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Join Ashlie and Gilbert as they chat with Jonathan Reitz, an International Coaching Federation Master Certified Coach. He shares his story of how he changed careers from radio and broadcast television to instead pursue a surprising and sudden desire to be an executive and team coach. Jonathan also walks us through how different approaches are needed in team coaching versus one-on-one coaching, including how he found humor to work well in one context and not so well in the other. Don't miss this enlightening conversation about executive and team coaching!

Website: https://jonathanreitz.com/

Book: Coaching Hacks: Simple Strategies to Make Every Conversation More Effective



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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠. 

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.

Join us for another special episode recorded LIVE at the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) conference in Nashville. We sat down with Townsend Institute Fellow Dr. Curt Thompson to talk about his new book The Deepest Place and the connections between suffering, hope, perseverance, and community.



Website: CurtThompsonMD.com

Book: The Deepest Place



About Curt:

Inspired by deep compassion for others and informed from a Christian perspective, psychiatrist Curt Thompson shares fresh insights and practical applications for developing more authentic relationships and fully experiencing our deepest longing: to be known.

With a considerable dose of warmth (and surprising measure of humor), Curt weaves together an understanding of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) and a Christian view of what it means to be human — to educate and encourage others as they seek to fulfill their intrinsic desire to feel known, valued and connected. He understands that deep, authentic relationships are essential to experiencing a healthier, more purposeful life — but the only way to realize this is to begin telling our stories more truly.

Curt’s unique insights about how the brain affects and processes relationships help people discover a fresh perspective and practical applications to foster healthy and vibrant lives, allowing them to get unstuck and move toward the next beautiful thing they’re being called to make.



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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠. 

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.

Patti Cotton, Founder and CEO of Cotton Group, LLC, is a sought-after leader and strategist whose background includes more than 25 years of multi-cultural leadership experience around the globe, in the areas of diplomatic relations, philanthropy, public relations, and communications. Through her signature 360˚Leadership brand, Patti works with executives, business owners, and other chief decision-makers to engage, elevate, and equip them for greater leadership and outcomes. She also provides training, facilitation, workshops, and retreats in such areas as actionable strategic planning; critical communications and conflict management; taking purpose to make impact; breaking through immunities to change; and other leadership-related topics. She leads groups in the Townsend Leadership Program and she is a beloved professor in our Executive Coaching and Consulting Program.

Website: patticotton.com/



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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠. 

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.

Pernille Spiers-Lopez is a Global Director and serves on both corporate and non-profit boards. She is also the co-founder with her daughter of Good Life Designed. She serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including Save The Children International. 

Pernille was with IKEA for 21 years. Among several top executive positions, Pernille held the position as CEO & President for IKEA North America and was a member of The Executive Management Team of the IKEA Group for 10 years. During her tenure with IKEA North America (2001-2009), Pernille led the fastest expansion ever within IKEA. IKEA grew from a small ‘niche’ retailer with 23 stores to a ‘major player’ with 50 stores. She brought with her a wealth of experience in home furnishings retail, human resources and leadership. This experience was grounded in and enhanced by her commitment to the IKEA culture and values that are at the heart of the company and its success.

She has extensive business experience with HR Strategies that empower organizations, its leaders and co-workers to grow business and people together. It is through this humanistic way of doing business that Pernille had brought to IKEA perhaps her greatest asset: the ambition to foster an environment of growth, inclusion, balance and empowerment – while doing good business. She has dedicated most of her career to the advancement of women and minorities in leadership both at IKEA and beyond.

A native of Denmark with a degree in Journalism, Pernille has lived in the United States for over 30 years. Pernille published her first book in Denmark in 2012 about personal leadership, “If Your Life Was a Kitchen”. The English version “Design Your Life” was published in the US in 2014.

Book:Design Your Life: Former Ikea Executive Shares Her Tools for Personal Success

Website:https://www.GoodLifeDesigned.com/

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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠. 

Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.

We welcome Lauren and Michael McAfee onto TIPS to talk about the life experiences and resulting wisdom that led to their new book, Beyond Our Control: Let Go of Unmet Expectations, Overcome Anxiety, and Discover Intimacy with God. From the book jacket:



"Lauren and Michael show us how trusting God brings greater contentment than the illusion of control. With deep and abiding faith, the McAfees draw on their experiences with adoption, infertility, illness, and loss to help readers navigate unexpected circumstances. Offering biblical insights and their powerful story of pain and providence, Michael and Lauren know that no matter what happens--to their family, work, or ministry--everything is as it should be because God is in control, and he is good. If you struggle to embrace the life you have rather than the life you wanted, this book invites you to find a deeper peace in God than you could have imagined."



Book:

Beyond Our Control: Let Go of Unmet Expectations, Overcome Anxiety, and Discover Intimacy with God



Website:

https://www.laurenamcafee.com/



Instagram:

@laurenamcafee

@michaelmcafee



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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠. 



Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!

Join us for this special episode recorded LIVE at the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) conference in Nashville where we had the opportunity to sit down with keynote speaker Bob Goff for a fantastic conversation about the value of being present, intentional, and undistracted.



Who is Bob Goff? The following is from BobGoff.com:

After practicing law for 25 years, then becoming the Honorary Consul to Uganda, he gave up his law firm to pursue writing and speaking full time. The best part has been connecting with so many people who are on a terrific adventure as well.



Bob is the author of the newly released New York Times best-seller, Undistracted as well as the NYT bestselling books Love Does, Everybody Always, and Dream Big. He is the Honorary Consul to the Republic of Uganda, an attorney, and the founder of Love Does—a nonprofit human rights organization operating in India, Uganda, Nepal, Somalia, Afghanistan, USA, Congo and Dominican Republic. He's a lover of balloons, cake pops, and helping people pursue their big dreams.



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The Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine offers fully accredited online graduate degrees and professional certificates in three content areas: Organizational Leadership, Executive Coaching and Consulting, and Counseling. Experience transformational education that operates at the crossroads of competence, character, and connection through the Townsend Institute’s life-changing counseling and leadership programs. To find out more, visit our website at ⁠www.cui.edu/townsend⁠. 



Enjoying the podcast? We want your input! Please email us at ⁠tipodcast@cui.edu⁠ for any feedback or ideas you have on topics or guests you would like to learn from!



Special thanks to Concordia University Irvine alum Godesulloh Bawa for the TIPS podcast music.