467: Hard Conversations For Leaders Part 1: What's Under The Surface, with Adrian Koehler • Leaders of Transformation

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What holds us back from being the leader and difference maker we’re capable of?

Adrian Koehler

Our guest this week is Adrian Koehler. He is a leadership engagement expert and senior partner at the executive coaching firm, Take New Ground, through which he coaches executives and entrepreneurs in the art and science of leadership and how to create new, unprecedented results and experience greater fulfillment in their work.

He is also the co-host of two engaging podcasts: Raising The Bar with Drybar Founder Alli Webb and The Naked Leadership Podcast with TNG Sr Partner Dan Tocchini.

Today, in part 1 of this series, we explore Adrian’s personal leadership journey as well as his diverse coaching experience spanning philanthropy, ministry, activism, and medicine, which set the stage for Adrian to thrive in extreme environments and find comfort in difficult conversations.

He has trained and developed leaders at NIKE, Virgin Hyperloop One, Jeni’s Ice Cream, Herschel Supply Co., Oprah Winfrey Network, Gavin DeBecker & Associates, Siegel & Gale, UCLA, and elsewhere.

Prior to his work as an executive coach, Adrian was the founding executive director of The Cornerstone Project, a grant-giving foundation that supports positive life transformation and spiritual reconciliation for the incarcerated and those with criminal histories.

Before moving to Los Angeles in 2005, Adrian worked as a pediatric intensive care specialist at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He has also served as a pastor and community organizer at Mosaic LA and founded serveLA, Mosaic’s community dedicated to holistic development for the marginalized and vulnerable in Los Angeles.

He received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing while playing football at Millikin University. Adrian currently resides in the heart of Hollywood with his wife and four children.

What We Discuss in This Episode

Discovering the leader and difference maker within
Sports, pediatrics, activism and spiritual transformation
Creating space for people to talk about difficult things
Recognizing the defining moments in our lives
Helping strangers become friends, and creating calm in the storm
Coaching murderers in prison through the Ready For Life program
Having difficult conversations within business founders
How to open the door to wonderfully dangerous conversations
Quality questions for deep transformational coaching
Taking ownership for the current reality you’re experiencing as a leader

Podcast Highlights

1:05 – Growing as a leader

8:48 – Helping strangers become friends

11:33 – Coaching murderers in prison

15:20 – Transforming leader awareness

19:30 – Opening the door to hard conversations

27:00 – High diving into your personal leadership accelerant

Favorite Quotes

“One of my convictions about humanity is that our souls want to be healthy.”

“Speaking when you don’t want to speak is usually good for the soul.”

“Once a leader has an epiphany, he or she is the last one to the party. Everyone else (already) knows what’s going on.”

Episode Resources

Podcast: Raising The Bar with Drybar Founder Alli Webb
Podcast: Naked Leadership Podcast with TNG Sr Partner Dan Tocchini
Revenant Program: wearerevenant.com

Connect with Adrian Koehler

Website: takenewground.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3c7kMcC7nah-QdxffV2NXA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriankoehler
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adrian.k/?hl=en

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467: Hard Conversations For Leaders Part 1: What’s Under The Surface, with Adrian Koehler