Archive for October 2009
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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Posted in Coaching and the Church, [None] by Russ Rainey Oct 31st, 2009 |
Tags: Become a Coach, Church, Discipleship, Strengths and Type |
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You're a missionary serving in Latin America. You send monthly newsletters to your supporters, and you send monthly reports to your mission. Each time you send a newsletter, you receive encouraging emails and notes; each…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Oct 31st, 2009 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Marketing |
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...a recent Barna study suggests 61% of pastors have difficulty in developing meaningful relationships. In other words, pastors many times do not seek relationships for their own leadership development. Dr. Louis McBurney, a leading pastoral counselor suggests it is taught as a “best practice” in seminary; avoid intimate relationships...A personal coach can be the missing link for pastors to truly transform their ministry.
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Posted in Coaching and the Church Guest Posts by Russ Rainey Oct 26th, 2009 |
Tags: Benefits of Coaching, Church, Coaching Relationship, Impact of Coaching |
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What is interesting is listening in this third way can be one the biggest challenges I face. Not only as a coach, but also as a mom, as a wife and as a friend.
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Posted in Coaching Women by Kimberly Dinsdale Oct 26th, 2009 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Communication, How To..., Listening, Techniques and Skills |
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At a coaches conference a few weeks ago we were doing an exercise about leadership. In answer to the question "How do I see myself?" the keynote, a coach herself said: "fraud." A room of one hundred coaches sat in stunned silence. Then she asked "who else?" Hands went up all over the room.....including mine.
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Posted in Coaching Women - Guest Posts by Kimberly Dinsdale Oct 26th, 2009 |
Tags: Accountability, Action Steps, Impact of Coaching, Personal Growth, Spiritual Formation, Values |
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Women often find themselves hiding. Ever since Eve chose to eat the apple, mankind has been covering themselves up with the fig leafs. There are a lot of reasons. We mask our shame, fear, insecurity, loneliness, and low self worth. We cover up our true heart desires, convincing ourselves we are silly to want to accomplish something more. We live in a world of make believe instead of the real one we were destined by God to help create.
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Posted in Coaching Women - Guest Posts by Kimberly Dinsdale Oct 20th, 2009 |
Tags: Accountability, Church Growth, Coaching Community, Impact of Coaching, Personal Growth |
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When it comes to coaching missionaries, a certain picture of a missionary comes into focus for me. Who comes to your mind?
There is one group in particular that we often miss - the retiring Baby…
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Posted in Missions Coaching by MCC Moderator Oct 19th, 2009 |
Tags: Business, Work |
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This is a guest post by Marcie Thomas of Coaching Shift.
"So just how does coaching work?" my friend asked me. I inwardly smiled, confident that I could explain coaching to her, but it had not…
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Posted in Web Marketing Guest Posts by Beth Cole Oct 19th, 2009 |
Tags: Communication, Marketing |
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We hosted a class on YouTube Marketing for Beginners in our community last week. Coach Diane Cunningham was the presenter and she did a fantastic job.
I found Diane on YouTube and asked her to speak…
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Posted in Web Marketing by Beth Cole Oct 14th, 2009 |
Tags: Marketing, Practice Building |
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Many people living near the ocean enjoy crabbing as well as fishing. Once the first crab is caught, it is placed in a bucket and is likely to crawl out. However, when a second crab is placed in the bucket, the crab-catcher knows that neither will escape.
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Posted in Wellness Coaching Guest Posts by Sharon Graham Oct 12th, 2009 |
Tags: Impact of Coaching, Personal Growth |
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In a survey done with people in their 90's the question was asked about what regrets these seniors had. Most of the answers were surprisingly the same. They expressed regrets about not taking more risks in life or doing things that would live on after they were gone or just simply having more fun.
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Posted in Wellness Coaching Guest Posts by Sharon Graham Oct 12th, 2009 |
Tags: Impact of Coaching, Life Purpose and Destiny |
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Many couples have asked in jest if we could live with them. Why? They experience effective communication, problem-solving and goal-setting in sessions that we facilitate, and they aren't confident that they can continue such high quality conversations without facilitators to guide and police the process. However, with enough practice and good-will, couples CAN learn to do this for themselves.
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Posted in Family Coaching Center Guest Posts by Jeff Williams Oct 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Listening, Marriage and Marriage Coaching, Relationship Coaching |
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Essentially, we made the decision to coach Ben during his senior year of high school based on our belief that it's not a great idea to send kids away from home without them having a chance to make their own decisions. We wanted him to have an opportunity to take responsibility for his own life and to process any mistakes while still living under our roof...
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Posted in Parent Coaching - Guest Posts by Jeff Williams Oct 7th, 2009 |
Tags: Family, Money, Parenting |
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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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Posted in Wellness Coaching by Sharon Graham Oct 6th, 2009 |
Tags: Health, Impact of Coaching |
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What will it take for coaching to find its potential within the domain of the church?
I received an email from a friend who participated with me in a recent tele-class. "I appreciated hearing the speaker," he wrote, "but I expected someone to ask a question about coaching in the church...and no one did. What do you make of that?" In my answer, I agreed that this was an extremely vital topic and that, although it didn't fall inside that speaker's expertise, it was part of the ongoing conversation we are trying to foster in the Christian Coaching Magazine.
I went on to comment that, in my opinion, the church is the new frontier for coaching--the place that has been perhaps least impacted to date, yet holds some of the greatest potential to be seen in our field...
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Posted in Featured Content by Jerome Daley Oct 5th, 2009 |
Tags: Church, Discipleship, Leadership |
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