Fran Fisher, MCC, defined coaching as the sacred space of unconditional love where learning, growth, and transformation naturally occur. She said the words for the first time on stage at the 1997 ICF conference in Orlando, without looking at her prepared notes. On The Coaching Edge Podcast, Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave explore
AI for coaches works best when the coach does the inner work first. On The Coaching Edge Podcast, Colin Scotland tells hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave why context, not prompting, now decides whether AI produces something useful or generic. Colin Scotland lectured in marketing for the CIM in the UK, built and
The Coaching Edge Podcast tackles the operator to owner shift for coaches and small business owners in this conversation with go-to-market strategist Elle Oren. Hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave explore why so many solopreneurs build a job instead of a business, and how to change course. Elle spent years building scaling and
Leadership questions, executive coaching, and turnaround strategy sit at the center of this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast. Paul Dupuis, former CEO of Randstad India and Randstad Japan, joins hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave to explain why the strongest leaders ask rather than tell. Paul shares how he parachuted into a
On this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave talk with Dr. Trudy Beerman about digital authority, personal branding, and why visibility now decides which experts get hired. Trudy is a brand consultant and CEO of PSI TV, with a doctorate in strategic leadership from Liberty University and
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The Coaching Edge Podcast welcomes Brooke Summer Adams, known across the coaching world as The Coach’s Coach, for a direct conversation about building a coaching business from scratch. Coaching skill and business skill sit far apart, and Brooke explains why so many gifted coaches stall before they earn a full-time income. Hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs
What do clients want most from a coach? According to research from the International Coaching Federation, the answer is authenticity, not credentials. On this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave talk with Cynthia Loy Darst, a co-active coaching pioneer who started with CTI in 1992 and helped found
The Coaching Edge Podcast welcomes Gaby Jordan, founder of Source Elements Group and Human Better EDU, for a conversation on champion conversations, agency, and the bridge between education and business. A former Columbia-trained lawyer who practiced for 15 years in Manhattan, Gaby has spent over two decades coaching leaders and teaching at institutions including MIT,
The Coaching Edge Podcast welcomes Simon Harling, author of Good Coach, Bad Coach and a Cardiff-based practice developer with 15+ years across pro football, squash, golf, and national governing bodies. In conversation with Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave, Simon explores what coaches and business leaders gain when they shift from external validation (“am
Shadow work and servant leadership rarely appear in the same sentence in professional development circles. On The Coaching Edge Podcast, Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave speak with Max Klau, founder of the Center for Courageous Wholeness and a Harvard-trained leadership scholar, about why integrating shadow is not optional for leaders who want to
