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In a previous series we explored the four DISC profiles, which include Dominance (D style), Influence (I style), Steadiness (S style) and Conscientiousness (C style). Despite their differences these styles also share some things in…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching - Guests Posts, [None] by Tony Stoltzfus Jan 16th, 2012 |
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How Understanding DISC Profiles Can Make You a Better Coach
During these eight weeks, we are exploring each of the four main DISC profiles to learn about the characteristics of each style, how people tend to…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching - Guests Posts, [None] by Tony Stoltzfus Jan 2nd, 2012 |
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How Understanding DISC Profiles Can Make You a Better Coach
During these eight weeks, we are exploring each of the four main DISC profiles to learn about the characteristics of each style, how people tend to…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching - Guests Posts, [None] by Tony Stoltzfus Dec 19th, 2011 |
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Accountability is an effective tool to help a coaching client change habits. And the principles behind accountability will work with any kind of action step. Whenever a client needs to get something done, accountability improves the chances of success. Here’s an overview of how accountability is normally applied in a coaching relationship.
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Posted in Featured Content, Transformational Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus Dec 12th, 2011 |
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How Understanding DISC Profiles Can Make You a Better Coach
During these four weeks, we are exploring each of the four main DISC profiles to learn about their unique characteristics, how people tend to communicate based…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching - Guests Posts, [None] by Tony Stoltzfus Dec 5th, 2011 |
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How Understanding DISC Profiles Can Make You a Better Coach
As coaches, we know that each of our clients is unique and different from every other client. Although this can be challenging, there are some…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching - Guests Posts, [None] by Tony Stoltzfus Nov 21st, 2011 |
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Dave was a youth pastor from a local church whom I’d been coaching for several months. One day he began to share his frustrations with Mike, one of the adults on his leadership team. Mike had been a member of the team before Dave was hired, and his ideas of what youth ministry ought to be were aligned more with the previous youth pastor’s approach than they were to Dave’s. As Dave settled into his role and began to carry out the mandate he’d been hired to accomplish, Mike got more and more upset.
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Posted in Featured Content by Tony Stoltzfus Oct 10th, 2011 |
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Do your Christian business clients consider themselves to be in ministry? Why or why not?
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Posted in Business Coaching, Coaching Tools, Leadership Coaching, [None] by Anita Stadler Sep 18th, 2011 |
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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 client’s life better, but if that person isn’t 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, you’ll allow people to set their own agenda, because that’s where the motivation is highest.
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Posted in Featured Content by Tony Stoltzfus Sep 12th, 2011 |
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Early in my coaching profession I took 2-3 pages of notes per client. I captured a lot of the call, but had this sense that I was missing something important – that which could only be gathered in the moment of the dance. I soon dropped to maybe ¼ page of notes. That also seemed insufficient as my relationship with the client deepened. This pendulum swing began a journey of fine-tuning my note taking skills for the sake of optimizing client relationships.
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Posted in Coaching Tools by Tony Stoltzfus Jun 27th, 2011 |
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Your executive coach training probably included the recommendation to have your clients visualize a desired result or a new insight. Do you know why?
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Posted in Business Coaching by Anita Stadler Apr 11th, 2011 |
Tags: Action Steps, How To..., Techniques and Skills, Training |
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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 to the…
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Posted in Transformational Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus Jan 7th, 2011 |
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Many coaches pursue coach training so they can serve as a coach within their current organization, but after completing their training they are not sure how to introduce their new capabilities to the organization. I believe there are some key success factors that make the process easier.
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Posted in Business Coaching by Anita Stadler Nov 25th, 2010 |
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Executive coaches usually have a wide range of experience, but knowing your specialty is also important. Have you identified yours? Being clear about your specialty is not only a basic marketing principle, but testimony to why God has called you to coaching.
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Posted in Business Coaching by Anita Stadler Sep 26th, 2010 |
Tags: Become a Coach, Biblical coaching, How To..., Marketing, Practice Building |
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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 |
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