This is the final Fast Five For Friday of 2024! Today, we reflect on the incredible joy of seeing our coaching take root and bear fruit. Join us as we discuss the power of leading from an attitude of service and the revolution that happens when you find the right partnerships and work in them. Hear why in-person events have found relevance again, how to tap into knowing when it’s the right time to make a move, and receive an important reminder: bigger is not necessarily better! Join us for key insights on the past year and celebrate the learnings that came from 2024.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Why there truly is far more joy in giving than receiving.
• What changes when you approach leadership as a service.
• The incredible value of finding and creating the right partnerships.
• Why in-person events are back from 2024 leading into 2025.
• Following your intuition when you know it’s time to make a move.
• Understanding why bigger is not necessarily better.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Ryan Lang on LinkedIn

Brook Bishop on LinkedIn

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Welcome to another Fast Five for Friday, the holiday edition! Today, we discuss five incredible gifts you can gift yourself or ask a loved one for this festive season. Hear all about our favorite grounding items, best tech picks, incredible virtual assistants, and more! You’ll even gain insight into our favorite online checkout platform, Spiffy Checkouts. Finally, we remind you of the importance of finding a community for yourself and your business. Thanks for listening, and happy holidays!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Five things we love that you can gift yourself (or ask for) this Christmas.
• Some unconventional picks: earthing mats, crystals, and a blue light manager.
• Why Ryan loves his virtual assistant and how to get one for yourself!
• A bit about Stream Deck and Ecamm.
• Reasons to try Spiffy Checkouts if you do any online checkouts.
• The vital importance and benefit of community.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Earthing Mat

Shungite

F.lux

Coaching Assistants

Stream Deck

Ecamm

Spiffy Checkouts

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Ryan Lang on LinkedIn

Brook Bishop on LinkedIn

What if the key to lasting success as a coach isn’t just mastering your craft but surrounding yourself with the right people? Joining us today are three world-class coaches, Chad Cooper, Melissa Bishop, and Andrew Devlin, to discuss why it’s so important for coaches to invest in having their own coaches and how to build support systems to avoid operating in isolation. Chad, Melissa, and Andrew have over 45 years of coaching experience combined, and they draw on that knowledge today to share their insights on how to grow as a coach and move beyond your island of one. We delve into the importance of finding community as a coach, the risks of isolating yourself, and how not having a coach could hold you back. Our conversation unpacks what it means to grow together as a community, leveling up your peer group, and why just being good at coaching isn’t enough to ensure long-term success. We also discuss the transition from an employee mindset to a CEO mindset and why this is particularly important for coaches. To hear all the fascinating details of today’s conversation with Chad, Melissa, and Andrew, be sure to tune in!

Key Points From This Episode:

• How to avoid becoming an island and isolating yourself as a coach.
• The power of community and getting a coach if you are a coach yourself.
• Insights on the need for congruence and accountability as a coach.
• Ways coaches limit themselves if they try to go at it alone.
• Why you have a responsibility to surround yourself with people smarter than you.
• Lessons from Andrew's mountain bike training on always leveling up.
• Key insights on growing together as a community.
• Why you can’t find long-term success if you’re only good at coaching.
• How to find congruency as a coach and live in alignment with your values.
• Navigating the transition from an employee mindset to a CEO mindset as a coach.
• Parting words of wisdom from Chad, Melissa, and Andrew.
• How to get in touch and learn more.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Chad Cooper

Chad Cooper on LinkedIn

Melissa Bishop on LinkedIn

Andrew Devlin
Andrew Devlin on LinkedIn
Ryan Lang on LinkedIn

Brook Bishop on LinkedIn

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Empire Partners

Empire Academy

The Coaching Equation Podcast on iTunes