Season 2025

Master the Basics, Build the System: What Coaching Needs Next

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this special year-end episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave reflect on launching the show in 2025, the unexpected depth that emerged from “coffee-style” conversations, and the recurring theme that coaching impact comes less from doing more and more from […]

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Leading Like an Improviser: Listening Without Agenda and Making Others Look Good

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with actor, director, and leadership coach Andrew McMasters, founder of ImprovMindset and author of Listening Without Agenda. Andrew shares how 25 years of running a theatre company and performing improv became

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When Data Isn’t Enough: Anita Kishore on Leading with Both Head and Heart

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with Dr. Anita Kishore, an executive coach for analytically minded leaders. With a background spanning a PhD in chemistry, pharma, consulting, and global health, Anita shares how she moved from hard

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Five-Minute Journaling: How Kay Adams Turns Writing into Everyday Therapy

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with Kay Adams, a psychotherapist, journal therapist, and founder of the Center for Journal Therapy. From her early days as a lifelong journaler and journalism major to discovering, almost by

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Inside the Rise of Internal Coaching: How Rusty Tugman Built a Coaching Culture from the Inside Out

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with Rusty Tugman, leadership trainer, coach, and creator of the first internal coaching program in the history of Oklahoma state government. After 30 years in full-time ministry, Rusty transitioned into

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Choosing Door C: Emotional Intelligence, Neuroscience and Real Leadership with Caroline Leroux-Boulay

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, co-hosts Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with Caroline Leroux-Boulay from The Emotional Intelligence Training Company to explore what it really means to lead and coach with humanity, science, and heart. Caroline shares her story of growing

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From Money Myths to Money Flow: Jeannie Dougherty on Building an Inner Wealth Mindset

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, money coach and licensed counselor Jeannie Dougherty—dubbed a “money whisperer” by her clients—dives into the emotional and behavioral side of finance. Jeannie traces her path from mental health counseling to money coaching through a deeply personal family story that reshaped

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How Self-Love and Emotional Awareness Unlock Transformational Leadership

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this inspiring episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with Lisa Andria, founder of Ladies Who Leap, to explore the transformative power of coaching, emotional intelligence, and the importance of unconditional self-love—especially for women navigating corporate leadership. Lisa

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From Mission to Meaning: Kevin McNulty on Soft Skills, Straight Talk, and Building Culture

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Erwin de Grave and Dr. Steve Jeffs sit down with coach, speaker, and former Air Force human-relations advisor Kevin McNulty. Kevin traces his path from “military brat” to Tops in Blue performer to a 20-year Air Force career advising commanders

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How Publishing a Book Can Transform Your Life and Business

Share it with your friends and colleagues: In this enlightening episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with publishing veteran Karen Strauss, founder of Hybrid Global Publishing. With decades of experience in traditional and independent publishing, Karen shares how writing a book can be one of

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