Missions Coaching - Guest Posts
This series of four articles is based on a Mission Coaches Network teleconference with guest speaker Ruth Maxwell. Ruth is a career missionary with SIM and has served in Liberia, Kenya, Canada, and presently, in…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jul 11th, 2010 |
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This series of four articles is based on a Mission Coaches Network teleconference with guest speaker Ruth Maxwell. Ruth is a career missionary with SIM and has served in Liberia, Kenya, Canada, and presently, in…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jul 7th, 2010 |
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Because the missions world is changing, those of us who coach missionaries are increasingly coaching clients from countries other than our own. Cross cultural coaching is complex and takes skill and experience; working with clients…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator May 10th, 2010 |
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This series of four articles is based on a Mission Coaches Network teleconference with guest speaker Ruth Maxwell. Ruth is a career missionary with SIM and has served in Liberia, Kenya, Canada, and presently, in…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator May 3rd, 2010 |
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When it comes to questions, few are potentially more powerful than "Why." Yet, I rarely use it. It is a lazy question.
It's easy to ask "Why?", but also a lazy way to ask. The answer…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts, [None] by MCC Moderator Apr 16th, 2010 |
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This series of four articles is based on a Mission Coaches Network teleconference with guest speaker Ruth Maxwell. Ruth is a career missionary with SIM and has served in Liberia, Kenya, Canada, and presently, in…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Apr 2nd, 2010 |
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How would you respond today if a potential missionary client asks, “Do YOU have a coach?”
As coaches, our deepest values and beliefs are reflected in our behavior. We are trained to believe that everyone is…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Mar 15th, 2010 |
Tags: Accountability, Coaching Relationship, Life Purpose and Destiny, Personal Growth, Relationship Coaching |
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Bert and Cindy met at a U.S. seminary. After a whirlwind courtship, often conducted by telephone and Skype between his Midwest U.S. hometown and her South American home country, the couple married and moved to…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Mar 1st, 2010 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Life Balance, Marriage and Marriage Coaching, Techniques and Skills |
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Last year many of us at CMI had the privilege of providing coaching to a group of longterm career missionaries who had never received coaching before. A couple coaches, after working with their new clients…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jan 21st, 2010 |
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How can you encourage coaching in your mission organization?
That’s a good question. Let me respond by asking you a question: What encouraged you to get coached and to coach others? Figure out what encouraged you…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Jan 8th, 2010 |
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Missionaries are always coming and going, starting new things, going through stages of life, and in short, seeming to always be going through transitions. They may not have any more transitions than other people, but…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Dec 28th, 2009 |
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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 |
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When coaching cross culturally, I have learned to never underestimate the value of fully understanding and using the language of the client. This of course, is an ICF Core Competency - "Active Listening: the ability…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Sep 23rd, 2009 |
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If you want to help missionaries value getting coaching, you may need to start by helping them value personal and professional growth. Why? Because coaching is about growth, and if missionaries don’t value growth, they…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Sep 2nd, 2009 |
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You might be surprised at who really does most of the coaching in organizations - managers.
Contrary to popular belief, most coaching is not done by expert coaches from outside the organization, otherwise known as external…
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Posted in Missions Coaching - Guest Posts by MCC Moderator Aug 23rd, 2009 |
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