E40 | Greg Baker: Life as a Police Chief: Pride, Purpose and Overcoming Prejudice

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Quick reminder that application for my Coalition™ program has reopened. We intentionally try to keep the numbers low so that we can create a deeper community that is action oriented as opposed to one that is jam-packed with passive observers. This program is open to professionals from ALL walks of life and ALL experience levels, and is accountability focused.You can submit your applications HERE. Don't miss this opportunity to join coaches and professionals from all over the world who are already involved. Applications will only be accepted until the end of January. This information is kept free by our partnership with Momentous. To learn more about Momentous and what they do to help our community go to livemomentous.com/brett. As part of the Art of Coaching audience, you can receive $20 off your 1st order of Momentous by using code BRETT20 at checkout. (Minimum purchase amount of $50). Today I am honored to be joined by my friend and neighbor, Retired suburban Chicago Police Chief Greg Baker. Greg spent 34 years working in law enforcement became the first African American Police Chief in Park Forest, IL, Riverdale, IL, and South Holland, IL. He shares his amazing journey and story with me on this episode. Topics Discussed: Life experiences that led Greg to law enforcement Dealing with prejudice early on while trying to apply to the Chicago police department Navigating his early career path with the Park Forest Police Department The importance of listening to learn in life How Greg handled the skeptics when taking on leadership roles People that Greg saw enter law enforcement for the wrong reasons and how this translates into other careers "You've got to inspect what you expect" Handling the everyday stresses and uncertainty of being a police officer The impact Greg's wife has had on his life The human aspect of personal service slowly going away Building a relationship with your local police department E-mail [email protected] that you would like to donate to local Atlanta Police Departments and we will send you a copy of my book, Conscious Coaching. All proceeds will be donated. Sign up for my course: https://courses.artofcoaching.com/signup Follow me on social media: Via Instagram: @coach_BrettB Via Twitter: @coach_BrettB Subscribe to my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChxkPJr4WMhAeQUlOu6ld-w Learn More About My Courses, Clinics, and Live Events At: artofcoaching.com

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0:00.0	What's up guys, just reminded that applications for the coalition are going to be ending soon.
0:06.9	If you just started listening, the coalition is a six month accountability group.
0:11.5	We have it's a community within art of coaching that welcomes professionals from all fields.
0:16.9	We do bi monthly calls.
0:18.4	We do a weekend collaborative getaway, different parts of the country where we help each other
0:24.6	work through different aspects of our personal and professional lives and what it is all about is being able to find a group or a tribe of mentors and people that can share certain pain point share certain strategies share certain scenarios that they've had to work through so that you never really feel alone and any endeavor you're going through. Again, it's open to all professions.
0:46.6	We've had an awesome group of people.
0:49.2	This was made out of a lot of the frustration I had in my career where I'd kind of turned
0:52.7	to things or people for advice and it seemed like it was always just kind of this standard
0:57.0	stuff.
0:58.0	So I always really craved a community of people that could share ideas and weren't just sitting there kind of listening to everybody else talk, but we're rather chipping in. We're rather engaging and there's always an output
1:08.6	at the end. So at the beginning of the six months, everybody goes through kind of a review
1:12.2	process, talking about what they want to accomplish, where they'd like to go, and then week after
1:17.0	week after week, we're always taking steps to hold each other accountable. If you join
1:21.2	the coalition, you get free access to any one of my courses of your choice.
1:26.1	We do it up to eight hours a month of dialogue discussion.
1:31.0	We film everything so that if you can't make a meeting, no worries.
1:34.6	You have that on the back end.
1:36.0	We have private groups and the communication goes on between there.
1:39.4	And most importantly, I'm happy to put you in touch with any previous coalition member
1:43.4	so that they can answer your questions about what that experience was like
1:46.5	It is absolutely an investment. I'm not gonna shy away from that fact
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