We are in the middle of difficult times in our world as an unseen illness ripples through and mandates increased isolation. Even though there are many serious issues on our minds, the truth is that we need community right now--in every sense of the word. In these desperate times and across every niche, coaches are needed right now more than ever. Dr. Val Hastings is a Master Certified Coach, and he’s the founder and president of Coaching4Today’sLeaders and Coaching4Clergy. He hired his first coa...
Apr 01, 2020•32 min
We are facing unprecedented challenges in our communities, nation, and the world as the coronavirus emergency necessitates changes in the way we live and operate. Talking to today’s guest let me know that now is the perfect time to hear his wisdom. Jonathan Slain is the author of a new book, Rock the Recession: How Successful Leaders Prepare For, Thrive During, and Create Wealth After Downturns, which is already a #1 Amazon bestseller. Jonathan coaches high-growth leadership teams across the US ...
Mar 25, 2020•31 min
During this difficult time, many people are affected, and so many things are uncertain about the future. We remain committed to bringing you strategies, tools, and resources to help in your business, and we send our best wishes to all of those who are struggling. Jean Oplinger is a Master Certified Coach with over 20 years’ experience in the coaching field. She brings her energy, attention, and top ten learnings about what she’s learned in building her coaching business. Jean will share with us ...
Mar 18, 2020•42 min
One of the goals of the show is to connect you with great resources to help you in your coaching business, and today’s show is no different. We are talking about how to make those important contacts within organizations to elevate your coaching into the corporate world. John Sigmon is an executive coach, speaker, teacher, facilitator, and organizational transformation expert. His background is in HR leadership, so he has experience in the position of having external coaches reach out about what ...
Mar 11, 2020•39 min
Have you thought about starting a podcast? Do you wonder what the first steps are? Are you looking for ways to attract people to you and your business because of the services you offer and the value you provide? If you answered YES to any of these questions, then today’s show is a don’t-miss episode for you. In this solo episode, I’m covering the steps I went through in creating the STaR Coach Show. I’ve received many questions about what my journey to podcasting has been like, so I’m happy to s...
Mar 04, 2020•32 min
I love to share with you other coaches’ journeys and stories because I think they can help you get clarity about your next steps. In today’s show, we take an honest look at getting clear about your audience and your message. Join us to learn how to create stellar content that will keep your audience coming back for more! Tiffany Toombs is an international speaker and leading expert on rewiring the unconscious mind for success. She loves teaching how we can tap into our personal potential. For ov...
Feb 26, 2020•47 min
One commodity that is equal for everyone is the number of hours in a day, week, month, etc. If we only have a certain number of hours in the day, then we have a limited amount of time and energy in which to deliver for our clients. Today you’ll learn how to leverage your time and resources to do more than one-on-one work. Kevin Koskella is an online entrepreneur who decided to be free of the corporate world a few years ago. He wanted to leverage his expertise in a place where he was comfortable ...
Feb 19, 2020•32 min
We love exploring the different avenues at the intersection of being a professional coach and business owner. We know that being confident and competent in our skills helps us meet the needs of our clients, but being a successful business owner requires financial strength. If your business can use some financial fortification, then today’s show is for you! Daniel Blue is the CEO of Quest Education, a firm that helps entrepreneurs obtain capital for their companies. He has over ten years’ experie...
Feb 12, 2020•32 min
Today’s show covers the aspect of coaching leaders and managers that makes up a lot of our work with clients. We want to help our clients who partner with leaders and organizations for career development and employee retention, and I’m thrilled to have a talented professional here to share her expertise. Dr. Beverly Kaye is internationally known as a professional who is dedicated to helping individuals, managers, and organizations understand practical how-to principles of employee development, e...
Feb 05, 2020•37 min
We are always exploring different aspects of the coaching industry as we look for those strategies, tools, and resources that make us more excellent as coaches. One unique branch of the coaching profession is the coaching that goes on with “creatives,” which is a broad term encompassing artists of every kind. In today’s show, we’ll help you understand the different niches available within this realm of coaching, along with the creative endeavors of our coaching community. Coleen Chandler is a Pr...
Jan 29, 2020•43 min
Today’s show is an unforgettable episode filled with incredible learning. I hope you are always thinking about how you can creatively expand your coaching offerings and your impact. We all want to bring our message to our ideal audience and wow them with it, which is precisely how today’s guest operates. Join us to learn more. Dr. Sherry Yellin has over 20 years’ experience in designing, creating, and delivering learning and coaching solutions to leaders in many industries. Her gift is helping o...
Jan 22, 2020•42 min
We all can use a little more happiness and positivity, right?I have just the right person to help you put more happiness into your coaching practice, along with practical tips to help you be a more effective coach. I hope today’s show will help with your forward momentum and increase your positive perspective. Jim Smith is The Executive Happiness Coach. He’s a global executive coach, speaker, author, and change strategist. Jim works with leaders all over the world to better balance their lives, ...
Jan 15, 2020•32 min
I hope your 2020 is off to a good start and that the STaR Coach Show stays a part of your future as you build your business and strengthen your coaching skills. Today’s show is about advancing the mastery of coaching from transaction to transformation. Teresa Pool, Master Certified Coach, has worked with organizations and executives for over 25 years, helping them to unlock their potential. She’s also the ACTP Director for the University of Texas at Dallas in their Executive and Organizational D...
Jan 08, 2020•29 min
In this final show of 2019, it’s the perfect time to think about how you want to show up in the new year. Today’s show is about your calling to make a difference in the way you show up with your family, friends, business, and in the world. Rick Tamlyn inspires people to be their best. His compelling purpose is to encourage and assist others in reaching the end of their life and looking back on a great life rather than wishing they had done more. Rick is here to share his creation, The Bigger Gam...
Dec 18, 2019•42 min
I’m always interested in helping you build flow into the way you deliver your coaching services to your clients. We want to develop this flow in ways that have proven to be efficient and successful. Today’s guest fits perfectly into these goals. Join me to learn more! Angelique Rewers is CEO and founder of The Corporate Agent. She’s been called “The Undisputed Champion at Helping Small Businesses Land Big Clients” by Inc. magazine. The focus on landing big clients is certainly one we want to cul...
Dec 11, 2019•44 min
As we are rolling through December and getting closer to the New Year, today’s show is especially relevant. We’re talking about getting clarity and discernment about your life purpose and staying in alignment with that purpose. My guest today is doing incredible work around this topic, so I’m excited to share it with you! Dr. Bradley Davidson is a former student of mine over a decade ago in UTD’s executive coaching program. Bradley has been a coach for over ten years and currently leads a group ...
Dec 04, 2019•39 min
In this Thanksgiving episode, we’re talking about an incredible superpower that deserves our attention and focus. Gratitude is something that is immediately available to all of us, and sometimes we need a friendly reminder of its impact and power. Join me to learn more about leveraging the benefits of the superpower of gratitude. Show Highlights: ● Gratitude expert, Robert Emmons, identifies two components of gratitude: affirmation of goodness and the recognition of the sources of goodness outsi...
Nov 27, 2019•30 min•Ep. 162
Today’s show is about a topic we’re all familiar with in one way or another. Imposter syndrome is something I’ve experienced, and I’ve seen it manifested in many other coaches. If we’re honest, most of us have had personal experience with this phenomenon, and it seems to be a battle that women leaders often have to fight. Join us to dive into this topic and learn more! Dr. Jennifer Hunt had trained, mentored, and supervised hundreds of medical students, residents and practicing physicians before...
Nov 20, 2019•33 min•Ep. 161
We all strive for success, no matter how we are connected to this field of coaching. How do we achieve success? Is there a formula to follow? Today’s show answers these questions with actionable steps you can take TODAY to build and increase your level of success. Gary Barnes is The Breakthrough Business Mastery Coach. He’s a high-performance business and sales strategist, popular national and international speaker, and author of nine books. His clients span seven countries, and he’s been interv...
Nov 13, 2019•35 min•Ep. 160
It’s always refreshing when someone takes the initiative to develop a new product in the field of coaching. Today’s technology allows creative and innovative ways to enhance our work with clients, and my guest today has truly gone above and beyond to develop a new tool that is meeting the needs of many. Join us to find out more! Neena Newberry is an executive coach who is here to share how she saw an unmet need in her coaching space of leadership development and executive coaching. A 12-time awa...
Nov 06, 2019•47 min•Ep. 159
Halloween week is here, and we’re playing off that theme for today’s show. It can be an uncomfortable and frightening moment when you ask for someone’s business or ask a client if they want to partner with you in the coaching process. We want to look at different pieces of the ask, ways to get…
Oct 30, 2019•27 min
How can being fully present help your coaching work with your clients? If you haven’t given much thought to this idea, then stop for a moment and think about it. Today’s show will help, and I have just the person to spur you in this endeavor. Diane Ingram is a Professional Certified Success Unlimited Network…
Oct 23, 2019•38 min
As coaches, we can never underestimate the value of effective communication. In fact, it’s at the heart of everything we do. We’re diving deep with today’s guest into the art of communication. Steve Knight is an Executive Coach, Business Communications Specialist and INSEAD Adjunct Professor who spent 30 years in broadcast journalism at the BBC…
Oct 16, 2019•40 min
Today’s show opens a different perspective on living as a coach. What we mean are the ways we, as coaches, put our coaching principles into action with those with whom we interact in our lives on both personal and professional levels. Join us for a look at this topic! Mina Brown is a Master Certified…
Oct 09, 2019•35 min
I love doing a summary show from time to time. It allows me to choose a topic and mine out gold nuggets to share with you from multiple guests. Approaching a topic in this way gives us a broad perspective with different insights from different guests. On today’s show, we’re talking about using social media…
Oct 02, 2019•28 min
What lights you up? Whatever that “fire” is for you, can you incorporate your passion into your coaching? Today’s show is all about taking your coaching to another level. Katherine Bock loves the beach! She was creative enough to figure out how her coaching practice could allow her more time at the beach each year,…
Sep 25, 2019•28 min
As coaches, we know that providing feedback to our clients is essential in helping them reach both personal and professional goals. There are many tools that can be used in gathering that feedback, and we’re focusing on one of those terrific tools in today’s show. Kelly Ross is a coach, learning and talent strategist, and…
Sep 18, 2019•47 min
What is the value of professional credentialing? This is a question I’m asked often by other coaches. Today’s show focuses on why it’s good to have a set of standards to meet, the changes that are happening within the ICF, and the value of ICF membership. Sara Smith is a Master Certified Coach and Vice-Chair…
Sep 11, 2019•41 min
Today’s show is a solo episode in which I share five lessons I learned in building my business. I’m sharing an honest look at my journey as I transitioned from therapy to coaching, even the mistakes I made and the things I would do differently. I hope it helps you with the choices you make…
Sep 04, 2019•33 min
How are you looking at life and its difficulties? The lens we choose to view life circumstances has a great impact on us and the people around us. Today’s conversation is about the journey into coaching through very difficult life situations that became motivators to change and move into coaching. Nancy McKay has had the…
Aug 28, 2019•33 min