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    Making Contracts Biblical by Tony Stoltzfus Over the years I've personally been deeply grieved to watch a number of important relationships in the Christian coaching world implode over contract issues. Those experiences started me thinking: what does scripture have to say about a Christian coach’s relationship to contracts and the legal system? We all use coaching agreements, and we have contracts with the schools that train us with those who do work for us. Is the way we craft these agreements biblical, or are we just copying common business practices without really thinking about how the fit with a Kingdom perspective?

    So let's dive in and explore what a biblical approach to coaching contracts might look like...
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Business Coaching

How Executives Choose Their Coaches by Anita Stadler, PhD
What do executives look for in a coach? What influences the selection process?
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Discipleship Coaching

A Coach is Like a Pedometer by Cheryl Baker
I love my pedometer.  It counts and keeps track of every step I take. Pedometers were originally used by sports and fitness enthusiasts, but are becoming popular as an everyday exercise measurer and motivator.  In…
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Christian Coaching Magazine

Coaching Writers
Jerome Daley will be teaching the Book Now teleclass starting in April. Do you have a book in you? Check out his article: Coaching Writers to find out more
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Coaching Women

How Are Being a Coach and Being A Christian Related, by Kimberly Dinsdale
I’m coming off of several months of deconstructing and reconstructing what it really means and looks like and feels like to live in a postmodern, progressive, emerging reality of coaching and Christianity. I am excited to be back on board. I’ve missed offering my thoughts at the Christian Coaching Center, along with moderating articles by other coaches for the Coaching for Women page. Stay tuned and join the conversation as other guest coaches post their articles in the Coaching for Women Community.
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Coaching Research

Quick Coaching with Acronym Models by Tracy O’Neill
Acronym models make it especially easy to remember the sequence of discussion that must take place in a coaching session.
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Parent Coaching

From Entertainment to Enrichment: Transforming Summer Vacations through Coaching. By Gregory Bland
OK, now that our vacation is winding down and we’re on our way home, let’s take turns and we’ll share what our favorite part of the trip was.  Who will go first? ‘I will,’ one of…
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Coaching Tools

Ministry Risk Factors — How Do You Stack Up? by Tony Stoltzfus
The 18 risk factors for pastors shown below are given with statistics that show where pastors are at today. You may be surprised or even shocked at some of the realities of ministry leadership. But…
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Missions Coaching

Exploring Values by Keith E. Webb
In Florence, Italy I walked down narrow, cobble-stoned lanes, lined with centuries-old buildings looking for a famous stationary shop at Via Toscanella 29. On Via Toscanella I found #29. I stood right in front of it…
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Life Coaching

Fear Drives, Love Compels by Michael Warden, CPCC
What's the fuel that runs your life? What actually "powers" you into action day to day? I've become convinced that there are only two primary fuels for the human soul: Fear. And Love...
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Career Coaching

3 Mistakes in the Career of a Solo Business Owner by Tanya Smith
When I first started looking at a business opportunity, it really wasn't planned. I had been approached by someone to participate in a direct sales business. I didn't know the person, and I actually never saw them again after I joined. Much of what I learned throughout my 6 years of working that business, I learned through great trial and error and I was never truly “successful” in getting the results I wanted.
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Family Coaching Center

Coaching Energy Management to Maximize Marriage by Jeff and Jill Williams
Do you realize that the best aphrodisiacs in the world are free? As Marriage Coaches we regularly prescribe them for couples struggling with emotional and physical intimacy. What are they?
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Coaching and the Church

Find a Coaching Co-conspirator: Who can help?
Part 4 of 12 – How to Inject the Church with Coaching – I have learned that I can only get myself so far until I typically hit my own glass ceiling. Let’s face it –…
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Training & Certification

The Best Advice on Choosing Coach Training by Linda Hedberg
A prospective Christian coach posted a question at an online discussion board I saw last week, asking for advice on Christian coach training.  Her questions referenced that she was looking into ICF training.  Among the responses, the…
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Web Marketing

One Important Google Buzz Setting, by Beth Cole
If you are a Gmail user, I'm sure you have seen and experimented with Google Buzz. One thing I want to share is an important setting that will protect the privacy of those you follow. Go…
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Transformational Coaching

How to Apologize without Saying You’re Sorry, by Tony Stoltzfus
Apologies are important: ever been in a situation where you got really hurt and the other individual wouldn't even so much as apologize to you? That's one of the ultimate snubs: you got hurt, but…
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Wellness Coaching

The Sweet Success of Sleep by Sharon Graham
When I do Wellness Assessment with clients, one of the areas we look at is their personal satisfaction with the amount and level of sleep they're getting each night. In doing hundreds of assessments with people, it is a rare client who sleeps well or long enough each night. Why is adequate rest so important for coaches and clients alike?
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Coaching Ministry Leaders

7 Common “Ego Traps” for Leaders (Part 2) by Michael Warden, CPCC
Ego Trap #2: "If I don't stay on top of their work, mistakes will be made." Translation: "I'm a control freak."
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