CLEAR Performance Coaching

Rick Timlick, Kent Vaugh, Sam Bracken
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CLEAR is a leadership and performance coaching podcast for leaders, managers, coaches, and even parents who want to help people grow without relying on control, clichés, or empty motivation. Each episode unpacks the mindset, psychology, neuroscience, and practical coaching tools behind better conversations, stronger accountability, real behavior change, and healthier team culture. Built around the CLEAR Performance Coaching framework, this show helps you lead with more clarity, coach with more confidence, and develop people in ways that actually stick.

  1. 1d ago

    Podcast #20 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - QUICK START - Coaching Solves Problems - Full Version (Audio)

    Got promoted for solving problems? Time to trade in your cape for better questions. In Episode 20, Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken and Kent Vaughn take on the Quick Start card Coaching Solves Problems (Card 46). When the leader solves everything, the leader becomes the bottleneck and the team stops learning. The person closest to the problem almost always has information you don't, so a coach's job is to pull the answer out, not hand it over. In this episode: - Why the habits that got you promoted can stall you as a leader - The leader as bottleneck: all thinking flowing through one brain - Kent's "delegate to develop," not just to get it done - What Toyota taught Rick about leaders who are "forbidden" from handing over the answer - Sam's prototypes: do nothing, go extreme, then build in between - Growth mindset, "we've done that," and the expert's blind spot - A championship team vs. a team of champions - Practising in the CLEAR AI Supercoach "practice gym" Try this in your next 1:1: 1. Ask before you answer: "What do you think?" 2. Prototype: do nothing, go extreme, then build options in between 3. Get a commitment: which prototype will you try, and when will you report back? "An ordinary leader is the best problem-solver on the team. A great coach builds a team of problem-solvers." - Rick Timlick Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:53 Welcome & Card 46: Coaching Solves Problems 2:57 Trade your cape for better questions 5:17 The leader as bottleneck 6:35 Delegate to develop 8:09 Lessons from Toyota 9:10 Don't give advice, offer prototypes 13:46 "We've done that" and the expert's blind spot 15:13 Growth mindset 18:54 Ranking prototypes & aha moments 21:37 Lowering the threat response 23:41 Nurses & the closure gap 26:20 A championship team vs. a team of champions 29:47 The AI Supercoach as a practice gym 31:46 Landing the plane 33:24 Toyota's Ontario plant & wrap-up Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/h8XjHr0eLuI Watch the clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/Q813dJ64el8 About CLEAR Performance Coaching: We help ordinary leaders become great coaches who create extraordinary results. https://www.clearperformancecoaching.com Hosts: Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken & Kent Vaughn

  2. 3d ago

    Podcast #20 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - QUICK START - Coaching Solves Problems - Clip

    Got promoted because you were great at solving problems? It's time to trade in your cape for better questions. A 1-minute clip from Episode 20 with Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken and Kent Vaughn on the Quick Start card Coaching Solves Problems (Card 46): why leaders who solve everything become the bottleneck, and how coaching builds a team that solves its own problems. ▶ Watch the clip on YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/Q813dJ64el8 Full episode coming Thursday. About CLEAR Performance Coaching: We help ordinary leaders become great coaches who create extraordinary results. https://www.clearperformancecoaching.com

  3. Oct 22

    Podcast #19 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - QUICK START - Coach in the Gaps - Full Version (Audio)

    “I don’t have time to coach.” What if 60 seconds, done consistently, beats an hour? In Episode 19, Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken and Kent Vaughn take on the Quick Start card Coach in the Gaps (Card 45). The hour you think coaching requires was never the requirement. Short, consistent moments in the gaps you already have build trust, keep you connected to the work, and avoid the anxiety a rare one-on-one can create. In this episode: - What “I don’t have time to coach” is really telling you - Kent’s toothbrush story: a little, done consistently - What people assume when the leader stops showing up - Sam’s 60-second coaching moment - Correcting something egregious with a coaching mindset - The three watch-outs on Card 45: correct in private, be open to feedback, be loyal to people’s strengths - The “oh crap” leader vs. the “oh yeah” leader Sam’s 60-second coaching moment: 1. What would winning look like for you today? 2. What obstacles are you facing? 3. What are you going to do about it? 4. How can I support you? Your two-week assignment: attach one question to one anchor in your day: “What’s the trickiest part of your day right now?” “A little done consistently is a lot better than a lot done very infrequently.” - Kent Vaughn Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:53 Welcome & Card 45: “I don’t have time” 2:47 Kent’s toothbrush story 5:54 What “I don’t have time” really means 7:36 The plant-floor walk that stopped 10:02 What a 60-second coaching moment looks like 15:00 Sliding under the threat response 17:32 When you see something egregious 22:51 The three watch-outs on Card 45 27:08 The worst version: the “oh crap” leader 32:31 Your two-week assignment Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LNouSVJwDTY Watch the clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/d6T5cExDE1Y About CLEAR Performance Coaching: We help ordinary leaders become great coaches who create extraordinary results. https://www.clearperformancecoaching.com Hosts: Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken & Kent Vaughn

  4. Season 1, Episode 19 Trailer

    Podcast #19 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - QUICK START - Coach in the Gaps - Clip

    "I don't have time to coach." What if 60 seconds, done consistently, beats an hour? A 1-minute clip from Episode 19 with Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken and Kent Vaughn on the Quick Start card Coach in the Gaps (Card 45): the short questions you can ask between meetings, and why the little moments are the ones people remember. ▶ Watch the clip on YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/d6T5cExDE1Y Full episode coming Thursday. About CLEAR Performance Coaching: We help ordinary leaders become great coaches who create extraordinary results. https://www.clearperformancecoaching.com

  5. Oct 15

    Podcast #18 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - QUICK START - Be Curious - Full Version (Audio)

    Ask instead of answer. The one move every great coach makes. In Episode 18, Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken and Kent Vaughn start the Quick Start series with Be Curious. Curiosity over telling is the core move of CLEAR coaching. When you ask instead of answer, you hand the thinking and the ownership back to the person you're coaching. The habit that got you promoted (having the answers) is the habit that caps your team's growth. In this episode: Why curiosity over telling is the core move of CLEAR coachingUnderstand before you act: listen to understand, not to respondHelping vs. rescuing, and why giving the answer backfiresListening with all your senses (and Sam's "Words can't express my joy")The neuroscience: telling triggers a status threat; asking creates a status rewardSam's 5 curiosity questions you can use in your next conversation Sam's Curiosity "Cheat Code" (try these in order): How's it going?What's up?Tell me more.Help me understand.Is there anything else?Then close with: "What are you going to do about it?" "Curiosity over telling is the core move of CLEAR coaching. When you ask, you hand the thinking and the ownership back to the person you're coaching." (Rick Timlick) Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:53 Welcome & intros 1:10 The Quick Start cards: Be Curious 2:02 Curiosity over telling: the core move of CLEAR coaching 2:30 Understand before you act 4:13 Deming's 12-foot rule & why experts stop being curious 6:27 Curiosity under stress, and how it rewires the brain 8:01 Why you shouldn't give the answer (even when you know it) 10:25 Helping vs. rescuing 12:17 Listen with all your senses: "Words can't express my joy" 14:20 The $250,000 smoke break: curiosity in action 16:12 Best idea wins: separating ego from facts 17:25 Be present: put the phone away 19:37 Practicing curiosity with Super Coach 21:02 The neuroscience: status threat vs. status reward 23:30 "So I think what you're telling me is..." 26:12 Sam's 5 curiosity questions 27:51 "What are you going to do about it?" 28:55 Watch-out: leading questions & authenticity 30:53 Wrap-up & key takeaways 32:42 One question, one pause ▶ Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aZKrj_AwcV0 ▶ Watch the clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/9wrzqYCadYU About CLEAR Performance Coaching: We help ordinary leaders become great coaches who create extraordinary results. https://www.clearperformancecoaching.com Hosts: Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken & Kent Vaughn

  6. Oct 14

    Podcast #18 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - QUICK START - Be Curious - Clip

    Ask instead of answer. The one move every great coach makes. A 1-minute clip from Episode 18 with Rick Timlick, Sam Bracken and Kent Vaughn on the Quick Start card Be Curious: when you ask instead of answer, you hand the thinking and the ownership back to the person you're coaching. ▶ Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/aZKrj_AwcV0 About CLEAR Performance Coaching: We help ordinary leaders become great coaches who create extraordinary results. https://www.clearperformancecoaching.com

  7. Oct 8

    Podcast #17 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - GET PEOPLE UNSTUCK - The Freedom State - Full Version (Audio)

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  8. Oct 7

    Podcast #17 - CLEAR Performance Coaching - GET PEOPLE UNSTUCK - The Freedom State - Clip

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CLEAR is a leadership and performance coaching podcast for leaders, managers, coaches, and even parents who want to help people grow without relying on control, clichés, or empty motivation. Each episode unpacks the mindset, psychology, neuroscience, and practical coaching tools behind better conversations, stronger accountability, real behavior change, and healthier team culture. Built around the CLEAR Performance Coaching framework, this show helps you lead with more clarity, coach with more confidence, and develop people in ways that actually stick.

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  • Creator
    Rick Timlick, Kent Vaugh, Sam Bracken
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    38
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 CLEAR Performance Coaching
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