Coaches Rising

The phrase, “That resonates” is often used nowadays but what does it actually mean and how can we leverage it as a tool in our work with clients? In this conversation with Zen Master Ginny Jiko Whitelaw we explore the fundamental principle of the term, its applications in terms of personal and collective change, and how to create greater cohesion for your clients. Ginny Jiko Whitelaw is the founder and President of the Institute for Zen leadership and a Zen Master in the Chozen-ji line of Rinzai Zen. A biophysicist by training, she combines a rich scientific background with senior leadership experience at NASA. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/resonance-the-principle-underlying-all-change/

There’s a lot of talk about “purpose” but what do we actually mean by it? In this conversation with purpose guide Jonathan Gustin, we explore the three levels of purpose, the capacities we need to cultivate in order to reach the deepest level of purpose, the roadblocks along the way and the tools for facilitating this exploration in others. Jonathan is a purpose guide, psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and integral mentor in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 20 years. He is the founder and lead teacher of the Purpose Guide Institute, Integral Awakening Center and Green Sangha and a contributing author to the book anthology, Purpose Rising (2017). A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/discovering-your-purpose/

How does one build a 7-figure coaching business in 4 years? Executive coach Kari Granger did just that and in this episode she shares with us how she did it. In this conversation we explore the two aspects of building a coaching business, an alternative approach to sales, how to have transformative enrolment conversations and creating great proposals. Kari Granger is an executive coach (Master Certified Coach) supporting leaders to align and elevate performance for themselves, their teams, and their organizations. She is a subject matter expert in both applying and teaching the concepts of transformative leadership under the most challenging conditions. Kari is a combat veteran and a distinguished graduate of the US Air Force Academy with an MA in organizational leadership. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/how-to-enrol-clients-and-create-amazing-proposals/

Increasingly, neuroscience is providing answers not only for our behaviour but also for much more subtle experiences that one might term “mystical”. So what’s that got to do with coaching? In this conversation, leadership consultant Mary Beth O’Neill unpacks combining behaviourally specific coaching with mysticism, leading with backbone and heart, and how to ease leaders into more expansive states of awareness. Mary Beth O’Neill is a leadership consultant, executive coach, author, leader of the Executive Coach Training Series, and owner of MBO Consulting. She leads the Executive Coach Training Series for experienced executive coaches, organization consultants, and HR professionals. She has been a graduate faculty member for 23 years in the master’s program in Leadership and Organization Development at the Leadership Institute of Seattle (LIOS). A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-two-keys-to-effective-leadership/

Did you know that common coaching moves such as goal setting can actually be counter productive to growth and learning? In this conversation, author and professor Richard Boyatzis explains why goal-setting is not as smart as we think it is, what the neurologically proven way to motivate people is, and how we can help our clients access states that facilitate genuine change. Author and professor Richard Boyatzis is an expert in leadership development and emotional intelligence whose research on human behaviour has revolutionized management education. He is the Distinguished University Professor and the HR Horvitz Professor of Family Business at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Professor in Human Resources at ESADE and Professor in the Departments of Organizational Behaviour, Psychology and Cognitive Science at Case Western. He has written over 150 articles on leadership, motivation, behavioural change, emotional intelligence, and managerial competencies and is co- author of the upcoming book “Helping people change”. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/how-to-access-optimum-growth-states-in-coaching/

“Presence” has become something of a buzzword these days. What does it actually mean and what results can it deliver in the coaching context? In this conversation, Bebe Hansen of Presence-Based Coaching unpacks the magic of presence and sheds light on how as coaches we can harness it to work more efficiently with our clients. Bebe Hansen is the head of Presence-Based Coaching, and as a senior faculty member teaches the ICF approved coach training with other PBC faculty members. She designed the Mentor Coaching course, and has trained a team of PBC Mentor Coaches that delivers the course. Bebe also delivers leadership development programs around the Washington, DC metro area. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/presence-based-coaching-with-bebe-hansen/

Why is it that some people can walk into a room and instantly – seemingly effortlessly – command the attention of everyone present? What is the strange magnetism that makes some people so compelling, what does it tell us about their lives, and is it something we can coach people towards? These are the questions we explore in this episode with mindfulness and trauma expert David Treleaven as we dive into how to coach our clients into greater personal congruence and work skilfully with the roadblocks that come up in the process. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/how-to-embody-what-you-most-care-about-with-david-treleaven/

Every industry has its rebels, and master coach Rich Litvin is most certainly a man who refuses to play by the conventional rules. In this conversation he shares what the real job of a coach is, what this requires of you, and how to navigate some of the most common bumps on the road to coaching mastery. Rich Litvin is a master transformative coach and author of the bestselling book “The prosperous coach”. Rich is an expert on confidence and specializes in helping high achieving introverts identify the blocks that keep them from attaining even greater levels of accomplishment. He is the founder and CEO of the Confident Woman's Salon and coaches some of the world's most successful women. A thought leader in the coaching world, he is a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-real-job-of-a-transformational-coach-rich-litvin/

As the coaching industry booms, coaches are seeking ever-increasing levels of expertise to help their clients. One source of high-octane insight is neuroscience. In this animated conversation, Neuroscientist and Coach Ann Betz explains the relevance of this field in coaching, takes us deep into how we can work with stress by manipulating neurotransmitters through coaching techniques, and outlines the two cognitive networks we need to be awareof to help our clients function optimally. Ann Betz is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and an international speaker and trainer on the intersection of neuroscience, coaching and human transformation. Ann is considered a thought leader in the field of neuroscience and coaching and serves as the neuroscience consultant to The Coaches Training Institute. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-neuroscience-of-resilient-leadership/

Most people in leadership positions have earned their stripes. So what makes some of them highly effective whilst others remain ineffective? In this conversation with leadership expert Bob Anderson we explore the different qualities that define effective versus ineffective leaders, the level of development that underpins them, and how to foster growth towards effective leadership. Bob Anderson is the founder, Chairman and Chief Development Officer of The Leadership Circle and the Full Circle Group. Over the past 35 years, Bob has dedicated his career to exploring the intersections between leadership and mastery, competence and consciousness, spirituality and business. He works with CEOs and leadership teams to help them improve their leadership effectiveness and is the co-author of the book, Mastering Leadership, described as the next seminal work in the leadership field. A list of resources mentioned in the podcast can be found here: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/the-key-to-being-a-leader-that-scales/

"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/