When we are faced with a challenging goal, one of the first places our minds go is to what we don’t have. I could do this if I had__________. A question I like to ask to counter or pre-empt that scarcity mindset is, “What assets do you already have?” When we get...
Like peanut butter and chocolate, some things are just better together. Coaching and missional movements are like that. You understand the value of coaching. You want to cultivate a missional movement. But what happens when you put those two things together? That’s...
A new coach recently asked me, “What if you’re just not that organized?” She expanded on her dilemma: “I can ask good questions and be intuitive in the moment. I just don’t know how to keep the whole coaching relationship on track in the bigger picture. I’m not...
Here’s a fabulous coaching story by ministry leader Dave Wasemann: I am preparing a fourth grader and a second grader for baptism and first communion. They are related so we meet in the kitchen of one family’s home. We have been studying four chapters a week in...
Do you want to double or triple your coaching effectiveness? Here’s an important concept I’ve learned while coaching a lot of ministry leaders over the years. Sometimes I used to spend 75% of the coaching session trying to help the leader identify the key issues to...
Wouldn’t it be great if you never forgot anything? We can’t help you with that in all areas of your life, but we can in your coaching relationships. MyCoachLog has a built-in system for recording and tracking action items. You can send notes and reminders to your...
