Coaching Failure with JR Briggs (Rebroadcast)

🔔 Upcoming Webinar with J.R. Briggs We're excited to host J.R. Briggs for a live webinar on May 14, where he'll be teaching on asking better questions—a critical skill for coaches and leaders. 👉 Register here: https://coachapproachministries.org/JR Episode Overview In this conversation, Brian Miller sits down with J.R. Briggs to explore the role of failure, leadership health, and congruence in the life of a leader. J.R. shares candid insights from his own experience and coaching work, helping leaders rethink success and embrace growth through vulnerability. Key Themes & Takeaways 1. Rethinking Failure Failure isn't final or fatal—it's formative. Defined as not meeting expectations (our own or others'). "Failure is the crucible of character formation." 2. Health Over Success True leadership success is better defined as health. Health = congruence (alignment between inner life and outer actions). Many leaders appear successful but are "dying inside." 3. The Danger of Incongruence When our inner and outer lives don't match, it leads to: Mask-wearing Risk aversion Emotional and spiritual unhealth 4. Naming the Lies A powerful coaching question: → "What lies are you tempted to believe right now?" Common lies: "I'm not enough," "I should be better," etc. Naming them reduces their power. 5. Creating Safe Spaces in Coaching Vulnerability always precedes growth. Coaches foster safety by: Modeling vulnerability ("go first") Asking thoughtful, non-reactive questions Expressing gratitude for honesty Tears are meaningful: "Tears are liquid prayers." 6. Learning Through Failure "Failure is a terrible thing to waste." Ask: "What are you learning?" <li data-section-id="73zjjo" data-start="1955" data-end