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465: It’s Not Laziness: Understanding Procrastination with Robin J. Emdon
Have you ever found yourself staring at your to-do list, desperately wanting to work, but somehow NOT working? You’re scrolling through social media, reorganizing your desk, making another coffee, doing anything but the thing you actually need to do. You...
464: Still Standing After 9 Years: How to Build Something that Lasts
It’s time to celebrate! This week marks 9 years of the STaR Coach Show, so I’m doing something special in today’s episode. I’m pulling back the curtain on the entire journey, sharing the lessons that built this show, the mistakes I’ve made along the way,...
463: Congrats! You’re Promoted (Now What?) Bridging the Leadership Gap with Noel Massie
Leadership is both a skill and a science. Today’s focus is on what happens the day AFTER a promotion. The problem with promotions is that being good at your job and being good at leading people can be two distinctly different skill sets. This episode will...
462: Building an Aligned Empire with Kasey D’Amato
Discover how to build an “aligned empire,” a business and life that work together instead of against each other. Today’s guest has mastered the art of balance—not just work-life balance, but proper alignment between career ambitions, family priorities,...
461: When Values Collide with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
How do you react when a client shares a perspective that fundamentally contradicts everything you believe about fairness, justice, or human dignity? In that moment, you face a choice that could define this session AND the entire coaching relationship. We...
460: The Missing Link from Achievement to Fulfillment with Nancy Ho
External professional achievements, as remarkable as they are, do not always translate to internal fulfillment. There can be a disconnect, so it is essential to take a closer look at success. My guest is joining us from Singapore, and she knows what success...
459: Why Good People Become Average under bad Leaders with Manny Fiteni
Have you ever been tasked with leading a team, only to discover that managing people is nothing like you expected? Have you witnessed talented individuals underperform while you are struggling to gain buy-in on essential initiatives? Are good people leaving...
458: Stop Selling, Start Serving the Mindset that Changes Everything with Jacob Hicks
Have you ever wondered why that “perfect” discovery call didn’t convert? Today’s episode covers sales, a topic that makes most coaches break out in a sweat. Most of us don’t know what to do with sales or how to approach selling to achieve success. I’m...
457: Transform Your Coaching with One Simple Word Change
What if you could strengthen your communication and change the way you ask questions by switching one small word? In today’s episode, you’ll discover how replacing “why” questions with “what” and “how” can revolutionize your coaching conversations. Host Meg...
456: The Secret to Success revealed with John Mitchell
Today’s episode could be life-changing as you discover the secret to success that may have been in front of you the whole time. You can rewire your autopilot setting that controls 95% of your daily thoughts and actions. Buckle up to learn how to be fully...
455: Empowering Voices: Inclusive Coaching and Leadership with Ingrid Hu Dahl
It is critical that we, as coaches, strive for cultural awareness in our work. One of the most important aspects of coaching is the richness of our differences and perspectives, and often, the voices that are heard the least are those that can teach us the...
454: The Permission Paradox: How Success Could Kill Your Dreams with Mitch Matthews
You’ve experienced success, and you are the person that others come to for answers. The problem is that sometimes this very success becomes a trap, stopping us from dreaming new dreams and taking on new challenges. Today’s conversation dives deep into...
453: Unsung Heroes: Coaching Mid-Level Managers Affordably with Loretta Stagnitto
Mid-level managers are sandwiched between C-suite executives and everyone else in their companies. Coaching them presents unique challenges to meet them where they are while helping them expand their lens through creative options in a very competitive...
452: Breaking Through the “First Client” Barrier with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
Are you a purpose-driven coach who wonders why you’re staring at an empty calendar? Are you unsure about getting those first crucial clients? If you’re caught in the frustrating cycle of needing experience to get clients and needing clients to get more...
451: The Hybrid Coaching Revolution: Blending Technology, Personal Touch, and High-Converting Strategies with Joanna Lott
You are in for a treat as we discuss current trends in the coaching industry in today’s episode. You’ll learn strategies for stepping up and standing out in a highly competitive market. Join us to hear practical insights from today’s expert guest! Joanna...
450: Your Values are the Voice of Your Soul with Alma Weaver Jones, PCC
Today’s show focuses on values. How do we get clear on our values, and how do we best help our clients get clear on their values? Our starting point is to understand the crucial difference between needs and values. Join us to discover the transformative...
449:The List Builder’s Rebellion: How to Ditch Lead Magnets and Still Grow Your Email List with Marci Rossi, PCC
Do you feel stuck in the mindset of creating new lead magnets over and over again to grow your email list? There is a better way! The most effective email list-building strategies today focus on genuine value exchange. Are you ready to learn six proven...
448: Pen vs. Presence: The Great “Notes” Debate with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
In today’s episode, I’m going solo to explore a question I’ve been asked dozens of times: “Should I take notes during my coaching sessions?” As with many things in life, this is not a black or white issue, and the experts are divided over their answers....
447: Why Your Marketing Isn’t Working: Visibility vs Lead Generation with Mary Cravets
The important question every coach asks is, “How do I attract great clients?” We all want more amazing clients without having to invest in more marketing. Are you spending too much energy on building visibility and credibility? Learn to spend less time on...
446: Pricing Mindsets for Business Success with John Ray
I was recently interviewed by John Ray on The Price And Value Journey Podcast, and I thought it only fitting to return the favor. I’ve loved spending time with John and getting to know him and his work. Today’s topic is an important one: pricing. We will...
445: Transform Sabotage Into Success with Carol Look
As service providers, it’s imperative that we emphasize our own well-being before we can be there fully to help others. My guest is the ideal person to help us understand this concept of transforming sabotage into success. Join us to learn more! Carol Look...
444: Coaching from the Inside Out: Using a Coach Approach on Yourself with Ellen Kocher, MCC
Today’s expert guest joins us to explore the essentials of business building through self-coaching and personal alignment. We discuss the importance of self-reflection, niching down, and adapting in today’s ever-changing coaching landscape. Join us to learn...
443: Mastering Your Emotional Compass While Coaching with Meg Rentschler
In today’s solo episode, we are exploring why developing emotional regulation is fundamental to having an effective coaching mindset. We will learn how emotions are valuable clues to our underlying thoughts and self-talk. I’ll share practical techniques to...
442: Be the Main Character in Your Life Story with Dianna Kokoszka
Today’s show focuses on personal growth and mindset, and we are highlighting the significance of being the main character in your life story. Along with how to maximize gratitude and attitude, you’ll learn the four essential energies for success, the...
441: Nature-Inspired Leadership with John Sigmon, MCC
Today’s episode focuses on how nature inspires leadership and personal growth. If you’ve never considered how this plentiful resource can beautifully complement the world of coaching, join us to learn more! John Sigmon is an esteemed executive coach,...
440: Thriving Solo: Winning Strategies with Carly Ries
Being a solopreneur is NOT easy! How do you know what to outsource and what to tackle yourself? There are many things to consider, so join us to unlock winning strategies with our expert, Carly Ries. Carly Ries is a marketing expert with nearly 20 years of...
439: Is Fear Holding You Back? With Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
Is fear holding you back? We are diving into this topic, which affects all of us in our coaching careers. I believe that fear, not hate, is the opposite of love. When we are caught up in the fear of what other people think about us, whether we are smart...
438: Be A Profitable Coach with Dr. Stan Ward, PCC
Does your profitability need a makeover? Today’s show covers simple, yet powerful systems that can help you know your numbers and get out of your way to become the truly profitable coach you want to be. Managing our money and setting up accounts properly...
437: Human Hacking: Insights on Empathy and Decision-Making with Chris Hadnagy
Do you lead with empathy and kindness? What guides your decision-making process? Our show is packed with interesting information that is top-tier in relevance to what’s happening in the world around us every day. Today’s guest has amazing expertise gained...
436: Light in Chaos: Intuitive Coaching with Grace Calpus, PCC
In this episode, we are meeting you where you are in today’s chaos. We will discuss how to show up at your best, no matter what the situation. Are you relying on your intuition as a coach? Join us to learn more! Grace Calpus is a PCC-certified coach and the...
435: Disciplined Listening with Mike Reddington
A good coach MUST be a good listener. Beyond that, they must be a “disciplined listener.” Today’s guest covers this topic with information and expertise. Join us to learn more! Mike Reddington is a Certified Forensic Interviewer and the president of...
434: To Sponsor or Not? Navigating the Choice with Meg Rentschler MSW, PCC
Expanding our reach, connecting with our audience, and showcasing our expertise are essential goals for coaches. This episode explores strategic business investment and focuses on sponsorship opportunities. We'll delve into critical questions about...
433: When Shift Happens: Make Magic Happen with Kat O’Sullivan
In everyday life and in business, shifts occur that cause us to rethink, reframe, and pivot. Our perspective means everything when we face these shifts, and the opportunity is there to make magic happen. Join us to explore this topic with today’s expert...
432: Boost Client Engagement: Proven Messaging Strategies That Convert with Jason Moss
One question we ALL have as coaches and business owners is, “How do we get more people to work with us?” We must get in front of people with our message. Join us to learn how to use social media platforms to find and convert more clients and customers....
431: Balance and Boundaries: Safety and Trust with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
Balance is crucial in every aspect of life! Our clients look to us to create the structure and flow of the coaching process, and maintaining boundaries is part of that process. Today’s episode explores the importance of boundaries as a professional coach to...
430: Your Flamingo Voice with Katie Hornor
Selling more effectively is ALWAYS a topic that resonates with coaches. We all want to know how to overcome our mindset issues around selling. I have the perfect guest to help us embrace our uniqueness and be authentic and unafraid in the sales process....
429: Empowering Coaches for Business Success with Vena Sterling
Many coaches find themselves stuck, unable to create the thriving coaching business they envisioned. As a result, they leave the field of coaching or flounder around, never reaching their full potential. This is not okay! The world needs coaches, so we must...
428: Building Winning Teams with James Scouller
The struggle is real! Research shows that 75% of business teams fail. Why do we find team building so difficult? In today’s show, we explore the psychology of teams, how to build effective teams, and how to work with teams. Join us to learn more! James...
427: Navigating Life Transitions: Coaching Support for Retirement with Suzanne Campi
The different phases of life are filled with transitions, and the transition to retirement means facing many unknowns. We may financially prepare for retirement for many, many years, but facing its reality challenges our mental and emotional health. Whether...
425: Path from PCC to MCC: Insights from a MCC Mentor and Assessor with Fran Fisher, MCC
When should you consider the path from PCC to MCC? In this episode, you’ll learn the ICF designations for MCC and PCC, along with the different levels of coaching certifications. Fran Fisher joins us to discuss this topic, which is the sweet spot of her expertise. Explore this topic with us today!
Fran Fisher, MCC, is recognized as a pioneer in the coaching industry. She’s a published author, international speaker, and founding ICF executive board member who helped develop the credentialing program for aspiring coaches and training schools. She specializes in mentoring experienced coaches for their MCC accreditation, and she offers advanced certification mentor training. Fran founded one of the first coach training schools to be accredited by the ICF, and she’s an executive ICF board member as chair of the credentialing development committee, serving as an ICF credentialing assessor since 1998. In 2022, Fran received the ICF Circle of Distinction Award.
426: Price It Right: Your Ultimate Charging Guide with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
I’m diving into one of the most asked questions I receive as a coach mentor and coach instructor: “What’s the optimal way to price my services?” Coming from the corporate world, as many coaches do, there are many questions about how to charge for coaching services, so this episode is the ultimate guide on this topic. We will cover different pricing models, a pricing structure, best pricing practices, and common pricing pitfalls. Join us!
424: Set Your Year for Success: Organize to Optimize with Jésabel DC
Let’s talk about organization! How organized are you, digitally speaking? As coaches, it’s often the “office” part of our role that can feel overwhelming or get routinely pushed to the back burner. Are your digital spaces in chaos? How would it change your business to bring more organization and structure into that realm? Join us to learn more from my expert guest!
Jésabel DC is a digital organization coach who helps entrepreneurs and creatives turn their chaotic digital spaces (think inbox, calendar, files, etc.) into organized, playful spaces where they actually want to spend their time. She created The Lifestyle Lab to help people reduce digital anxiety through 1:1 organization sessions, workshops, and classes. Jésabel will join the STaR Coach Community in February to do a deeper dive on this topic for our members. Haven’t joined our community yet? Click here for more information!
423: The Bittersweet Nature of Change with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
Can you believe this is our final episode of 2024? At this time of saying goodbye to one year and opening the possibilities of a new one, it’s the perfect time to focus on change. Change is an inevitable and unpredictable part of life. Change is a process that requires us, as coaches, to look at the impact of change on ourselves and help our clients navigate change through the lens of growth, opportunity, and possibility. Join me for more about the bittersweet nature of change.
422: Sharing a Coach’s Path to Superstar with Megan Huber
Hearing about the journeys other successful coaches have taken is inspiring, and it shows us that varied paths and backgrounds can catapult us to where we want to be as coaches. Going through ups, downs, failures, and successes is part of everyone’s...
421: Confident Communication: Your Key to Success with Bailey Massey
Today’s guest is an expert in speech and communication training, and we are diving into the importance of our communication in building confidence and getting our work into the world. What an important concept for every coach to understand! Communication is everything in our effectiveness with clients and our success in putting our message out. Join us to learn practical tips for upgrading your communication!
Bailey Massey is the owner and founder of Bailey Massey Global, located in Denver, CO. She uses her expertise and master’s degree in communication to help people understand the profound influence of our voices and the ways we communicate. Bailey customizes training and coaching needs for organizations and professionals to successfully support them in meeting their goals related to speech and communication clarity, accent and dialect coaching, vocal projection, public speaking, presentation skills, non-verbal communication, internal communication, trust and relationship building, leadership and development, executive communication, cross-cultural communication, and client relationships. In this conversation, she helps us learn how we can tailor what we do and say to show up with clarity in our communication.
420: Gratitude & Choice: Navigating Despair with Empowering Decisions with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
In the face of life’s many ups and downs, how can we leverage gratitude, intention, and choice to face challenges and set our path forward? The reality is that despair and overwhelm can happen because so much of life is completely out of our control. How can we respond with empowering decisions instead of getting caught in the swirl of overwhelm and despair? The answer lies in adopting a mindset shift to embrace an attitude of gratitude, and this is a timely discussion for this week as we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US. Join me for a closer look at today’s topic!
419: Unlocking Success: A Collaborative Conversation on Effective Coaching with Candy Motzek
Today’s episode is an experiment. We are having a joint collaborative conversation with a fabulous coach in Canada. We are interviewing each other for our podcasts, but we are doing it simultaneously. Join us as we explore the barriers that coaches hit, our passion for coaching, and details about the coaching partnership. Join us!
Candy Motzek is a coach, business mentor, and podcast host who is passionate about helping coaches launch successful businesses. Candy hosts the She Coaches Coaches podcast and has a unique background as a former senior leader in the corporate world. She brings a wealth of knowledge and actionable insight and her specialty is in empowering intelligent professionals to launch and grow successful coaching businesses. She uses this unique blend of practical strategies and mindset mastery to help clients achieve greater clarity. Her calming and personalized approach enables coaches to play bigger, find more clients, and create meaningful and profitable success.
418: You Just Can’t Do It All with Monique Helstrom
My guest is someone I’m happy for all our listeners to meet. Her amazing background and experience have uniquely positioned her to understand the role of an executive assistant. She’s here to share what she’s learned and what you should consider in bringing someone into your business to help you succeed. It’s ridiculous to think you can do IT ALL in your business! It’s okay to bring in someone to do their expert work to help propel you to further success. Today’s episode gives you tips and insights to take that next step.
Monique Helstrom worked as the “How” to Simon Sinek’s “Why” for almost a decade as she filled the role of executive assistant, producer, and “Chief of Simon” for the NY Times best-selling author and TED celebrity. She produced everything he did to inspire and scale his movement, including launching three best-selling books, developing his world-famous speaking career, and coordinating his media appearances. During this whirlwind, she had the opportunity to meet many thousands of people facing quite similar issues who asked themselves, “What do I bring to the table, and how can I use those skills to amplify a partnership, team, or organization?”
As an expert in the relationship between an executive and their assistant, Monique bridges the skill and personality gap with personalized coaching, specialized recruiting, practical strategies, and actionable insights tailored to both sides of the partnership. Her experience gave rise to a practical and honest approach to individual excellence, team collaboration, and how communication is at the center of it all.
417: Master Your Coaching Mindset with Ann Fogolin, MCC
I’m excited to bring you this conversation today! My guest and I are in perfect alignment regarding the value that coaching brings to the world and the importance of giving coaches the skills and techniques they need to partner with their clients. Let’s dive into the topic of your coaching mindset. Join us to learn more!
Ann Fogolin is a Master Certified Coach who has been working with, learning from, and growing with her clients for nearly 20 years. Like many coaches, Ann came from another career path to coaching; utilizing her background in education, she continues teaching coaches today at the University of Texas-Dallas. Her business, Becuz I Matter, focuses on leadership coaching, and she serves as an ICF Assessor to help new coaches on their journey. Our discussion centers around the relatively new coaching competency of “a coaching mindset” (added in 2019).
416: Be the “Go-To” Expert with Jeff Crilley
You’ve heard it here repeatedly: “You can’t be a secret and a success.” Getting yourself out there in the world in front of your audience is the key to success for your coaching business. Today’s show covers expert tips around your message, taking advantage of speaking opportunities, and upping your PR game. Join us to learn more!
Jeff Crilley left the world of news reporting to start the country’s first all-journalist PR firm. As the founder and CEO of Real News PR, Jeff is an expert in getting in front of people with your message, and he regularly appears on numerous media outlets. This award-winning reporter and podcaster has dedicated his career to helping small business owners, and his top-notch team of journalists and marketing experts help clients build brand awareness that makes an impact.
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