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Is Coaching Too Time Intensive by Tim Cosby, M.Div, CLC

One of the obstacles to creating a culture of coaching in organizations is the belief that coaching is too time-intensive. The argument is that it takes less time to tell people what to do than…
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What is Pro-Active Parent Coaching? by Gregory Bland

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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A Coach is Like a Pedometer by Cheryl Baker

I love my pedometer.  It counts and keeps track of every step I take. Pedometers were originally used by sports and fitness enthusiasts, but are becoming popular as an everyday exercise measurer and motivator.  In…
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NLP & Christian Coaching by Tony Husted

What is Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Should a Christian Use it?

[Editor's Note: We'd like to start a dialogue on this issue, so feel free to comment!]

These questions come across my desk or are raised in a telephone conversation almost daily. I would like to shine some light on this topic and open a conversation and exploration about it with you. In doing so I think it is important to define what is NLP, explore it's origins, and applications.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming: What is it really?
The origins of NLP are fairly simple. Two men, John Grinder and Richard Bandler were interested in...
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A Fresh Approach to Coaching in Churches by Jenn Peppers, CPCC

bible-study-1 How do we explain coaching to ministry leaders when the term coaching is already used within churches to mean so many different things?
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A Life that Counts… Discovering the Power of Life Coaching, by Katie Brazelton

Although life coaching is a cutting-edge and rapidly growing field, I often get asked, “What exactly is a life coach?” We can sometimes complicate things by thinking that life coaching should be difficult and that it takes years of schooling to understand. It isn’t and it doesn’t. We can also think that a life coach is the client’s therapist, mother, or new best friend. She is not. In the simplest terms, a life coach is a conversationalist – one skilled at conversations.
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What is Coaching?

Excerpted from the book, Leadership Coaching      Simply stated, coaches are change experts who help leaders take responsibility to maximize their own potential. Learning to coach is learning to set up relationships that provide the exact…
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Are There Different Types of Coaching?

Coaches specialize in many different areas. For instance, just among our group of moderators there are coaches who focus on: Coaching ministry leaders Helping you discover and live your life purpose Coaching women Working with married couples Coaching health and…
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