Jamy Bechler

Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.

Episode 025: Actor Bill Coelius

Bill Coelius has been in numerous television shows including American Horror Story, Criminal Minds, Parks and Rec, Modern Family, The Office, Desperate Housewives, Law and Order, and many others. His movies include Taking Woodstock directed by Ang Lee, and Brave New Jersey with Tony Hale. He has also booked over 50 national commercials which has allowed him to visit Buenos Aires, hang out with James Gandolfini, and get naked on 43rd Street. He also teaches acting in New York, Los Angeles, Portland, and Detroit with his Working Actor Solution courses.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Getting his throat slashed by LadyGaga
  • What he really thinks about reality television
  • When he was a bigger star than George Clooney
  • Not getting cast for any school productions while in college

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Episode 022: The Super Coach Micheal Burt

Micheal Burt is known as “The Super Coach,” for his unique blend of being a former championship coach who has an entrepreneurial mindset. He has authored 12 books, including the best-seller Zebra and Cheetahs, as well as his newest book Everybody Needs a Coach in Life. As a basketball coach, Burt won 221 games in a nine-year period, including the school’s first-ever State Championship. He now speaks, coaches, trains, and leads some of the top companies in the world. His biggest coaching program has over 150 entrepreneurs and sales professionals enrolled in MONSTER PRODUCER and his new virtual training interactive platform is called “The Monster Growth Academy” which houses over 400 web based interactive lessons for you to absorb on any device anytime.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Why everybody needs a coach in life
  • How successful people become successful
  • Advice on writing a book and telling your story
  • Mistakes the people make when trying to grow their business

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Bechler Selected as Opening Speaker at TELL Summit for Educators

WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Grace College is excited to host the first annual The Educators Leadership Learning Summit (TELL) on Oct. 30.

The Summit, held at Grace’s Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, is specifically created for school superintendents, administrators, principals, athletic directors and coaches. The TELL Summit will bring in numerous top state educators and motivational speakers to share their experiences in the world of education.

The Grace College Athletic Department created the summit, providing an educational event that is unique across the state of Indiana. 

Click here  for a complete schedule of speakers and topics. 

The TELL Summit is designed to inspire current and future educators in the high school world. This TED Talk-inspired event was created to spark new learning ideas, stimulate deep discussion and provide networking opportunities among like-minded educators. 

“We are honored to host the TELL Summit at Grace College. We feel that professional development for educators in the athletic world is critical to help student-athletes in their development,” said Grace Director of Athletics Chad Briscoe. “We hope that providing an experience for high school educators to grow and sharpen one another will be a great benefit to sports leaders at the high school level across the state.”

Included among the 14 presenters in the 2017 Summit are Bobby Cox, IHSAA Commissioner; Sandy Searcy, National Federation of State High School Associations Director of Sport; Seth Maust, Five Star Life President; and Jamy Bechler, John Maxwell Coach. Three school superintendents will be speaking, including Warsaw’s David Hoffert, as well as three athletic directors, a principal and three high school coaches.

Click here for a complete information packet on the event.

To register for the summit, contact Grace’s athletic office at 574-372-5100 ext 6266 or email chad.briscoe@grace.edu.

Episode 015: Giant Worldwide Founder Jeremie Kubicek

Jeremie Kubicek is the co-founder of the GiANT companies (GiANT Worldwide, GiANT Partners, GiANT Capital, GiANT Impact).  Jeremie’s first book, Making Your Leadership Come Alive, became a Wall Street Journal best seller. In 2015, he and Steve Cockrum co-wrote the hit books, 5 Gears and the 5 Voices. Jeremie is also the former CEO over the brands, Leadercast, Catalyst and the John Maxwell training companies. He speaks regularly in organizations of all sizes in the US and Europe.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How to get along with people even if they have a different personality
  • Communicating more effectively with others
  • Jeremie’s rise to lead one of the top leadership companies in the world
  • Who you should surround yourself with to build the best team

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Episode 033: Blogging Your Passion’s Jonathan Milligan

Jonathan Milligan is an author, blogger, speaker and career coach. He has spent the last decade counseling, guiding, and directing career professionals on how to pursue meaningful work. Since 2009, Jonathan has been building a portable, lifestyle business through blogging. Today, he teaches others the roadmap to doing the same. His flagship program is “Blogging Your Passion”. Jonathan is also active in his local church, serving as a Deacon and leader of the hospitality ministry. He resides in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife and two kids.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • What a blog is and why you might want to have one yourself
  • What a full-time blogger does
  • Different income streams that Jonathan has in his full-time “blogging” business
  • Why an email address is still the lifeblood for businesses

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