In this article you’ll discover how to create an informational audio product for almost no money. Record an interview about how your coaching program is unique and effective. End the recording with an invitation to…
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Leaders often appreciate having time set aside for coaching because it is the only place they can safely think out loud. Our role as a coach includes listening at multiple levels.
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For several months, Tammy and I have been exploring how she can best use her strengths and passions within her calling. Now transitioning out of her current role, Tammy is considering what she will do…
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Taking the Long View

Transformational coaching is taking the long view in working with people. Companies that are managed to generate short-term profits ignore research, product development and employee training because they don’t contribute…
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Build People, Don’t Solve Problems

As coaches, we can choose to focus on becoming or on doing: on preparing people’s character for eternity or on making sure things are done right today…
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Listening: Curiosity vs. Diagnosis

“During coach training, my homework was to get feedback on my listening skills…You have to listen while someone talks about something valuable in his or her…
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Great Probing Questions Are Neutral.

“Why did you ever take that job in the first place?”
“Tell me about how you’ve allowed your job to rob you of your personal…
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Asking Powerful Questions:

“The purpose in a man’s mind is like deep waters, but a man of understanding will draw it out.”                                                                  Proverbs 20:5

“The other day my son…
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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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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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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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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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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…
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“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…
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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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