What would happen if every marketplace leader who had been coached began coaching someone else?
In this solo episode of Leveraging Success, Jeff Gerhardt examines the gap between Jesus’ call to make disciples and how many Christians are actually living it out. Drawing from discipleship research, the Great Commission, and his own journey through The Master’s Program, Jeff reframes discipleship in practical marketplace language: being coached and coaching someone else.
Jeff explores why so many believers feel unqualified to lead others, how the church has gradually outsourced discipleship to professionals, and what Jesus’ relationship with His disciples teaches us about real coaching. Jesus selected people intentionally, stayed close to them, gave them genuine responsibility, allowed them to fail, corrected them, restored them, and eventually entrusted the mission to them.
Jeff also shares an honest limitation of The Master’s Program: personally coached programs can only grow as quickly as new coaches can be developed. He introduces TMPX Life Launch as a way for Master’s Program graduates to bring the same kingdom-focused formation into their churches, companies, neighborhoods, and communities.
In This Episode
[00:00] The Multiplication Potential of 3,000 Marketplace Leaders
[01:24] Why Haven’t More Graduates Started Coaching Others?
[02:12] Discipleship in Practical Marketplace Language
[03:20] The Discipleship and Coaching Gap in the American Church
[05:03] Why Leaders Should Never Be Coached by Someone Without a Coach
[05:46] The Two Main Reasons Christians Do Not Coach Others
[07:12] How Discipleship Was Outsourced to Church Professionals
[08:18] Why Marketplace Leaders Understand Leadership Development
[10:54] Discipleship as Apprenticeship and Coaching
[11:46] How Jesus Selected, Trained, Corrected, and Released His Disciples
[14:21] Why Jesus Focused on Twelve Instead of Thousands
[15:23] Moving from Self-Focused to Church-Focused to Kingdom-Focused
[17:02] Jeff Gerhardt’s Life-Changing Introduction to The Master’s Program
[19:02] Why The Master’s Program Has Always Been a Coaching Program
[20:14] The Ceiling of a Personally Coached Program
[21:28] An Honest Conversation About the Cost of The Master’s Program
[23:08] Introducing TMPX Life Launch
[24:19] Facilitators Decide What Their Participants Pay
[25:04] TMPX Foundations Training: November 7–8
[26:02] Answering the Fear of Feeling Unqualified
[26:41] You Are Not the End of the Coaching Line
[27:08] Closing Prayer and Final Encouragement
Notable Quotes
“If I coach people who coach people, the math changes the shape entirely.” — Jeff Gerhardt
“When Jesus says, ‘Go and make disciples,’ He’s asking every one of us to take somebody through what we’ve been taken through.” — Jeff Gerhardt
“Coaching without correction is just encouragement, and encouragement alone doesn’t form anybody.” — Jeff Gerhardt
“Faith is spelled R-I-S-K.” — Jeff Gerhardt
TMPX Foundations Training
On November 7 and 8, Priority Living will host the first TMPX Foundations Training at the Renaissance Newport Beach Hotel in Orange County, California.
Rob Dayton will lead the training, Jeff Gerhardt will host, and Bob Shank will participate as a special guest. Graduates who complete the training will be licensed to facilitate TMPX Life Launch in their own communities and will receive a path toward becoming certified coaches.
Resources & Links
TMPX Foundations Training
https://tmpx.com/foundations
https://tmpx.com/
Jeff Gerhardt
https://priorityliving.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffgerhardt/
https://x.com/jeffgerhardt
Leveraging Success Podcast
https://www.leveragingsuccesspodcast.com
https://lba.priorityliving.org/
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