About Higher Impact

Start Making A Higher Impact

For over 20 years, Coach Karl Diffenderfer has been helping business leaders achieve exponential business growth and personal development. Karl has tried and tested hundreds of coaching systems, tools, and strategies that have enabled him to build a profitable and fulfilling team of coaches.

Now, he has developed the Higher Impact Turnkey Coaching System, which empowers executive coaches and business consultants with a clear plan to grow their revenue and make a significant impact while helping their clients.

Higher Impact Turnkey Coaching System

Passionate About Your Success

With Higher Impact, you get all the tools, resources, software, and coaching you need to accelerate into a 6-digit coaching practice. Only 4% of coaches ever hit 6-digits, but the Turnkey Coaching System can launch you to success.

While you work hard to learn and build your practice using the Turnkey Coaching system, the Higher Impact Team will guide you through 5 proven steps:
  1. Learn and apply what you need to know to start coaching
  2. Learn how to find leads
  3. Learn how to convert those leads to clients
  4. Learn how to keep clients for a long time
  5. Continue your learning and being challenged to grow continually

You will be empowered with access to thousands of hours of training and resources, group coaching with your peers, the opportunity to learn and grow with insights from seasoned coaches, and receive one-on-one coaching to support you on your journey.

Mission, Vision, Values

Pursuing Your Significance

Mission

Higher Impact is nationally recognized for its leadership in business and life. Higher Impact coaches are the forerunners in calling up a new movement of aspiring Christian leaders to greatness through coaching, teaching, and inspiration. The team believes integrity should be the way Higher Impact functions without question or wavering. Recognizing their individual value in Christ, each coach believes in moving people into success and significance.

Vision

Higher Impact is expanding its reach globally through leadership in the areas of life transformation and business performance. Higher Impact coaches are change agents that provide results to both people and processes. They create breakthrough growth of influencers and leaders in all types of organizations.

Core Values

Mastery of Learning

Increasing knowledge and action associated with that knowledge as part of daily routine.

Mastery of Craft

The necessity for becoming extraordinary through constant refinement and heightened awareness.

Mastery of Virtue

Higher Impact Coaches are accountable for self-governance and high moral standards

Mastery of Stewardship

A Higher Impact Coach’s talents of time, energy, money & influence are fruitful.

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Karl Diffenderfer

Founder, Master Coach, Coach of Coaches
South Central PA

Karl Diffenderfer is a change agent that has been impacting thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders for over 15 years. From the ground up, he built a successful internet marketing firm with hundreds of customers across the globe. His company was award-winning and generated millions of dollars in revenue. When presented with the opportunity, he decided to sell the company to transition into teaching others how to do what he has done.

On a personal level, Karl’s faith journey and walk with his Heavenly Father are his top priority.

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Randy Miller

Business, Life & Marriage Coach, Leadership Trainer, Grief & Communication Specialist
St. Petersburg, FL

As a nationally recognized corporate trainer, Randy has delivered leadership and professional development programs across the country through renowned organizations like Fred Pryor and CareerTrack.

Randy is also a certified Prepare-Enrich Marriage Coach and a Whole Heart Certified Grief & Loss Coach, specializing in guiding individuals through losses ranging from divorce and career changes to bereavement and life transitions.

Whether he’s helping a business leader clarify vision, walking a couple through marriage restoration, or equipping teams to communicate with excellence, Randy’s approach is grounded in wisdom, practical tools, and deep compassion.

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David Smock

Executive Coach and Business Consultant
South Central PA

Drawing from his extensive education, real-world experience, and spiritual grounding, David helps leaders navigate complexity, adapt to change, and lead with clarity and conviction in uncertain times. His passion lies at the intersection of business excellence, personal growth, and Kingdom impact.

Whether he’s coaching from a boardroom, mentoring in ministry, or walking alongside someone in transition, David’s heart is always the same: to equip others to rise into their calling and lead with purpose, wisdom, and unwavering faith.

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Kevin Horst

Life Coach and Gen Z Coach
South Central PA

Kevin Horst is a faith-driven coach, trainer, and craftsman who brings a unique blend of spiritual insight, business experience, and equine expertise to every area of his work. As a life and business coach with Higher Impact, Kevin is passionate about walking alongside individuals who desire transformation—helping them deepen their relationship with Christ, discover their calling, and gain clarity in both life and leadership.

Whether coaching a business owner, leading a young man through spiritual formation, or calming a wild horse, Kevin’s mission remains the same: to reflect the heart of the Father and help others walk in freedom, strength, and purpose.

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Arctura Diffenderfer

Life Coach and Gen Z Coach
South Central PA

Known for her adaptability, quick thinking, and creative flair, Arctura thrives in fast-paced environments where innovation meets strategy. She’s living proof that grit, intentional learning, and mentorship can outpace traditional education.

Arctura is passionate about equipping other young professionals and entrepreneurs to think differently, take bold action, and build businesses with purpose.

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Geoff Lapp

Life & Vocational Coach
Lancaster, PA

Geoff has had a diverse career in Business (Sales, Operations Management, and Human Resources), Public Education (Teaching, Coaching, and Leadership), and most recently in Private Education (Teaching, Coaching, and Leadership). He has years of experience in curriculum and instructional strategies with a passion for training the next generation to “walk in truth” (3 John 1:4) and to coach men and women to “do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with the LORD” (Micah 6:8).

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Jillian Diffenderfer

Personal Growth and Spiritual Formation Coach
South Central PA

Jillian Diffenderfer is a coach, communicator, and strategist passionate about helping individuals grow in clarity, purpose, and faith. With over 20 years of experience in marketing, leadership, and personal development, she combines strategic thinking with spiritual depth to guide leaders through seasons of growth and transition. At Higher Impact, Jillian specializes in coaching around identity, calling, and spiritual formation—empowering clients to align their lives and leadership with Kingdom purpose.

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Eric Lee

Health and Fitness Coach, Peak Performance Strategist

Eric plays a vital role in helping clients break through physical and mental barriers, providing tailored coaching that aligns with their goals and busy schedules. Whether someone is rebuilding healthy habits or pushing toward peak performance, Eric meets them where they are and moves them forward with accountability, encouragement, and a clear plan.

Eric’s mission is simple: to help you show up stronger—body, mind, and spirit—so you can lead with endurance and impact.

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Rudy Swigart

Leadership & Life Coach, Veteran Advocate, and Business Coach
Orange County CA

Known for his contagious energy, unwavering integrity, and precision-focused guidance, Rudy helps business owners and executives cut through complexity, reconnect with what matters most, and take confident action toward meaningful growth. 

A veteran himself, Rudy holds a special commitment to serving fellow veterans and first responders.

Whether guiding a team through transition or coaching an individual toward breakthrough, Rudy’s goal remains the same: to help people lead boldly, live fully, and leave an enduring legacy.

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Founder, Master Coach, Coach of Coaches

Higher Impact’s Story

Creating a lasting legacy

Karl Diffenderfer is a change agent that has been impacting thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders for over 15 years. From the ground up, he built a successful internet marketing firm with hundreds of customers across the globe. His company was award-winning and generated millions of dollars in revenue. When presented with the opportunity, he decided to sell the company to transition into teaching others how to do what he has done.

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3-Step Get Started Process

Are you the right person to become a coach?

Coaching is not for everyone. Take the following steps to walk through the qualification process:

Step 1: Watch Video

Watch a video about what makes a successful coach and explore if you align with Higher Impact’s values and vision

Step 2: Application

Complete the application form and receive an introduction email from Coach Karl

Step 3: Q&A Session

Sit down with one-on-one with Karl for 45-60 minutes to have all you questions answers

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The Higher Impact Coaches' Creed

We can plan, but God guides our steps

Proverbs 16:9

“9 We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.”

Proverbs 16:9

We are committed to mastering our craft in excellence

Proverbs 14:23

“23 Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!”

Proverbs 14:23

We constantly increase our knowledge of God and his ways (through His Word)

Proverbs 1:7

“7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”

Proverbs 1:7

Speak truth in Love

Ephesians 4:15

“15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.”

Ephesians 4:15

Provide Mercy

Matthew 5:7

“7 God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”

Matthew 5:7

Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry

James 1:19

“19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.”

James 1:19

Consider others as better than yourself

Philippians 2:3

“3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.”

Philippians 2:3

Teachable Spirit

Proverbs 13:18

“18 If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace; if you accept corrections, you will be honored.”

Proverbs 13:18

Each person is unique (Special mix of gifts and talents)

1 Cor. 12:17-20

“17 If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? 18 But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. 19 How strange a body would be if it had only one part! 20 Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.”

1 Cor. 12:17-20

Own-life stewardship (Coachee responsible)

Rom. 14:12, Rom. 11:29

“12 Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God.” // “29 For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.”

Rom. 14:12, Rom. 11:29

Authentic relationships

2 Cor. 6:11-13

“11 Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you. 12 There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us. 13 I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!”

2 Cor. 6:11-13

We are committed to uncomfortable constant growth

Prov. 27:17

“17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.”

Prov. 27:17

Leaders take responsibility

Heb. 5:14

“14 Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.”

Heb. 5:14

We can’t control others, God initiates change

(John 5:19)

“19 So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.”

(John 5:19)

We always Believe in people

(2 Cor. 5:16-17)

“16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”

(2 Cor. 5:16-17)
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Karl Diffenderfer
Author & Award Winning Coach of Coaches

How to Build a 6-Digit Business Coaching Practice!

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