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    Coaching Church Planters: What Does it Take? by Bob Logan I’ve been coaching church planters for over twenty years now. Church planters are a unique breed, often presenting distinctive challenges to their coaches. I know this because I’ve also been—and currently am—a church planter. I know firsthand how challenging we can be, and I also know what we need from our coaches.

    Our international qualitative research project shows the outcomes of what good coaching accomplishes. We have isolated the competencies and microskills a coach needs to accomplish those outcomes. But one question I’m often asked is this: To coach a church planter effectively, what else is needed besides the basics of being a good coach?
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Introduction to Coaching

Chris McCluskey introduces you to coaching with a clip from his Crash Course DVD.

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Business Coaching

How to Make Sure Your Coaching Makes a Difference by Anita Stadler PhD
Organizations that hire executive coaches expect tangible business outcomes from coaching. They expect the client to be obviously different in some way after being coached.
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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

You Tube for You
[The articles I post on the Coaching Center are drawn from recent issues of Christian Coaching Magazine, www.christiancoachingmag.com, and represent a wide array of leaders and coaches as the authors. Thanks for reading! -Jerome Daley, Publisher] YouTube for You? by…
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Coaching Women

Heartbreaking or Hopeful, A Coaching Challenge, by Kimberly Dinsdale
I don't feel depressed. I haven't lost interest in these things. I just don't do them. I'm excited about the possibility to accomplish my goals and the idea of being an independent woman, but I have trouble acting on it. I don't have trouble dreaming about the life I want, but I don't know why I don't do what it takes to make it happen. What the heck is wrong with me? How do I get that focus and discipline now that I am out of such an oppressive and damaging marriage?
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Coaching Research

Executive Coaching Practices in Action by Tracy O’Neill
Most of the coaching research found today is based on executive coaching. This article summarizes five studies on executive coaching. Many include perspectives from both the coach and the client.
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Parent Coaching

Am I Pushing my Child Away? Balancing Control and Freedom Part 2 by Gregory Bland
“You never trust me!” “You never let me do anything!”  “You don’t understand me!” “I wished I was never born!” “I hate you!” These are statements that send a chill up a parent’s spine as they contemplate even the possibility…
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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

Coaching When Disaster Strikes, by Keith E. Webb
How can coaches respond and help with natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti? There are many ways, from giving and going to coaching from home. Lessons learned from the 2004 Asian Tsunami can help. When…
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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

We all could use a time-out by Tanya Smith
Have you ever had one of those weeks that just wore you out? Yes? Me too. I can't even explain where all the time went or what I accomplished right now. I just know I'm tired…
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Family Coaching Center

Coaching Communication in Marriage Relationships by Jeff and Jill Williams
It is the number one request of couples seeking Marriage Coaching: Improved Communication. This seems to bear witness to the maxim that, “The conversation is the relationship and the relationship is the conversation.” How can Marriage Coaches help couples to improve their communication?
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Coaching and the Church

Recruiting Coaches for Lay Coach Training
Programs come and go in the church all the time, and if you're as passionate about training lay coaches as I am, you will want your first training to have a good reputation and a life-changing impact for the long-haul. The best way to do that may be to carefully think through how to recruit your first class of potential coaches. I recently had a good experience recruiting and training lay discipleship coaches in my own church, so here's a first-hand summary of what seemed to work:
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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 Life Purpose Connects with Suffering by Tony Stoltzfus
[/caption] Paul, one of my first coaching clients, engaged me to help him discover a sense of purpose in his life. Several months into the relationship, his teenage son was tragically killed in a car accident…
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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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