Jamy Bechler

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

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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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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Episode 030: True North Sports Founder Celia Slater

Celia Slater is the founder of True North Sports, an organization whose purpose is to challenge coaches to find their True North and coach from “that” place—the most authentic place—that lies within. As part of this endeavor, Celia also runs Camp Elevate, which is a professional development conference for coaches unlike any other. Through True North Sports, Celia also launched the Assistant Coach Immersion Program (ACIP). The ACIP is a unique educational experience that will bring men and women coaches from all sports together. The vision of this program is to develop the next generation of head coaches who will coach from a strong sense of purpose or their authentic True North.

Prior to starting True North, Celia was a head women’s college basketball coach. As a player, she earned MVP honors during her senior year at Florida State University. True North isn’t the first organization that she has founded. She served as the co-founder and Executive Director of both the NCAA Women Coaches Academy (WCA) and The Alliance of Women Coaches (The Alliance). The WCA started as a professional development program and, due largely to Celia’s efforts, soon exploded into a network of women coaches with an ever-growing grant to aid in expansion.

Celia is on the current board of Girls Place Inc., a non-profit that serves girls ages 5-18 through after-school programs, athletics, and summer day camp. She is also a graduate of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) Institute for Administrative Advancement, a certified Change Cycle Trainer and a certified facilitator for the Pursuing Victory with Honor Sports Ethics Program. In addition, she is a graduate of the Good Life Project Immersion Program. A Toastmasters International fanatic, Celia has also been involved with the organization for several years and earned her Competent Toastmaster Credential (CTM).

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Why Camp Elevate is a MUST-ATTEND event if you are a coach
  • How coaches can improve their effectiveness (as well as their results)
  • Ways that administrators can help their coaches improve
  • What administrators can do to help make their student-athletes better

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Episode 027: Rusty Kennedy

Rusty Kennedy arrived at Midway University as the Athletic Director in January 2016.  Kennedy has been responsible for overseeing the dramatic changes that have taken place within the athletic department.  Within the span of a mere three months the university went from single gender to co-educational as well as adding six new sports, four of those the first male sports in school history, while growing the number of athletes from 92 in the Spring of 2016 and 260 to the Fall of 2016 to 340 in the Fall of 2017.  For his efforts his peers voted him 2016-2017 River States Conference Athletic Director of the Year.  The Fall of 2017 has also seen the addition of three more sports which has brought the total number to 17.  Rusty came to Midway with 18 years of experience as a Coach, Instructor and Athletic Administer at the NAIA, NCAA, and NJCAA levels.  Most recently he was the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at NCAA Division II member Western New Mexico University in Silver City, NM.  Kennedy has also held various positions at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Central Baptist College, Bacone College, Clarendon College, North Arkansas College and Our Lady of the Lake University.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • His buying a house on a credit card
  • Transitioning Midway University to a Coed athletic department
  • Earning the 2017 River States Conference Athletic Director of the Year Award
  • When he did his best coaching job despite having one of his worst win-loss seasons of his career

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Episode 011: CoachTube Founder Wade Floyd

Wade Floyd is the founder of CoachTube.com, which is the world’s #1 marketplace for online sports education.  CoachTube empowers coaches to create courses online by providing tools, technical support and guidance, so they can quickly and easily get their content online. There are thousands of online courses at CoachTube.com for all sports. Both coaches and athletes can benefit from these on-demand online videos.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Ideas for starting a business and being an entrepreneur
  • Why CoachTube fills a strong need that coaches and athletes have
  • How to better build your business

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Episode 009: Voice America Radio Host Rick A. Morris

Rick A. Morris is the President of RSquared Consulting and a Radio Host on Voice America Talk Radio. He is also a John Maxwell certified leadership trainer, speaker, and coach. Rick is an ITIL Practitioner, consultant, author, mentor, and evangelist for project management. Rick is an accomplished project manager and public speaker. His appetite for knowledge and passion for the profession makes him an internationally sought-after speaker delivering keynote presentations for large conferences and PMI events around the world. He holds the PMP, MPM, PMI-ACP, CSAM, Six Sigma Green Belt, MCITP, MCTS, MCSE, TQM, ATM-S, ITIL, and ISO certifications.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Favorite interviews he has done on his live radio show
  • Common traits that successful people share
  • Why he joined the John Maxwell Team
  • His experiences with the John Maxwell Team and his trip to the most recent conference
  • The difference between an entrepreneur or a freelancer
  • Who would he love to get on his radio show

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Episode 024: Stadium Status Author John Brubaker

John Brubaker is a highly sought after keynote speaker, award-winning author and executive coach known for his unique approach to performance enhancement. He has front line,high-stakes, high-stress experience as a championship coach. His 12 year coaching career ended with him getting fired – on his birthday! This experience taught John all the powerful lessons of coaching: teamwork, setbacks, strategy,and implementation – but equally the importance of balancing your life.  Coach Bru’s programs are based in real-life and are road-tested. John has devoted the past 20 years as a coach, bringing together and building on the combination of his life experiences to help leaders and teams not just move to the next level but to Stadium Status.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • Common traits of successful people
  • What leaders can learn from country music’s biggest stars
  • How he got fired on his birthday but it might have been a good thing

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Episode 013: Communication Specialist Betsy Butterick

Betsy Butterick is the Coaches’ Coach and the Communication Specialist that businesses and teams call upon when they are serious about improving. Betsy is a former college athlete and has worked at the NCAA Division I, II, and III levels of college basketball. Her experience and expertise have allowed her to work with some of the top teams and speak at prestigious conferences across the country.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How to have parking karma
  • Why communication is important and how you can use it to your advantage
  • What teams and organizations need to do to maximize their success

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Episode 007: Culture of Good Co-Founder Ryan McCarty

Ryan McCarty is the former director of customer and employee relations at TCC, the largest Verizon Authorized Retailer in the nation. He was hired by the CEO, Scott Moorehead, who grew TCC from $135 million to $1 billion in sales. Together, Scott and Ryan created a culture that empowered employees through a powerful cultural movement.

Under Ryan’s guidance through TCC’s “Culture of Good,” which enables others to do good in their communities for the value of the investment rather than the return on investment, TCC donated $1 million to Riley Hospital for Children; provided 250,000 backpacks full of school supplies to children; gave away supply packs to 5,000 teachers; and contributed $100,000 in grants to organizations focused on improving the environment.

Ryan created Culture of Good, Inc. to inspire other businesses to create truly altruistic programs that make the world a better place. Ryan believes in order for a company’s Culture of Good to be successful and meaningful, giving back must be engrained in the foundation of its core values. Through Culture of Good, Inc. Ryan helps other organizations engage the hearts of their employees and empower them to make the changes they wish to see in their communities.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How the partnership between Scott and Ryan occurred over chips & salsa
  • By decreasing their employee turnover, TCC saved more than $5 million per year
  • Why other companies don’t create a culture of good
  • That having a cool CEO and leader that is open-minded is key
  • How any company can do more good in their business and the community

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