The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

174 Designing Actions

Oct 17, 2019

Brian and Chad dig into the ICF competency of Designing Actions and geek out on its focus on learning.

173 How a Coach Approach Saved My Ministry

Oct 10, 2019

Brian interviews Rev Debbie Foster, who is a pastor to pastors, and takes a coach approach to EVERYTHING in her ministry.

She makes this bold statement early in the podcast: "I wouldn't still be in ministry today if it weren't for the coach approach to my work."

Here are a few bullet points to the interview:

Centering...

172 Maybe Capacity

Oct 3, 2019

Brian was reading Tim Hicks book, Embodied Conflict, and came across the term "Maybe Capacity". Hicks writes:

We can create a type of understanding that allows for the coexistence of mutually contradictory accounts, what might be called a “maybe capacity,” a looser attachment to hypothesis formation that allows us...

171 Creating a Coaching Culture in a Denomination

Sep 26, 2019

Brian interviews Ken Kessler about his role in creating a coaching culture in his denomination.

Ken is the Director of the Coaching Network for the Baptist General Association of Virginia (bgav.org)

They discuss the dynamics of creating a coaching culture.

170 Don't Make the Conversation an Interrogation

Sep 19, 2019

Brian and Chad discuss the easy trap of turning a coaching conversation into an interrogation. Too many questions!

They explore other ways to create a conversation without the overuse of Powerful Questioning.