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Coaching Relationship ’
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 life, and then do…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching, [None] by Tony Stoltzfus Nov 7th, 2010 |
Tags: Asking, Coaching Relationship, Listening, Perspective |
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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 time.”
“You mentioned that you loved being…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus Oct 7th, 2010 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Listening, Values |
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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 came home with…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus Sep 7th, 2010 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Discipleship, Listening, Techniques and Skills |
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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 11th, 2010 |
Tags: Asking, Coaching Relationship, Communication, How To..., Techniques and Skills |
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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 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Communication, Techniques and Skills |
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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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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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“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 as they contemplate even the possibility…
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Posted in Parenting by Greg Bland Mar 11th, 2010 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Communication, Parenting, Perspective |
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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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‘Pastor Greg, my parents do not trust me with anything! I feel as though they are suffocating me and simply want to ruin my life with all their rules and regulations. They don’t let me…
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Posted in Parenting by Greg Bland Feb 5th, 2010 |
Tags: Coaching Relationship, Impact of Coaching, Parenting, Perspective |
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[The articles I post on ChurchCentral are drawn from recent issues of Christian Coaching Magazine and represent a wide array of leaders and coaches as the authors. Thanks for reading! -Jerome]
Ask Profound Questions…Get Profound Answers!…
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Posted in [None] by Jerome Daley Jan 26th, 2010 |
Tags: Accountability, Benefits of Coaching, Church, Church Growth, Coaching Community, Coaching Relationship, Discipleship, Life Balance, Personal Growth |
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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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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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