#798: The Coaching Principles That Build Bigger Leaders

#798: The Coaching Principles That Build Bigger Leaders

From John Kitchens Coach Podcast Experience by John Kitchens

July 17, 2026 · 29 min

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John Kitchens discusses five core coaching principles that enhance leadership and drive transformation in business.

Your business will never outgrow your leadership. In this episode, John Kitchens continues the coaching and leadership series with the five core principles and practices that separate coaches and leaders who create real transformation from those who don't. Building on the fundamentals, the coach-client relationship, the Coach Code results framework, and emotional intelligence covered in earlier episodes, John unpacks knowing your why (and the real difference between passion and purpose), designing your Perfect Day as a decision-making filter, understanding "the river" of nonlinear growth, applying the Theory of Constraints to find what's really holding you back, and why repetition, not a new message every week, is what actually moves people to act. Key Topics Covered: Principle #1: Your Why — the difference between passion (something you love doing) and purpose (something you love doing that helps other people) Principle #2: The Perfect Day — using it as a decision-making filter to move faster and with more clarity Principle #3: The River — why growth isn't linear, and the coach's job during the whitewater, the drought, and everything between Principle #4: Theory of Constraints —…

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