Archive for 2009
Here are some clues I listen for that might indicate an opportunity to reframe the situation in terms of character growth (ala Romans 8:28):
Dissonance
Your words don't fit your values, Christian worldview, etc. Is a leadership…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching - Guests Posts by Tony Stoltzfus Nov 16th, 2009 |
Tags: Listening, Personal Growth, Transformation |
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The balance comes in the ebb and flow, the give and take, according to our values and life circumstances. If we are unclear on our values, we will be frustrated, even if we are getting a lot of things done.
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Posted in Wellness Coaching Guest Posts by Sharon Graham Nov 11th, 2009 |
Tags: Benefits of Coaching, Impact of Coaching |
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Some coaching ministries evolve out of painful experiences. This is exactly how Rich Wildman[1] developed compassion for separated men. He and his wife Sharon were separated 16 months before a successful reconciliation. Today he serves men that are enduring the painful and scary challenge of reconciling their marriage by coaching them.
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Posted in Family Coaching Center Guest Posts by Jeff Williams Nov 9th, 2009 |
Tags: Grief Coaching |
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Why do we try and box God in? I haven’t a clue but I sure have been guilty of this myself a time or two. When I think about it, it’s so ridiculous to think that a God so big and so wondrous could be made to fit into our human comprehension. It’s truly laughable. God not only made the human but he made the comprehension too!
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Posted in Coaching Women - Guest Posts, [None] by Kimberly Dinsdale Nov 8th, 2009 |
Tags: Impact of Coaching, Marketing, Practice Building |
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It's the moment of truth that makes every married couple quiver. It happens when they're asked the question that reveals what they really think, how they really feel, and why they've asked you to coach them, "How would you rate your marriage on a scale of 1-10?"
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Posted in Family Coaching Center by Jeff Williams Nov 2nd, 2009 |
Tags: Marriage and Marriage Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Techniques and Skills |
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This is a guest post by Susan Fleming of Electronic Marketing Success.
If you have an Internet presence at all, you have probably heard of keywords. They are the words or phrases someone types into a…
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Posted in Web Marketing Guest Posts by Beth Cole Nov 2nd, 2009 |
Tags: How To..., Marketing |
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"Why has God given Christian Coaching to the Church at this time?"
The retreat leader who asked this question to a group of Christian Coaches said that he wasn't sure that the Christian Coaching movement as a whole had a clear answer. He also said that we needed to understand God's purpose for Christian Coaching in order to be good stewards of the ministry into which He had called us.
The answers from the audience were similar. The theme was that God isn't done in human history, that The Church is His chosen vessel through which He wants to accomplish His purposes and Christian Coaching is a way to strengthen it. In other words, Christian Coaching is one way God wants to strengthen the Church to fulfill its purposes...
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Posted in Featured Content by Jeff Williams Nov 2nd, 2009 |
Tags: Coaching Community, Organizations, Values |
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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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