he’s a bit of a strange combination of left and right brain thinking. His blend of creative and analytical skills enables him to assess complicated, multi-disciplinary issues, and help create the right path to success. As a marketing and sales executive, he designed and implemented complex corporate strategies, and has a track record of solid results.  The companies he has been a part of have grown by more than four times in five years. He’s now focusing his efforts on assisting even more companies learn how to grow through executive coaching, asking the tough questions, and joining clients across the country as they move their businesses upward.    He’s learned to play to his strengths, and help others do the same.

Michael feels blessed to be married to his best friend, and a father to four children, ages 26 to 11, two daughters-in-law, and one grandchild.  He and his wife have also developed a passion for Haiti.  He counts faith, family and friendships as his greatest treasures.  He feels fortunate to have had great mentors along the way, and hopes to pass along a bit of what he’s learned to others to help them in their journey

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Have you ever wondered why people participate in mastermind groups? Today, you can be a “fly on the wall” in a live mastermind group to see what really happens and to determine if joining one is a good fit for you.

 In this episode:

• Hear firsthand, quantitative and qualitative transformations that mastermind group members experience
• Learn about the inner workings of a mastermind group so you can envision what joining a group can do for you and your business
• Glean knowledge from successful coaches who are members of the High Impact Mastermind Group

Learn more about the High Impact Mastermind group (HIM): http://professionalchristiancoachingtoday.com/him/

Learn more about the coaches in today’s episode here:

Dale Young: https://coachdale.com/

Sharon Brani: http://heartprintscoaching.com/

Kerry Reddick: http://www.simplylifecoaching.org

Deirdre McGee: http://www.twelvestonescoaching.com

Jennifer Mcnaney: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-mcnaney-103a62123

Tony Noordmans: http://www.tonynoordmans.com/

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According to Forbes Magazine, only 19% of all US and Canadian workers report being satisfied with their work, with an additional 16% saying they are somewhat satisfied. That leaves a full 69% of workers who are not happy with their jobs.   Whether you are a Career Coach or specialize in other areas, many of your clients will want some coaching around their career.

In this podcast, career coach trainer and best-selling author, Susan Whitcomb, will share:

• A four-part framework to move your clients from Point A to Point B
• The career continuum and how to place your services on it
• What you need to know to be successful in career coaching

About Susan Whitcomb

Susan Whitcomb is a leading authority on career coach certification training for entrepreneurial coaches, university career services professionals, and outplacement professionals.   She is a frequent source for the media on career topics, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, and numerous national publications.

She holds designations as a PCC with International Coaches Federation (ICF), Certified Career Management Coach, Nationally Certified Resume Writer, Master Resume Writer, and Credential Career Master and is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®-Certified). WIth coach training from the Institute for Life Coach Training, Susan has also completed Dr. Mike Lillibridge’s Executive Coaching Practicum, Dr. Bruce Wilkinson’s DreamGiver Coach Training, and a variety of coaching seminars. An inspirational presenter and engaging trainer, Susan has logged more than 3,000 hours leading webinar and live coach-training instruction for the Certified Career Management Coach program, Certified Executive & Leadership Development Coach program, Certified Job Search Strategist program, and Certified Social Media Career Strategist program offered through www.TheAcademies.com.

Author of seven careers books, Susan’s books have been featured worldwide in Barnes & Noble and Borders, including the best-selling Resume Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer (frequently the #1 or #2 most popular resume book on Amazon.com) . . ., Interview Magic: Job Interview Secrets from America’s Career and Life Coach . . . and the latest book in the “Magic” series, Job Search Magic: Insider Secrets from America’s Career and Life Coach which was nominated as Book of the Year in the Career Category by ForeWord magazine. She is also author of, 30-Day Job Promotion: Build a Powerful Promotion Plan in a Month, award-winning Twitter Job Search Guide (JIST), and coauthor of eResumes: Everything You Need To Know (McGraw-Hill). She has also created Career Magic: Career Coaching for the 21 st Century, a 400-page reference accompanying the Certified Career Management Coach program offered through Career Coach Academy.

In addition to founding Career Coach Academy and Leadership Coach Academy, Susan served as Executive Director of Career Masters Institute, a global association of leading career professionals, from 2004-2007. She is also a member of International Coach Federation, Christian Coaches Network, National Career Development Association, National Resume Writers’ Association, and Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches.

As the Career Coach’s Coach, she has guided dozens of professional coaches, career consultants, resume writers, and human resources professionals to a deeper understanding of career issues and coaching techniques. As a coach, she loves partnering with people to create a career filled with purpose, passion, productivity, and prosperity!

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Leaders can increase both their impact and effectiveness when they consciously step into a coach’s mindset and heartset. In today’s episode, we’ll share and discuss portions of Chris McCluskey’s inspiring keynote speech at Convene’s 2015 annual business and marketplace ministry conference.

Tune in to learn the importance of:

• Being relational versus being transactional
• Co-creating an alliance with those you lead
• Caring about your employees while increasing the bottom-line

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Asking powerful questions helps your client maximize discovery, gain clarity, create new possibilities, and shift paradigms. In this episode, Dr. Andrew Gorter unpacks this key ICF competency with helpful definitions, great examples, and Biblical principles.

​You’ll learn:

- The types of questions coaches ask and how they differ from those of counselors and consultants

- The role humility plays in the coaching relationship

- Scriptural principles that undergird powerful questions

- Practical ways to improve your questioning skills today

About Andrew Gorter 

Andrew Gorter, D.Min., ACC is the owner of Plus One Coaching, LLC and has more than 25 years experience working with people to help them clarify what’s next for themselves and to take action to fulfill their calling and achieve their goals.

He is a trained and licensed as a Marriage and Family therapist and has practiced family therapy through a non-profit counseling practice he established in 2002. He is an expert in healthy interpersonal communication, and since establishing Plus One Coaching, LLC he has brought together his passion for coaching and his expertise in family therapy to establish a niche coaching family business leaders.

Throughout his career Andrew has endeavored to lead and serve people and organizations as they face necessary challenges to move forward and to do that in healthy creative ways. From his early career in pastoral ministry to his development of a non-profit counseling ministry and, most recently, Plus One Coaching, Andrew has gained a wealth of experience joining with people to solve problems.

Andrew and his wife, Karen, live in Holland, MI, near the beaches of Lake Michigan. They have two married daughters and three grandsons. He enjoys hiking, watercolor painting, reading and woodworking. He and Karen love just hanging out, especially in beach chairs with their toes in the sand. You can explore further at his website, www.plusonecoaching.com

You can pick up informative assessment, “Strategies to Manage Your Energy” here: "Strategies to Manage Your Energy"

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Our hyperconnected world offers constant distractions. Yet, as coaches and entrepreneurs, it’s important to focus and bring our best selves to all we do. In his best-selling book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, Cal Newport, shares the results of his recent research on the power of focus and lays out some key strategies that will help us all. In this episode, we’d like to share some of those insights with you.

Tune in to hear more about:

• What deep work is and why it’s important to increase your value and improve your skills
• The challenges to doing deep work and the cost of not doing it
• 5 practical strategies for eliminating distractions and increasing productivity

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Do you or your clients ever rush from project to project and crisis to crisis without stopping to plan for the life you really want? Our days are too few and too important to spend aimlessly and without intention. Yet all too often, that’s where we find ourselves.

Tune in to learn how you and your clients can write mission statements that will help you…

• Fulfill the vision and live out the purpose for which you were created
• Live an intentional life based on your deepest values

–      Bring meaning back into your daily to-dos

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There’s a supernatural way to overcome the busy-ness of your business, and it’s accessible to you 24/7. When you feel like there’s too much to do and too little time, money, and energy to do it, prayer sometimes becomes a last resort. But just imagine what could happen if you put prayer first!

Tune in to discover:

• Specific bite-sized strategies to help you pray throughout each and every day
• Practical ways to grow closer to God and obtain tangible, supernatural business results
• Access to free downloadable prayer cards, Scripture promises, and weekly videos

Get more information or join the Prayer-Saturated Business project at www.KimAveryCoaching/prayer.

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Listen in as Brent O’Bannon coaches a business leader through a tough team decision in this demonstration of Master-Full coaching. This coaching session is a great example of professional grade Leadership Coaching.

In this episode you’ll hear Brent help the client:

• Identify and harness his strengths for maximum results
• See the problem from different perspectives
• Form a clear action plan
• Leave motivated and energized by the movement he made

About Brent O’Bannon

Brent O’Bannon is a PCC and the first GALLUP-Certified Strengths Coach in the world. 

He coaches and leads entrepreneurial leaders, sales teams, coaches and multi-million dollar companies to maximize, mobilize, and monetize their human capital strengths. 

Brent teaches the PCCI Strengths Based Coaching course and is a recent Amazon #1 best-selling author of Selling Strengths: A Little Book for Executive and Life Coaches About Using Your Strengths to Get Paying Clients.  Join his vision to champion strengths for global excellence at www.brentobannon.com.

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We know that "life's a journey, not a destination," yet we still experience struggles with navigating that journey. Join us for some encouragement and wisdom from Aaron Walker, a man who truly knows what it's like to struggle up the mountain... especially when it comes to business, entrepreneurship, and money. 

You’ll learn how to…

~ Gauge your heart-set and mindset to recalibrate your whole self toward success

~ Let your faith influence your daily life so you can walk by faith, not sight

~ Delay gratification so you can focus on your values and do the hard tasks that actually lead to success

About Aaron Walker

Who is Aaron Walker? Businessman and Life Coach, Aaron T. Walker, has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. He enjoys helping others and believes experience is a great teacher. 35 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron a wealth of experience. Aaron continues to reach new heights and broaden his perspective of the terrain by examining his experiences and growing from them.

You can learn more about Aaron at www.ViewFromTheTop.com.

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