A key second principle that allows coaching relationships to be unconditional is that they are purely influence-based. As a coach, you don’t hold a position of authority in your client’s life like a boss, pastor…
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Coaching is an unconditional relationship. This means you as a coach offer full acceptance and unqualified belief to your client, independent of performance. This agape’ concept comes straight from the gospels:
“But love your enemies…
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You’ve just started a coaching appointment, and the first thing you discover is that the person sitting across from you didn’t do half of his action steps—for the second week in a row. Do you…
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If you are coaching as part of a staff role, working in the ministry arena or just starting out as a professional coach, you’ll probably do some free (or pro-bono) coaching. No-fee coaching relationships present…
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Coaching and mentoring are one-on-one relationships that use support, encouragement and accountability to grow people toward a better future. A mentor is a more senior individual who imparts wisdom, opportunities and counsel to a…
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The gift of relationship is the linchpin of Gods strategy for transforming people. Therefore, if were working at change, it would make a lot of sense for us to imitate Gods approach. Coaching does exactly…
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Coaching works because it is a great relationship built on clear expectations about change. If either the openness in the relationship or the high expectations are eroded, youll lose effectiveness. How do you effectively maintain expectations in a coaching relationship?
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The process of habit change is not well understood by Christians, and neither are the relational resources God has given us to do it. The key factor in change is motivation, not information. It isnt knowing what to do that produces changeits having the incentive to tackle the hard work it entails. We have to get motivated, to get energized to change, and then stay motivated and energized long enough to form a new habit.
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Its 11:00 p.m., you just got back from another long day of ministry two time zones away from home, and youre sitting alone on your hotel bed, exhausted. Tomorrow you fly back home through OHare, but right now all you want is to relax for a half an hour or so before bed. As youre flipping through the channels trying to find ESPN Sports Center, there right in front of your eyes is a graphic, X-rated sex scene…
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Do your Christian business clients consider themselves to be in ministry? Why or why not?
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Coaching is based on internal motivation. The biggest obstacle to growth and change is motivation, not information. You can come up with a great idea for how to make a clients life better, but if that person isnt looking to change in that area, proposing it was a complete waste of time. People are the most motivated to act on their own plans and ideas. Therefore, if you want to maximize growth, youll allow people to set their own agenda, because thats where the motivation is highest.
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A relational connection with our child is essential to a healthy and productive parent coaching relationship. Without it, our conversations will be shallow, lack significance, and meaning. With it, our coaching conversations are more heart-felt…
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It doesnt matter how great our questions are, if we do not have a relational connection, the answer we receive from our children may lack meaning, heart, and depth. One of the ingredients…
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Pro-Active Parent Coaching is a natural approach to parenting that will strengthen relationship while providing our children with a healthy support structure for their growth and development. This is accomplished by offering a simple and…
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Why has Western Ontario District [WOD] of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada been able to create an environment in their organization where people value coaching and desire to implement it in their ministry settings?
Nine years ago, two key leaders in WOD felt compelled to look for a tangible leadership development program that they could offer credentialed leaders (pastors) in their organization. In searching out what were identified as growth areas by a collaborative committee representing members in the organization, WOD was introduced to…
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