Season 2026

Being a Great Coach Is Not the Same as Building a Business: Brooke Summer Adams on 8 Years of Coaching Coaches

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 […]

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Why Most People Find Self-Curiosity So Hard: Cynthia Loy Darst on 34 Years of Co-Active Coaching

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

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Champion Conversations and the Power of Agency: Gaby Jordan on Bridging Education and Business Through Coaching

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,

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From External Validation to Internal Belonging: Simon Harling on Designing a Coaching Practice That Works

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

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Shadow-Integrated Servant Leadership: Max Klau on Why Wholeness Is the Missing Piece in Leadership Development

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

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What Horses Reveal About Leadership That Humans Miss: Wencke Meteling on Equine Coaching and Authentic Presence

Leadership presence, somatic coaching, and equine-facilitated learning come together in this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast. Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave talk with Wencke Meteling, a leadership coach and former academic historian who integrates horses into her coaching practice to help entrepreneurs and executives develop self-awareness and authentic presence. Wencke explains how

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The Business Skills Most Coaches Never Learn: Laura Berman Fortgang on 30 Years of Building a Coaching Practice

Business development for coaches remains one of the most overlooked skills in professional coaching education. In this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast, Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave speak with Laura Berman Fortgang, MCC, a founding member of the International Coaching Federation with over 30 years of experience and 25,000 coaching hours. Laura

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From Imposter to MCC: Dr. Clare Beckett-McInroy on Supervision, Team Coaching, and the Courage to Contract

Share it with your friends and colleagues: Supervision, team coaching, and systemic thinking take centre stage in this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast with Dr. Clare Beckett-McInroy, ICF MCC and EMCC Master Practitioner. Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave explore with Clare how coaches and leaders learn to work with complexity, uncertainty, and

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Presence Is the New Performance: Tracy Sinclair on What Coaching Must Offer in a Distracted World

Share it with your friends and colleagues: Presence, pace, and the evolving role of coaching are at the centre of this Coaching Edge Podcast conversation with Tracy Sinclair, founder of Coach Advancement and a coach trainer with over two decades of experience. Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave talk with Tracy about why leaders

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Why the Comfort Zone Is a Zone of Self-Limitation: Alex Verlek on 20 Years of Coaching the Whole Human

Share it with your friends and colleagues: Coaching, leadership development, and personal growth collide in this episode of The Coaching Edge Podcast featuring Alex Verlek, a Dutch certified coach, author, and co-active practitioner with nearly 20 years of experience. Hosts Dr. Steve Jeffs and Erwin de Grave sit down with Alex to explore why the

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